Beinn Bhrotain
From the summit of Monadh Mor we have a great view of the rocky upper slopes of Beinn Bhrotain, our first Munro summit of the day and are now heading back the way we've come as it was felt it would be too difficult trying to navigate the steep and boggy Glen Geusachan. Fortunately we don't have to go all the way over, the plan is just to traverse to the right of hit, minimising the amount of climbing we have to do. Zooming in you can make out the summit cairn which I've pictured in a previous post, to give an idea of scale!
Beinn Bhrotain (pronounced Bane Vrottan meaning Hill of the Hound) stands at 1157 meters (3796 feet) and is the first of our Munros today. Monadh Mor (pronounced Monnagh Mor meaning The Big Hill) is our second and final destination and stands at 1113 meters (3651 feet). A short 5 mile cycle up Glen Dee gets us to the foot of the climb, then it's an 11 mile hike across rough and boggy ground to get there. An epic 8.5 hours, largely un-pathed, time in the hills gets us back to the cars just before full dark falls!
Beinn Bhrotain
From the summit of Monadh Mor we have a great view of the rocky upper slopes of Beinn Bhrotain, our first Munro summit of the day and are now heading back the way we've come as it was felt it would be too difficult trying to navigate the steep and boggy Glen Geusachan. Fortunately we don't have to go all the way over, the plan is just to traverse to the right of hit, minimising the amount of climbing we have to do. Zooming in you can make out the summit cairn which I've pictured in a previous post, to give an idea of scale!
Beinn Bhrotain (pronounced Bane Vrottan meaning Hill of the Hound) stands at 1157 meters (3796 feet) and is the first of our Munros today. Monadh Mor (pronounced Monnagh Mor meaning The Big Hill) is our second and final destination and stands at 1113 meters (3651 feet). A short 5 mile cycle up Glen Dee gets us to the foot of the climb, then it's an 11 mile hike across rough and boggy ground to get there. An epic 8.5 hours, largely un-pathed, time in the hills gets us back to the cars just before full dark falls!