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Tromsø ≥ 100m pf.
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Troms ≥ 1000m pf.
(3/36)
8%
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Munros
(6/283)
2%
Ben Arthur & Beinn Narnain
- Date:
- 10.06.2012
- Characteristic:
- Hillwalk
- Duration:
- 5:06h
- Distance:
- 15.9km
Started out from the hotell in Arrochar heading for the munro mountains of Beinn Narnain and Beinn Ìme. After a short walk from the village of Arrochar there is a good footh path up the mountain pass between Ben Arthur and Beinn Narnain, gaining some hundreds of meters in height before approaching the routes to the mountain tops themselves. While I even spotted a few rays from the sun when starting out, the weather steadily went on to light rain and fog. Happily I found a natural shelter under a huge boulder along the road where I could stop and eat some snacks before moving on.
Ben Arthur, or The Cobbler, is one of those popular mountains everyone talks about, so I thought it might be worth getting up there, the top being so close to Beinn Narnain. After a bit of walking and light scrambling >>>
Beinn Bhuidhe
- Date:
- 09.06.2012
- Characteristic:
- Hillwalk
- Duration:
- 7:35h
- Distance:
- 22.4km
My very first Munro mountain, so exciting!
. I took the bus to Cairdow/Loch Fyne Oyster Bar and walked the paved road in to Glen Fyne, which after a while turns into a path, til I reached the landmark of an old cottage. There was supposed to be a path up the ben at the cottage, but I couldn't find it so I just walked straight up the mountain heading for the top. It was very steep and included jumping over a sheep fence at one point. Almost at the top, of course I found the path leading there. So, hey, a path, that'll make the descent much easier, right? Well, a path that is in many parts very dilapidated might not be so easy after all and it required quite a bit of scrambling to get down, so I'm very glad I took the steep sheep way up the ben after all! In the end I returned safely down the mountain >>>
Cruach Tairbeirt
- Date:
- 08.06.2012
- Characteristic:
- Hillwalk
- Duration:
- 1:46h
- Distance:
- 7.6km
Short walk up little Cruach Tairbeirt after arrival to the hotel in Arrochar, my first actual top in Scotland.
Walked by the A83 car road from Arrochar to the Arrochar/Tarbert train station and then went uphill via path that suddenly disappeared, continued walking under the big trees and some grassy plains to reach the top. Despite being quite a small mountain just over 400 meters over sea level, it offers a very nice view over Loch Lomond and the surrounding hills. At the top I found a good walking path down, slightly to the east of my ascent which led back to the train station from where I also found a path through the woods back to Arrochar.
Machrie Moor
- Date:
- 23.10.2011
- Characteristic:
- Walk
- Duration:
- 4:15h
- Distance:
- 4.8km
Started walking from Lochranza down the west coast of Isle of Arran until we managed to hitchhike to the entrance of the moor. Despite the weather, we had a splendid tour among the many stone circles and standing stones of Machrie Moor. To be honest, I've never seen so many stone formations in one place before. After a whilwe the rain intensified and started leaking into my low cut wellingtons. Fortunately we had had the time to get a good look on the moor and its mysterious preserves from the past before the rain got too heavy, so we decided it was time to go home. Luckily we managed to rather quickly get a ride, and even more luckily a ride with a nice bloke who drove us all the way to the entrance of the youth hostel we were staying at.
With me on tour: Claire.
Cock of Arran & Laggan Cottage
- Date:
- 22.10.2011
- Characteristic:
- Hike
- Duration:
- 4:15h
- Distance:
- 12.8km
My first walk on my rainy weekend on Isle of Arran. Despite poor clothing, bad weather and getting a cut while falling in the slippery mud of a slope, it was a nice tour of the northern top of the island. Starting at the cozy youth hostel in Lochranza, going up the car road for a while before realizing my chosen path went straight through mud land. After a small falling incident in the mud I managed to get down to the water and continue walking along the coast, passing Cock of Arran and Laggan Cottage before returning over the hill back to the youth hostel.
