Torridon. Whats in a name, a famous bard once asked. Well Torridon sparks images of remoteness, high ridge lines, serious undertakings.
Well our first day in Torridon didn't really have much of that. It was a little Corbett. Well little is a relative term, at 887m its still a big mountain (Great Gable is only 899m) but it was an easier day out. The weather forecast was grim again so we decided to give the big boys a miss and play around on the relatively friendly Corbett. Play we did. We did blind navigation legs. That is to say that one of the group would choose a point to navigate to then take us there while the rest of us had to work out where we have been and where we are.
Well our first day in Torridon didn't really have much of that. It was a little Corbett. Well little is a relative term, at 887m its still a big mountain (Great Gable is only 899m) but it was an easier day out. The weather forecast was grim again so we decided to give the big boys a miss and play around on the relatively friendly Corbett. Play we did. We did blind navigation legs. That is to say that one of the group would choose a point to navigate to then take us there while the rest of us had to work out where we have been and where we are.
Wheels of snow.
We got to the top of the mountain and it started blowing a bit so we nipped up to the summit then headed back the way we came. On the way back we stopped off at a view point, not much of a view unfortunately, then headed back to the vans. The most spectacular thing was the snow and the views around Torridon. The snow had a soft top layer that when broken off formed spectacular wheels!
Now time to plan a bigger day out...
Now time to plan a bigger day out...
Rime ice on the summit cairn.