Glen Tromie

High pressure over the Highlands has resulted in wide clear skies and heaps of sunshine. Unfortunately, there has also been a pretty major loss of snow cover, however low temperatures during the night has resulted in the snow left being rock-hard neve. To get out and enjoy some of the sunshine I headed out with Johnathan to get a run in before work. This made for a very early start and the first hour from Tromie Bridge up Gleann Chromharie was in the dark, requiring compass work due to the myriad of tracks. The run up the glen to Meallach Mhor at the head was pretty hard work following a faint track, but the frozen ground made it more pleasant than it could have been! Looking at the surrounding hills most of the snow seemed to be restricted to gullies on the north faces although Ben Alder and Creag Meagidh looked very snowy. We returned to the car down Glen Tromie which is tarmaced all the way so was hard on my knees.

Time: 3h 25 Distance: 17M Av HR 138 Max HR 162