
Personal Log
My personal log started out modest in size and then grew, and grew again.
You can navigate to specific years using the dates at the top of the page.
Year | Total Peaks | Repeated | Trips | Ascent | ||
2020 | 316 | 306 | 105 | 158,800m | ||
2019 | 227 | 167 | 114 | 128,120m | ||
2018 | 167 | 101 | 88 | 97,140m | ||
2017 | 250 | 147 | 104 | 118,620m | ||
2016 | 157 | 99 | 72 | 80,220m | ||
2015 | 172 | 123 | 82 | 89,770m | ||
2014 | 73 | 42 | 49 | 40,880m | ||
2013 | 306 | 247 | 105 | 152,335m | ||
2012 | 132 | 55 | 55 | 64,600m | ||
2011 | 132 | 44 | 72 | 61,500m | ||
2010 | 100 | 31 | 58 | 56,480m | ||
2009 | 100 | 40 | 60 | 52,760m | ||
2008 | 48 | 15 | 34 | 27,670m | ||
2007 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 12,280m | ||
2001-6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6,540m |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
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879 848 844 838 743 731 |
Sgurr a' Mhuilinn Sgurr a' Choire-rainich Sgurr a' Ghlas Leathaid Meallan nan Uan Meallan nan Uan East Top Creag Ruadh |
2020 November 10 | 15.3km / 1150m / 5h 55m | Last day of the trip - two Corbetts above Strath Conon. Surpirisingly hard ground, windy and cold - clear that the weather was on the change |
890 809 874 836 1084 978 884 977 968 927 |
Beinn Enaiglair Creag Bac na Faire Iorguill Diollaid a' Mhill Bhric Beinn Dearg Cona' Mheall Beinn Dearg North Top Meall nan Ceapraichean Ceann Garbh Eididh nan Clach Geala |
2020 November 9 | 27.8km / 1900m / 9h 40m | Brilliant conditions on the central four Munros of Beinn Dearg - started with Beinn Enaiglair then over to the Munros. Hit my 300th Munro of the year on Meall nan Ceapraichean, a personal record. Nice to be back here after the crazy previous visit in March. |
758 787 581 778 808 813 867 911 902 |
Arkle South Top Arkle Meall Aonghais An t-Sail Mhor Stob Cadha na Beucaich Sgurr Cadha na Beucaich A' Cheir Ghorm Foinne Bheinn (Ganu Mor) Ceann Garbh |
2020 November 7 | 31km / 2050m / 10h 40m | Wow wow wow. This might have been the most stonking, massive and impressive hill day in Scotland I hadn't yet done. Arkle and Foinaven - two huge mountains and bigger than their height suggests. Foinaven is amazing. Really glad to make a through-trip of this with Helen, still 30kms. Absolutely awesome part of the world. Must return soon. |
1062 1060 960 954 |
Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill (An Teallach) Sgurr Fiona (An Teallach) Stob Cadha Gobhlach (An Teallach) Sail Liath |
2020 November 6 | 17.5km / 1400m / 7h 15m | Up Bidein with Brad and Onyx then left them for a dash over the pinnacles back to the bags. For ten minutes the setting sun broke out for one of the deepest sunsets I've ever seen - the Torridonian was glowing bright, shimmering orange, hard to believe it was so intense. |
919 967 867 934 676 |
Ruadh Stac Mor A' Mhaighdean Suidheachan Fhinn Beinn Tarsuinn Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair West Top |
2020 November 5 | 7.8km / 350m / 2h 45m (4th) 27.7km / 1600m / 11h (5th) |
Pretty epic day across Fisherfield with Brad. Got a real sense of the remoteness - descended under Beinn Tarsuinn for a nice long glen walk back to camp. Tonnes of river crossings! |
936 928 882 |
A' Bhuidheanach Bheag Glas Mheall Mor Glas Mheall Beag |
2020 November 3 | 13.5km / 700m / 3h 05m | Breaking the legs back into Munro days! Dashes of snow still on the summits from a recent fall. |
932 922 1044 |
Meall Buidhe Meall nan Tarmachan South Top Meall nan Tarmachan |
2020 October 15 | 9km / 550m / 3h 20m 7.2km / 650m / 2h 35m |
Two individual Munros with James on the bike. Mad way to get around the hills! Was on the top of Meall Buidhe for sunrise. |
299 294 |
Sgorach Breac Sgiath-bheinn an Uird |
2020 October 9 | 5.5km / 260m / 2h 15m | Quick Sleat summit for sunset - Steve H reminded me of it and I wasn't up to much else this day! |
680 685 690 680 682 842 919 939 974 1011 926 965 646 540 533 |
Sgurr a' Gharg Gharaidh Far North Top Sgurr a' Gharg Gharaidh North Top Sgurr a' Gharg Gharaidh Sgurr a' Gharg Gharaidh South Top Sgurr a' Gharg Gharaidh Far South Top Sgurr Leac nan Each North Top Sgurr Leac nan Each Spidean Dhomhnuill Bhric The Saddle West Top The Saddle Sgurr na Creige Sgurr na Forcan Biod an Fhithich Biod an Fhithich North Top A' Mhuing |
2020 October 2 | 22km / 1850m / 8h 30m | Big round of all the tops of the Saddle with Helen. A trip I've had in mind for a few years. Nice sunny conditions, autumn shadows turning deep and hillsides going gold. |
