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…
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…
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