Scotland Holiday
Wednesday 26th June 2019
We woke up to a clear, perfect morning for tackling Ben Nevis. The route Tim chose took us up over Carn Dearg Meadhonach and Carn Mor Dearg round the Carn Mor Dearg Arete and up onto Ben Nevis. We had packed our rucksacks the night before and just had to get ready and make ourselves some lunch.
We got to the carpark and set off walking just before 8am. We set off up the track through the woods. Out the top of the trees we could see the mountains we were heading for.
Half way up the first mountain the loch on the way down from Ben Nevis came into view.
Finally we got up and over Carn Dearg Meadhonach and then onto Carn Mor Dearg. We had a lovely view of the north face of Ben Nevis and the Carn Mor Dearg Arete that we had to go across next.
Scrambling across the arete was interesting and exposed in places. I would not want to go across it in wet conditions!
At the end of the arete we stopped by a cairne to have some lunch before the final push!
The last bit up on to Ben Nevis was just scrambling up over a large boulder field and took some time and effort. Eventually we got to the top and joined the masses that had taken the tourist path up! We walked to the trig point past the old observatory.
After a stop on the top we set off for the tourist path to set off down to the loch we had been able to see on the way up the other mountain. As we were going down there were plenty of people still making their way up! We passed a nice waterfall on the way, which was nice to cool us down.
Once down to the loch we turned off the path and the masses! From the loch we headed over the peat bog trying to find a path that was apparently somewhere there!!
We eventually found it when we were most of the way down!
After walking for by then nearly 12 miles it was nice to see the bridge where we crossed back onto the path back through the woods and back to the car.
Back at the apartment I was absolutely shattered, I think I will sleep well tonight!!
We woke up to a clear, perfect morning for tackling Ben Nevis. The route Tim chose took us up over Carn Dearg Meadhonach and Carn Mor Dearg round the Carn Mor Dearg Arete and up onto Ben Nevis. We had packed our rucksacks the night before and just had to get ready and make ourselves some lunch.
We got to the carpark and set off walking just before 8am. We set off up the track through the woods. Out the top of the trees we could see the mountains we were heading for.
Half way up the first mountain the loch on the way down from Ben Nevis came into view.
Finally we got up and over Carn Dearg Meadhonach and then onto Carn Mor Dearg. We had a lovely view of the north face of Ben Nevis and the Carn Mor Dearg Arete that we had to go across next.
Scrambling across the arete was interesting and exposed in places. I would not want to go across it in wet conditions!
At the end of the arete we stopped by a cairne to have some lunch before the final push!
The last bit up on to Ben Nevis was just scrambling up over a large boulder field and took some time and effort. Eventually we got to the top and joined the masses that had taken the tourist path up! We walked to the trig point past the old observatory.
After a stop on the top we set off for the tourist path to set off down to the loch we had been able to see on the way up the other mountain. As we were going down there were plenty of people still making their way up! We passed a nice waterfall on the way, which was nice to cool us down.
Once down to the loch we turned off the path and the masses! From the loch we headed over the peat bog trying to find a path that was apparently somewhere there!!
We eventually found it when we were most of the way down!
After walking for by then nearly 12 miles it was nice to see the bridge where we crossed back onto the path back through the woods and back to the car.
Back at the apartment I was absolutely shattered, I think I will sleep well tonight!!
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