a winter walk on the red mountain

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The old club were staying over at Invercroft by Achansheen but I wasn’t able to join them for the weekend but managed to meet up with Graeme at Achnashellach for a stravaig up Sgor Ruadh, the red mountain, an impressively steep Torridonian sandstone peak forming the west wall of Coire Lair, where you can see the sandstone and Cambrian Quartzite folded over each other in a sensuous geological embrace.

the muse and the rat

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

It's been a while since I've been able to get up the hill but with the weather set fair(ish) and to improve through the day, last Saturday I jumped in the car and drove the quiet roads to Achnashellach intent on climbing a hill I've been passing every time I go to Inverness. Fuar Tholl, the 'cold hole'. It's a shade under Munro height and with the forecast promising snow showers above 800m I was looking forward to a good day out. It's quite an interesting place Achnashellach. When you drive through you catch a glimpse of the lodge amongst the trees and that's about it but on the forestry track there are houses dotted among the forest and along the railway line and it's not as small you imagine. A cold north west wind blew showers down from Coire Lair but the autumnal colours kept my spirits up on the well made path up into the hills with Fuar Tholl bursting into view at the edge of the plantation.

Achnashellach on eBothy Blog

a winter walk on the red mountain

the muse and the rat