This Corbett was a short day out from the car park at the Spittal of
Glenmuick, which was very busy despite the cold wind. From the car
park I walked towards the houses at Allt na-giubhsaich and took the
Lochnagar path, which later merges with a vehicle track, to the highest
point on the track. Here Lochnagar bound walkers headed west while I
took a path east through the heather and to the summit of Conachraig.
Some small granite tors can be found on the summit which had a light
covering of fresh snow.
There was a cold wind blowing with some light snow flurries so I headed
over to Caisteal na Caillich for a better view of Deeside. However
the cloud was lowering on Lochnagar with some more snow showers so the
views weren't as good as I had hoped.
I headed south-east from this summit through heather and bog before
reaching the road north of Allt na-giubhsaich and the short walk back
to the start.
A few photos can be found at:
http://www.caledoniahilltreks.com/galleries/conachraig_may06/index.htm
Stats at: http://caledoniahilltreks.blogspot.com
Lindsay
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