One of the most eagerly awaited meets of the year is the Club’s Burns Supper held annually at the end of January. The venue for 2017 was the magnificent Glassie Farm bunkhouse perched majestically on the hillside overlooking the river Tay and the town of Aberfeldy. The Original Unit sleeps up to 25 so it…
Nestling serenely at the South West corner of Loch Ossian in the Corrour Estate sits the splendid SYHA Loch Ossian Youth Hostel. Accessible to the public only by rail, foot or bicycle this was the venue for the club’s December meet on 2nd/3rd December 2016. Members attending: Jim Aire, Raymond Evenden, James Fraser, George Henderson,…
The Club’s inaugural meeting was held in the Ladies Scottish Climbing Hut at Kincraig, near Aviemore in February 2015. This excellent, very comfortable hut is very well placed for the Western Cairngorms and the Club decided to revisit for their meet on 4th and 5th November 2016. Members attending: Jim Aire, Bill Dallas, Deb Dallas,…
One of the finest but least visited mountain areas in Scotland is the vast tract of land comprising Ardgour, Sunart and Moidart which sits between Loch Linnhe and the A830 road running from Fort William to Mallaig. The main reason it is relatively unfrequented is because the height of the mountains never exceeds 3,000 feet…
Torridon is a shining jewel in the Scottish Hillwalker’s crown and it was to this region that the Club headed for their September Meet on 16th and 17th of the month. The precise destination was the SMC’s Ling Hut (named after William Ling) which sits a few hundred yards south of the Glen Torridon road,…
No Scottish-based Mountaineering Club’s calendar would be complete without a meet in Skye – and on 19th and 20th August the club booked into the fantastic Glen Brittle Memorial Hut situated right alongside the Cuillin Ridge. Such was the demand that all eighteen available places were snapped up by members with a few guests also…
The Club’s July meeting was scheduled to be based in another of Scotland’s iconic Club Huts. Strawberry Cottage, leased from Forest Enterprise by the An Teallach MC sits in a superb location five miles from the nearest public road at the western end of Loch Affric in Glen Affric, one of the finest and awe-inspiring…
The Naismith Hut at Elphin, around 15 miles north of Ullapool was the venue for the Club’s June meet. The Hut sits just off the main road and has stupendous views west towards Suilven. It has recently undergone a makeover and with mains electricity and running water it provides a degree of comfort not found…
The club’s May meet was to be a bit different! Rather than booking a Mountaineering Club Hut as normal, we had decided to tackle the magnificent Knoydart hills from the base of Druim Bothy which sits alongside the Allt Gleann Meadail about an hour’s walk from Inverie village. The bothy which is owned and maintained…
The whitewashed cottage that is the SMC’s Lagangarbh Hut in Glencoe sits serenely below the imposing northern buttresses and corries of Buachaille Etive Mor. This iconic view has graced many calendars, postcards and biscuit tins but only a tiny proportion of those viewing this scene get the opportunity to actually stay in the hut. Our…
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