Glen Roy

Glorious sunshine and balmy temperatures last Thursday.

I think the local inhabitants must have been a bit hacked off with the Ordnance chap when we came round asking for hill names. How else can you explain 3 Carn Deargs and 2 Leana Mhors in the same glen? Despite the lack of imagination shown in the names, it is a great place to link up Corbetts and Grahams. The air was a bit hazy which spoilt the views of the Grey Corries and Creag Meagaidh, but it was nice to be in the sun for once.

Hazy views and good running on Carn Dearg.

I set off up from NN330 909 on the south side of the glen up Corie na Reinich towards a shallow gully in the head wall still retaining a good depth of snow. The snow was steeper and more solid than expected with one small steep step that required the use of a sharp stone as an ersatz ice axe. I reached the top slightly more flustered than I would have hoped. The rest of the run via Carn Dearg and Leana Mhor was over short wind-blasted weather and grass, returning along the bottom of the glen back to the foot-bridge over the River Roy.