Thanks again are due to the Carn Dearg Club for the use of their splendid Hut. It wasn’t quite as memorable as our last visit following storms Arwen and Corrie which saw devastation in the Glen and ingenuity in the Hut! The Burns Supper was perfectly cooked on the woodburning stove due to a power…

Members Attending Jim Aire; Angus Campbell; Ian Dale; Raymond Evenden; James Duncan Fraser; George Henderson; Susan Henderson; Louise McCulloch (Fri-Sat); Mike Partington (Fri-Sat); Lorn Smith; Gerry Weir. Apologies Bill D; Craig S; Ewan S; Tanya MacK; Wallace B. Intro The SMC’s CIC Hut was the venue for this month’s meet and, unfortunately, the hotly anticipated…

Intro Another month, another classic hut!  The Smiddy, a JMCS hut, is a gem of a place down near the mouth of Little Loch Broom, just as you enter Dundonnell from the East.  A few members had stayed here previously with Fraz’s 2003 entry in the book possibly the earliest of those. The hut is…

Members Attending Alyn McNaughtonAlyson HarrisonDave HarrisonDeborah DallasDuncan MacLeodGeorge HendersonIan DaleJason BostockJohn CalderLouise MccullochMichael LeverMichael PartingtonNorrie ShandSusan HendersonTina MacLeodWallace BoothWilliam DallasWilliam McmillanMike Winton Guests Xenia A great turnout for this Meet saw many hills climbed and many tales told in the roomy Glencoe Ski Lodge. Mike & Jason Mike and Jason had made the trip North…

Inver Croft Cottage in Upper Glen Carron (near Achnasheen) is a perennial Club favourite location with numerous visits over the years. Owned by the Jacobites Mountaineering club, it is a former shepherd’s house. The last family moved out in 1946 and it eventually opened as a Club Hut in 1990. It sits several hundred yards…

Members Attending *All 2 nights, unless otherwise stated.Jason Bostock (5nts); Angus Campbell; Ian Dale (3nts); Raymond Evenden; George Henderson (5nts); Susan Henderson (3nts); Michael Lever; Louise McCulloch (4nts); Michael Partington; Lorn Smith. Guests Marie Lever; Khira Lever; & Connor Poole. Apologies James Duncan Fraser. Intro The club’s second visit to the Agnes Spencer Memorial Hut…

Members Attending Wallace Booth; Angus Campbell; Raymond Evenden; James Duncan Fraser; George Henderson; Susan Henderson; Paddy Marrs; Tanya-Anne MacKenzie; Louise McCulloch; Lorn Smith; Ewan Stewart Guests Craig Sephton Apologies John Calder; Bill Dallas; Alyn McNaughton; Pete Smith Intro It’s fair to say the SMC’s Lagangarbh hut is iconic and it’s been over 5 years since…

February’s meet was at one of the three national huts, Mill cottage near Feshiebridge. It is owned by an independent trust set up by Mountaineering Scotland. The hut is kept in immaculate condition and has everything required for a comfortable stay, it even has the added luxury of under floor heating in the shower and…

Alison Alyn McNaughton Adrian Mowat Angus Campbell Dave Deborah Dallas Elizabeth Smith George Henderson Gerry Weir Ian Dale Ian Pollock John Calder Katie Wallace Lorn Smith Louise McCulloch Michael Partington Norrie Shand Susan Henderson Tanya Mackenzie Tim Woodcock Wallace Booth William Dallas

The Cabin at Balgowan can possibly lay claim to being the most oft visited hut in the club’s short history.  Its lofty position offers fantastic views over the valley below and up into the Monadhliath and beyond, towards Loch Laggan and Glen Spean. A very well attended meet, it was good to see so many…