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Re : TR: Creag Mor and Bynack More

Graham Ingram · 2004-05-11T11:57:43+00:00

Rob Milne wrote :>The Corbett was easy enough, a great path past the Stable which has been recently improved up to 500m. It would be easy to bike to there. At 500m the new path abruptly stops and it is a quagmire for a while. I passed a couple debating whether to continue in the mist with their gore tex jackets on. I went by dripping with sweat in my t-shirt. A slight difference in pace, but great walking. The path was really enjoyable in the mist and soon I was at the base of the real hill. What a pleasure that was after 2 hours of path plodding. found the summit in the mist without too much bother and the use of my GPS. nice tor! 2 hours 35 minutes was well below the guide book time 8-)) It is a great path to make time on and by the time you approach the bottom of the last pull to the Corbett there is not much left to go>Then back to the col and a straight flog 1000 ft up the go>steep slope to the shoulder of Bynack More. We dropped SW off the summit and crossed the Lairig an Laoigh, skirted Loch Avon to the saddle and then took the long walk down Strath Nethy back to theStables, seemed like a good idea at the time but a long slog, mainly downhillthough.>For sure, it is best to combine the Munro with the Corbetts. I've done more Munros than Corbetts in the past 2 weekends and have 92 Munros done on round two!So is a second Munro round on the cards ?CheersGraham

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Graham Ingram
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11 May 2004, 11:57 UTC #1

Rob Milne wrote :>The Corbett was easy enough, a great path
past the Stable which has been
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recently improved up to 500m. It would be easy to bike to
there. At

500m
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the new path abruptly stops and it is a quagmire for
a while. I

passed a
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couple debating whether to continue in the mist with their
gore tex jackets on. I went by dripping with sweat in my
t-shirt. A slight difference in pace, but great walking.
The path was really enjoyable

in
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the mist and soon I was at the base of the real hill. What
a pleasure

that
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was after 2 hours of path plodding. found the summit
in the mist

without
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too much bother and the use of my GPS. nice tor! 2 hours
35 minutes

was
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well below the guide book time 8-))

It is a great path to make time on and by the time you
approach the bottom of the last pull to the Corbett there is
not much left to
go>Then back to the col and a straight flog 1000 ft up the
go>steep slope
to the
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shoulder of Bynack More. We dropped SW off the summit and
crossed the

Lairig an Laoigh, skirted Loch Avon to the saddle and then
took the long walk down Strath Nethy back to theStables,
seemed like a good idea at the time but a long slog, mainly
downhillthough.>For sure, it is best to combine the Munro
with the Corbetts. I've done
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more Munros than Corbetts in the past 2 weekends and have
92 Munros

done
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on round two!So is a second Munro round on the cards
?CheersGraham

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Rob Devereux
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11 May 2004, 11:58 UTC #2

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Then back to the col and a straight flog 1000 ft up the
steep slope
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to the
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shoulder of Bynack More. We dropped SW off the summit and
crossed the

Lairig an Laoigh, skirted Loch Avon to the saddle and then
took the long walk down Strath Nethy back to theStables,
seemed like a good idea at the time but a long slog,
mainly downhillthough.>For sure, it is best to combine the
Munro with the Corbetts. I've done
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more Munros than Corbetts in the past 2 weekends and have
92 Munros

done
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on round two!So is a second Munro round on the cards
?CheersGraham
For anyone who hasnt done this, Bynack More is really a
superb Munro. I did this a few year's back in Autumn with
the first snow and it was magical. There is a really
excellent walk if you have the time, up Loch Avon and then
over onto the Cairngorm plateau.
Rob

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Jim Ford
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11 May 2004, 11:58 UTC #3

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For anyone who hasnt done this, Bynack More is really a
superb Munro. I did this a few year's back in Autumn with
the first snow and it was magical. There is a really
excellent walk if you have the time, up Loch Avon and then
over onto the Cairngorm plateau.
Seconded, though I've only done it from the Bynack Stable
route. Bynack More has IMHO, the finest views from the
summit in the Cairngorms!
Regards: Jim Ford

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Simon Caldwell
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17 May 2004, 10:21 UTC #4

Rob Devereux said:

For anyone who hasnt done this, Bynack More is really a
superb Munro. I did this a few year's back in Autumn with
the first snow and it was magical. There is a really
excellent walk if you have the time, up Loch Avon and then
over onto the Cairngorm plateau.
I'd agree, though I've done it twice now and still not had a
view! We did it last in February. For some reason we
descended to Loch Avon, then up Beinn Mhoadhoin (the summit
tor of which made an interesting descent with a covering of
verglas, and an even more interesting descent!). Back down
to Loch Avon, then over Cairngorm (for the only views of the
day - looking in disbelieve at how far away the 2 other
summits were.
Great fun, I never used to like the Cairngorms, but they
repay the effort to get to know them.

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Kro
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17 May 2004, 10:21 UTC #5

"Simon Caldwell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...
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Rob Devereux said:

For anyone who hasnt done this, Bynack More is really a
superb Munro. I

did
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this a few year's back in Autumn with the first snow and
it was magical. There is a really excellent walk if you
have the time, up Loch Avon and

then
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over onto the Cairngorm plateau.
I'd agree, though I've done it twice now and still not had
a view! We did it last in February. For some reason we
descended to Loch Avon, then up Beinn Mhoadhoin (the
summit tor of which made an interesting descent with a
covering of verglas, and an even more interesting
descent!). Back down to Loch Avon, then over Cairngorm
(for the only views of the day - looking in disbelieve at
how far away the 2 other summits were.
Great fun, I never used to like the Cairngorms, but they
repay the effort to get to know them.

For some reason I was not expecting to like the Cairngorms,
but the weather has relented and I've enjoyed some cracking
views. Loch Avon is situated in a wonderful spot.
KRO

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