Buachaille Etive Mòr, Glencoe, Scotland
For once the Met Office mountain weather forecast for the Highlands of Scotland was spot on. Got up at 0430, left house at 0500, was in Glencoe for 0630 and up top of Beinn a'Chrulaiste for sunrise at 0815. The climb became increasingly tricky as the snow got deeper and I had to put crampons on for the first time this year. As the sun rose over the horizon the dawn mists blew away revealing a temperature inversion in front of Buachaille Etive Mòr (the Great Shepherd of the Glens) with that special, almost pink, early morning light you get at dawn in the mountains. I was even treated to a Brocken Spectre. Mornings don't get much better.
Buachaille Etive Mòr, Glencoe, Scotland
For once the Met Office mountain weather forecast for the Highlands of Scotland was spot on. Got up at 0430, left house at 0500, was in Glencoe for 0630 and up top of Beinn a'Chrulaiste for sunrise at 0815. The climb became increasingly tricky as the snow got deeper and I had to put crampons on for the first time this year. As the sun rose over the horizon the dawn mists blew away revealing a temperature inversion in front of Buachaille Etive Mòr (the Great Shepherd of the Glens) with that special, almost pink, early morning light you get at dawn in the mountains. I was even treated to a Brocken Spectre. Mornings don't get much better.