#corbetts — Public Fediverse posts

Some snaps from my recent roundof the #Galmadale hills. 24-09-26 #BeinnnaCille #FuarBheinn #CreachBheinn #MaolOdhar #LochLinnhe #LochaChoire #GlenGalmadale #Corbett #Corbetts #Fiona #Fionas #Hillwalking #Mountains #photoecosse

Brown Cow Hill from Corgarff Castle in Aberdeenshire with Moray yesterday. Sounds an unimaginative name, until you remember that many of the Gaelic hill names – Black Hill, White Hill, Grey Hill, Red Hill, Big Hill, Small Hill – aren’t exactly inspiring.
We did have some wildlife encounters – a mountain hare very visible still in its winter coat, and a few red grouse – which were great to see.
#Cairngorms #Aberdeenshire #HikingWithDogs #DogsOf Mastodon #Kelpie #Corgarff #BrownCowHill #Corbetts

Outdoorsy people - has anyone dealt with access issues in Perth & Kinross shire? There's no mention of the (statutory requirement) Access Officer on the council's website. Had to raise a generic complaint and hope it gets forwarded to the right person.

But it's Perthshire, a lot of access issues. 🙄

Locked gates, if anyone was wondering.

#Perthshire #PerthAndKinross #Access #AccessOfficer #ResponsibleAccess #RightToRoam #Corbetts

Picked an easy day for the first new hill of 2025: Meall Tairneachan - the Corbett just across the road from Schiehallion in the Southern Highlands.
The snow is all a memory - we're back to summer conditions. There was a cold wind at the summit, but we were sheltered on the way up and down by the forest and by the bulk of the hill itself.
#HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #Corbetts #Schiehallion

From earlier this week: Day out with Moray to Beinn Liath Mhòr a’Ghiubhais Lì in the Fannaichs, NW Highlands of Scotland. Great views above the inversion.

#Fannaichs #ScotWinter #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #Corbetts

Navigating by compass in the mist across a featureless shoulder, peat groughs and patches of sheet ice meant a straight line was impossible.

I've been playing this game for 40-something years, professionally since 2010, but when the mist thinned and my target ridge appeared dead ahead, it's still a wow! moment.

Still got it haha. 🗻

#HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #ScotWinter #Corbetts #Munros #MountainTraining #Fannaichs #Scotland #Highlands

Auchnafree Hill from Glen Turret above Crieff with Moray on Thursday. Probably the last day of summer conditions for a while, serious wintery weather coming in over the next few days.

Loch Turret.
Moraines at the head of Glen Turret.
Auchnafree Hill summit, the distinctive Ben Lawers group at the back.
More heather moorland.

#Perthshire #Scotland #Crieff #Corbetts #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

Beinn Mholach from Drumochter yesterday, a bitterly cold wind but sheltered from the wind it was quite pleasant. Another Corbett for Moray and me.

Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.

Loch Garry;
Two bridges near the head of Loch Garry;
Sit Club;
Beinn Mholach summit.

#Cairngorms #Drumochter #BeinnMholach #Corbetts #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

Good weather has come back for a while, but still a cold wind. Headed up Càrn Mòr, a Corbett above the Lecht ski centre. The ski infrastructure is always grim, so avoided it and found a landrover track heading up from about a km beyond the ski centre.
Lots of boggy peat groughs, but easy walking higher up.
🧵1/2.
#Cairngorms #CairngormsNationalPark #Corbetts #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

The forecast was for the least bad day in between two storm systems. In the event it was a real Goldilocks day: not too hot, not too cold, not too calm, not too windy, not too sunny, not too cloudy. A bit of mist covering the summits, but it cleared while we were there.

Meall na h-Aisre in the #Monadhliath from #GarvaBridge. There's a lot of water on the ground, it was very boggy until we'd gained some height.

#Corbetts #Scotland #Highlands #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

🧵 1/2.

First hill walk of the year, Geal-charn Mòr 824m, our local Corbett*.

Everyone else's pics from above the inversion have sunshine and blue skies. We climbed above the freezing fog of the inversion to find ... damp fog. But it's always a decent walk, even without the spectacular views of the bigger Cairngorms hills.

*Corbetts - the Scottish hills between 2500 and 3000ft, in old money.

#Cairngorms #Corbetts #GealCharnMor #ScotWinter #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

It felt like we had Morrone in the #Cairngorms to ourselves today ...... because we did. #Corbetts.