Andrew

I thought I might just update my commentary which Ewart introduced at the beginning of this thread, before my guest Jack and I head north tomorrow.

The SAIS blogs show patchy snow cover; but such patches can be big at close quarters and may be hard and icy when temperatures drop. This morning’s extended BBC forecast is sparse on detail but basically shows westerly winds and a series of fronts over the weekend. The MWIS outlook does include the words gales rain snow and hail, but not all the time. .

The hills mentioned before were up the A82. However if weather is coming from the west, one might think about hills to the east of Crianlarich, which might be less exciting, but perhaps shielded a bit from the incoming.

Ben Vorlich and Stuc a Chroin (Lochearnhead). These Munros stand on the south-east edge of the Highlands. Often an excellent day. Ben Vorlich out and back is a fair enough hill on a good path. If you cross the rocky bealach to Stuc a Chroin, there is a steep trod /mild scramble starting a few metres right (west) of the bealach. This used to be very faint, but has become quite well defined with use.

Ben Chonzie An unexceptional summit but straightforward. Much of it on a landrover track up to 800 metres

North of Aberfeldy there are two Corbetts = Meall Tairneachain / Farragon Hill. The latter I also remember as having a lot of track.

Schiehallion. “The Fairy Hill of the Caledonians” and the scene of Maskeleyne’s calculation of the mass of the earth in the 18th Century. A broad path most of the way from the car park, then a rock-strewn ridge. I have been up there 4 times and never had a view, so I’m unlikely to bother again unless it is clear !!

Shiel of Ardentonaig. East of Killin and south of Loch Tay, we once had a day on lesser hills here when the weather told us to.

Ben Vrackie. To really “escape eastwards” on a Sunday morning, it would be quite feasible to drive 90 minutes to Pitlochry (ie similar time as going from York to Kettlewell) and then the Corbett Ben Vrackie behind. And back to England down the A9.
ANDREW

Just in case…… There always used to be a little shop in Crianlarich, and its website still seems to be working http://www.crianlarichstore.co.uk
Although having said that, the range of stuff available can be limuted
A

May I please have two places for me and my wife Susan. Cheers
ANDREW