Hills


Some snaps from my hill bashing round Scotland 

Sgurr nan coireachan from the Sgurr Thuilm ridge

Sgurr Thuilm hides behind the trees at the bothy by Corryhully Lodge

 Ben Wyvis in the early spring

The summit of Ben Wyvis, looking west

Heathers' 7th munro, A' chailleach, by Newtonmore

Binnein Beag in the Mamores

Binnein Mor, from Binnein Beag

Sgurr Eilde Mor

At the summit of the corbett Beinn Bhreac-liath, near Tyndrum....another misty day !

Looking towards Beinn Udlaidh from Beinn Bhreac-liath

An old steam train runs along the line near Auch on the Tyndrum to Bridge of Orchy road 

A distant view of Beinn Mheadhoin from Beinn Bhreac in the Cairngorm range

And the tors on the summit of Beinn Mheadhoin

Track leading down to Loch Etchechan from Beinn Mheadhoin, Ben Macdhui lies behind

The Saddle and the Forcan Ridge, Kintail...great little scramble

Sgurr na Sgine, from the minor top of Faochag, Kintail

Carn a'mhaim from the Luibeg turning.... turn right for Macdhui, left for the Lairig Ghru

Hiding behind an clach mor just below the summit of Carn a'mhaim, must have been 70mph wind that day ! 

The green monster at Linn O Dee

In the Chugach range, Alaska

On a summit in the Chugachs

Looking from the corbett Creag Macrainnich towards Loch Tay & BenLawers area

The Devils Ridge in the Mamores on a good winters day....that's the Glen Coe hills to the south

Looking west over Loch Laidon & Rannoch Moor towards Glen Coe

It's Stob Ban in the Mamores, great winter walking in here...

Me and my Giant piecocrap bike in Glen Ey

Sunshine on way out of Glen Ey after Carn Bhac...typical !!

 

 Sun up over Rannoch Moor, early November '07

That reminds me of a certain kind of beverage...this one is in Glen Dessarry

A view into the wild west of Knoydart 

A view across the dam of Ben y Vrackie, near Pitlochry...this is a popular 'corbett', at 2700' ish. 

A ravens' eye view of the cairn on Beinn Udlaidh, Dec 2007

On Beinn Udlaidh, after a solo of Sunshine Gully (III) December '07...that's Ben Cruachan area in the background. 

 

 Here's the old wooden bridge over the Feshie on the way up to Mullach clach a bhlair

A view back down the track towards Glen Feshie from Mullach clach a bhlair...took the bike, what a ride down that was I gotta tell ya !

Half way up Central Gully on Ben Lui...perfect spring conditions

A ski mountaineer heads down the north side of Ben Lui.... a pretty steep drop-in

The granite tors on the summit of Bennachie, Aberdeenshire

Coming up 'An Plaid Mhor' on the approach to the summit of Beinn Fhada in Kintail

On the summit of Sgurr Mor above Glen Kingie....fine weather but still nippy on top

If only !!..... Glen Dessary approach to Sgurr Mor, May '08

  Heading up Beinn Eighe, Far East Wall in the background

View towards Loch Coire Mhich Fearchair, Beinn a'chearcaill in the background



 

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