Walk 6

Saturday 29th September 2007

Carn an Tuirc - Creag nan Gabhar

Very Strenuous

Distance: 18km/11miles. Ascent 850m
Start: Bus leaves Royal Hotel, Blairgowrie at 08:15.
Finish: Auchallater at app 15:45. Bus to Braemar for refreshments at 15:45.  Bus leaves for Blairgowrie at 17:15.
Limit: 20
Notes: Very Strenuous. Hillwalking gear mandatory. Packed lunch required.

Maps: Landranger 43 & 44, Explorer 387 & 388

About the walk:

Another Corbett but this time with a Munro thrown in! Starting from the A 93, after a couple of easy kilometres the steepest slopes of the day take us up onto Carn an Tuirc (hill of the boar) – 1019m. Thereafter the route heads north west then north onto Creag  nan Gabhar (hill of the goat) – 834m. There is a long descent via the north ridge where, given a decent day, there should be good views of the Cairngorms.