Lochnagar
4 June 2007
I met Louise and her mother Sandra in the car park at the Spittal of
Glenmuick which was accessed from the South Deeside Road near Ballater
along several miles of the unclassified road through Glen Muick. The
plan was to climb Lochnagar which had been an ambition of Sandra's for
over 40 years. She had been a regular visitor to the Deeside area of
Scotland for family holidays and during these trips she often walked
round Loch Muick but had hoped one day to climb Lochnagar.
Quoted message said:From the car park we followed the vehicle track to and around the
north side of Allt-na-giubhsaich before passing through a wooded area
and onto the track that headed towards Balmoral. Half way up this
track we entered the cloud base and at the high point in the track
took the path that headed to the bealach south of Meikle Pap.
Once at the bealach we followed the cliff edge round to the summit of
Lochnagar, Cac Carn Beag. At the summit we had lunch before heading
across to Cac Carn Mor and the track to the Glas Allt. At the top of
the path we met a couple who were lost in the mist so I gave them some
instruction on how to get off the mountain.
Lower down we came out of the cloud and continued descending the path
to the waterfall and subsequently to the Glass-allt Shiel where we had
a short break sitting at the side of the loch. The final section of
the walk was along the shore of Loch Muick back to the car park a
route Louise and Sandra had walked numerous times before.
Time taken - 8.5 hours.
Distance - 19 kilometres.
Height climbed - 775 metres.
Photos can be viewed here:
http://www.caledoniahilltreks.com/gallery07/lochnagar_june07/index.htm
Lindsay
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