Having visiting the Laggan area (the Cabin, Balgowan) in November 2015, the club returned to the area for our March 2016 meet. The venue this time was the SMC’s Raeburn Hut on the A889 North of Dalwhinnie. There is no shortage of hills in the area with the Monadhliath Hills, the Creag Meagaidh group and…
The Club’s February meet took us to the Carn Dearg MC Hut in Glen Clova. Excitement abounded as we had been informed last year that we would be one of the first Clubs to enjoy the newly-built ultra-modern hut that had been constructed just a short pitch from the old hut at the head of…
Inverardren Cottage, Crianlarich – owned by the Ochils Mountaineering Club was the venue for the Club’s January meet. This is another superb hut which has been extended and modernised and sits in a great hillwalking area offering a huge variety of potential outings. Unfortunately, the weather forecast for the weekend was fairly dire and Munro-bagging…
This months meet was in the Alex MacIntyre Hut. The Club and many members having visited here in the past. Eleven members had booked this weekend but events were to reduce this number somewhat.First a call from Raymond to announce that he had twisted his already delicate knee, wait for it, playing basketball. No chance…
Having visited the Smiddy, Dundonnell in May, the November meet brought the club to The Edinburgh JMCS’s other hut – the Cabin, in Balgowan, near Laggan. This was yet another hut in a great hillwalking area which has recently been upgraded and it proved a superb centre for our ventures. Having experienced unbelievably good weather…
The Jacobites Mountaineering Club Hut at Inver near Achnasheen was the venue for the Club’s October meet. Situated a few miles south west of Achnasheen in Glen Carron, the Hut sits in glorious isolation a few hundred yards from the A890 and a hundred yards from the Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh railway line. The…
One of the most eagerly anticipated meets on the 2015 calendar was the Clubs visit to the CIC Hut, Ben Nevis on the 18th and 19th of September. This SMC hut named in memory of Charles Inglis Clark who was killed in the First World War is superbly located at a height of 680 metres,…
The Club’s August meet took place from the base of Muir Cottage, by Inverey on the Linn of Dee road, west of Braemar. The hut is an extended cottage with superb facilities including several sleeping quarters, showers and a spacious kitchen. It is also superbly situated for forays into the Eastern Cairngorms. Twelve members and…
There had been some debate as to whether a Club Meet in July would take place due to the holiday season with many members being tied up with family commitments. In the event, three members headed up to Torridon to enjoy a few days in the Ling Hut. This SMC hut is situated a few…
The Club’s main June meet to the Coruisk Hut in the south of Skye at the head of Loch Scavaig had been eagerly anticipated despite the less than encouraging weather forecast. The hut is owned by the Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland (Glasgow Section) and its situation below the great Cuillin crags is absolutely unique.…
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