Beinn Mheadhoin
8 May 2007
The starting point of this walk was the Coire Cas car park at the
Cairngorm Ski Centre. From there we followed the vehicle track up
the side of the Funicular Railway before heading into the cloud and
ascending the Fiacaill a'Choire Chais ridge.
On reaching the cairn at the head of the ridge we commenced the
descent, in sleet and hail, towards the path in Coire Raibeirt and
eventually came out of the cloud. Lower down the path became steep
and was badly eroded, even more so since my previous visit.
Eventually we reached Loch Avon and followed the path round its west
side crossing the Feith Buidhe en-route.
Quoted message said:From the head of Loch Avon it was a steady climb towards Loch
Etchachan but at a small lochan we commenced the ascent of Beinn
Mheadhoin eventually reaching the summit tor. To get to the highest
point, required some easy climbing. From the summit and its approach
we had some good views of the surrounding Cairngorm mountains, of
Lochnagar and possibly of the distant Ben Lawers. However the summit
was soon engulfed by cloud.
The return was by the outward route but in the higher reaches of Coire
Raibeirt we were engulfed by cloud and blasted by hail and sleet.
The low cloud persisted to well down the Fiacaill a'Choire Chais ridge
but eventually we came out of the cloud and continued to the Coire Cas
car park and the end of the day's walk.
Time taken - 8.5 hours
Distance - 17 kilometres.
Height climbed - 1400 metres.
Photos taken on walk can be viewed here:
http://www.caledoniahilltreks.com/galleries/beinn_mheadhoin_may07/index.htm
Lindsay
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