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| Not quite the top... |
After the trip up to Braemar last week, I fancied bagging my second Munro of the winter. I decided to set my sights on Schiehallion, as I had recently been reading about the famous Schiehallion experiment. Setting off early, we made our way north on the A9. We turned off for Grantully, passed through Aberfeldy and were soon in the Brae of Foss car park at the foot of the mountain on Schiehallion Road. It was still day with low cloud and plenty of rain about. A little chilly but not too cold; certainly expecting a good deal of snow higher up.
The new path was excellent and will certainly last and help with the erosion issues on such a popular hill. We past a number of walkers on their way back down and saw many more following us as we looked back. I can only imagine how busy busy the route would be on a good-weather day!
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| At the top |
Higher up, the path became buried in the snow but the ground remained a constant gradient and the going was good. I wasn't impressed by a couple of false summits that came into view in the misty white, but soon we were on the plateau and heading towards the summit to the west. As there was no view to look at and it was quite chilly, we didn't hang around. Retracing our ascent, we passed many more 'baggers' on their way to the top.
A good hill with a great bit of history attached; nice to tick off.
