Glas Tulaichean - Carn an Righ route, 23 April 95 (1 of 5)

            Approaching the dilapidated Glenlochsie Lodge.

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Hillwalking journal entry for the day:

Sunday 23/4/95

Glas Tulaichean - Carn an Righ

26 km, 1100  m: 7.8 hrs

Conditions: Cloudy initially with occasional sunshine.  Gale force winds with temperatures of 5 - 7 deg C on the tops.  Continuous sunshine later in the day.

Base: Braemar

Map and starting point: OS Sheet 43, GR 105702

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I left the car at a good parking spot about 0.5 km down the glen from the Spittal of Glenshee.  I set off along the track past Dalmunzie Hotel, through Glenlochsie Farm, and crossed the burn about 1 km further on.  Thence a pleasant stroll along a good path towards the dilapidated, 2 storey, lodge.  Quite a photogenic setting and I stopped to take a few snaps.  The burn was not passable at the ford and so I continued up the glen a further 0.5 km or so, skirting fairly steep slopes, before managing - not without difficulty - to cross to the steep heather-clad banks on the north side of the burn.  Thence up towards Breac-reidh joining the vehicular track.

The summit of Glas Tulaichean was just visible through the shifting cloud cover as I made my way easily up the gently sloping ridge to the OS pillar, reached in about 2.5 hours - well ahead of Naismith despite the troublesome river crossing.  Good views along the way of the partially cloud covered “mysterious and beautiful” Beinn a’ Ghlo.

After a brief rest I set off towards the 930 m top with the intention of making for the prominent footpath skirting the southern slopes of Mam nan Carn.  However, after losing some height I just headed directly for the col with Carn an Righ.   

After a brief stop at the col I made my way slowly, and without further rest, to the summit - the latter stages of the climb being quite exhilarating, with the combination of full snow cover, blazing sunshine, a blue sky and gale force winds!  It was quite cold due to the high wind chill factor and so I donned the rest of my warm clothing plus goretex overmitts.

I was well aware of the long walk back and the remoteness of this hill, and so I set off back down to the col without further ado.  Thence along the path heading towards Loch nan Eun and over rough ground to the head of Choire Bheag.  I was feeling tired by now with my spirits rather low, not helped by my sodden Zamberlans - the result of trudging through miles of slushy snow.

Quite an interesting descent to the upper reaches of Glen Taitneach and thence a 6 km slog along paths/tracks by the side of the burn back to Glen Lochsie:  a surprisingly picturesque route (with Carn Bhinnein looking particularly striking), but not fully appreciated in view of my fatigued condition and the excessive number of water courses to be crossed! 

Thence easily along the glen back to the car with the sun now shining continuously.

Quite a demanding day and an unexpectedly interesting route.

Taken in: United Kingdom / Scotland / Perth and Kinross (show map)

Taken on: September 6, 2011

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Sets appears in: • The Munros, Section 6 (The Grampians: Blair Atholl to Braemar)

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