The Club’s June meeting was a return to the superbly located Strawberry Cottage, leased from Forest Enterprise by the An Teallach MC and sitting in what is a normally serene location five miles from the nearest public road at the western end of Loch Affric in beautiful Glen Affric. Nevertheless, the hut boasts electric (solar…
Back in March 2015 the Club had a meet in the Inbhirfhaolain Hut in Glen Etive. This time around our Glen Etive meet would take place on 12th/13th May further up the glen at the Smiddy which sits almost at the end of the public road opposite the imposing Ben Starav and a few hundred…
The Kintail Outdoor Centre is owned by National trust for Scotland and nestles below Sgurr na Moraich, the last of the famous Five Sisters of Kintail, and Ben Attow. More than a couple of dozen Munros and Corbetts can be accessed from within a 30 minute drive – and quite a few can be climbed…
The Steall Hut in upper Glen Nevis is maintained by Lochaber Mountaineering Club and sits at the head of the Nevis Gorge looking out over the splendid Steall meadows. Access is by a path along the gorge with the sting in the tail being the requirement to cross the river by way of the famous…
In October 2015, the Club first visited The Jacobites Mountaineering Club Hut at Inver near Achnasheen and were rewarded with some exceptional unseasonal weather. Surely it would be pushing our luck to expect more of the same for our first re-visit on the weekend of 10th/11th February 2017. Well, as it happened it turned out to…
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,…
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