Dundee Walker

Route: Sgor Gaoith May 2006 NCR

Summary

From the east corner of the gliding club head east through the forest, at NH 87020,04420 we took the south track, I would HIGHLY recommend looking for alternative route the path disappears completely after the bridge and is very heavy going through thick heather and bracken, at the bridge head south until you reach the FORD. Cross back across the Ford head up to the shoulder of Geal-Charm, Push upward to the cairn ( 892m) between Cairn-charm and Meal Buihde (the path disappears several times and is very hard going up to this point but should get easier now.) Turn south east towards the top of Meal Buihde,( 976m) head south-eastwards towards the glorious views overlooking Loch Einich, turning south to Sgor Gaoith summit.(1118m).

To descent follow the path to Carn Ban More (1052m) at the junction at NH89200,96870 take the west to north-westerly , this path heads all the way down to Auchlean to the finish.

To sum this walk up, It is VERY HARD going at the start and my hip gave up near the start , thanks to graham for all his help, next time if I was to do this again I would either do it in reverse with some alterations, or head more westerly into the Forrest to try and pick up the higher path wich ran parallel to the one we took at NH88740,03940 and possibly make an earlier ascent climbing up onto Creag Follais


Story

I borrowed my wife’s Pocket Pc, which is used in conjunction with my GPS, after I got back to the bus I realised that I lost it due to the extreme push I had on this walk. I felt so bad but promised her that I would buy her a better one, meanwhile I phoned the police to give them the co-ordinates of where I thought I had dropped it I managed to give them the exact position with the GPS.
2 weeks later we got a phone call, yes someone found it in the glenfeshie hills and it lay there for two weeks on top of scour gaoith in mid winter, and it still worked I was amazed and delighted and sent a thank you to the kind lady that found it. My wife Said “ ok do I still get the money for a new one!”?.
Hehe !

Route Distance: 18.5 km
Estimated Time: 7:06
Total Ascent: 1118m
Total Descent: 1118 m