723 818 918 1032 956 922 925 864 881 |
Meall Dubh Creag na Saobhaidhe A' Ghlas-bheinn Beinn Fhada Meall an Fhuarain Mhoir Ceum na h-Aon Choise South Top Ceum na h-Aon Choise Sgurr a' Choire Ghairbh Faradh Nighean Fhearchair |
2020 October 1 | 21.7km / 1800m / 5h 40m | Weather not quite as good as hoped for, but finally got over the west tops of Beinn Fhada. A lot ofa drizzle! Quite cold, but down for last light. |
720 926 944 992 977 948 986 965 926 970 972 918 893 896 830 959 917 934 966 |
Stob Coir' a' Ghrunnda Sgurr nan Eag Sgurr Dubh Mor Sgurr Alasdair Sgurr Thearlaich Sgurr Mhic Choinnich Inaccessible Pinnacle (Sgurr Dearg) Sgurr na Banachdaich Sgurr Thormaid Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh South Top Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh East Top Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Far East Top An Caisteal Bruach na Frithe Bhasteir Tooth Am Basteir Sgurr nan Gillean |
2020 September 20 | 31.5km / 2950m / 11h 05m | One of the best days of the year. Woke up to unexpected clear skies which maintained all day. A solo trip from Sgurr nan Eag to Sgurr nan Gillean over all the Cuillin Munros, mostly scrambling variations and linked into a rope for the InPinn. An unexpected and pleasant 6 hour traverse, happily down before dark. |
957 1109 1002 947 1102 1008 1120 |
Carn Ghluasaid Sgurr nan Conbhairean Sail Chaorainn A' Chioch Mullach Fraoch-choire Stob Coire na Craileag A' Chraileag |
2020 September 18 | 27.6km / 2000m / 8h 05m | Five Cluanie Munros in autumn light. The Munro routes were busy today; had some quiet moments in the corries around A' Chioch, my last Munro top of the range. A good day on the hills and the Achillies certainly felt the time sat on my ass working this summer. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2020 September 17 | 11.9km / 1300m / 3h 33m | Up and down (40 mins) the Ben track. Sunny. |
796 | Beinn Mhic Mhonaidh | 2020 September 6 | 14.6km / 750m / 4h 07m | Nice half-hill day with Helen on my last Southern Highland Corbett. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2020 August 16 | 12.6km / 1200m / 10h 55m | Observatory Ridge on Ben Nevis with Dink |
810 | Creag Dhubh | 2020 August 12 | 5.3km / 500m / 2h 30m | Solo jaunt up this hill after work |
810 | Meall a' Bhuachaille | 2020 August 11 | 9.9km / 500m / 2h 18m | Work |
1047 956 |
Creag Mhor Stob nan Clach |
2020 August 10 | 10km / 800m / 5h | Work |
917 975 1011 991 |
Geal-charn A' Mharconaich Beinn Udlamain Sgairneach Mhor |
2020 August 3 | 24.5km / 1150m / 6h 20m | Nice round of four in good conditions. |
1029 968 1004 1042 981 |
Carn Gorm Meall Garbh Meall a' Bharr Carn Mairg Meall na Aighean |
2020 July 26 | 18.3km / 1300m / 5h 45m | Catch the mountain bike! James and Rich took the bikes, I ran after them!! Ooh, the legs felt this day afterward but it was great fun. |
1013 1040 761 654 619 |
Garbh Chioch Mhor Sgurr na Ciche Druim a' Ghoirtein Druim a' Ghoirtein West Top Druim a' Ghoirtein Far West Top |
2020 July 14 | 61.2km / 3600m / 4 days | Mega Rough Bounds backpack with Brad, 13th-16th July |
496 | Slackdhu * | 2020 June 8 | 6km / 600m / 2 visits | New route Stone (E2) on Slackdhu, no summit |
974 | Ben Lomond | 2020 March 27 | 15.2km / 1000m / 4h 20m | Final Munro of the winter round |
1084 980 977 967 928 927 |
Beinn Dearg Cona' Mheall Meall nan Ceapraichean Ceann Garbh Eididh nan Clach Geala Seana Bhraigh |
2020 March 25 | 38.4km / 2200m / 11h 05m | Penultimate day - very weird and silent, felt like the world was holding its breath. I went between extreme focus and surges of stress and I didn't expect to finish the last Munro. |
954 1110 974 949 923 665 |
Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich Sgurr Mor Meall nam Peithirean Meall Gorm An Coileachan Beinn Liath Bheag |
2020 March 24 | 25.4km / 1630m / 7h 45m | Soggy, tense day on the Fannaichs. Tension cranked to the maximum and doing anything just to get over the finish line. |
1060 1062 |
Sgurr Fiona (An Teallach) Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill (An Teallach) |
2020 March 23 | 10.6km / 1140m / 3h 50m | Short An Teallach day in massive winds. Shenaval closed behind me. |
989 1019 937 967 918 |
Sgurr Ban Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair Beinn Tarsuinn A' Mhaighdean Ruadh Stac Mor |
2020 March 22 | 33.3km / 2310m / 11h 15m | Astoundingly good Fisherfield trip; excellent weather, late winter conditions, but with the hanging pall of knowing what was about to hit the world. |
997 999 923 1093 934 |
A' Chailleach Sgurr Breac Sgurr nan Each Sgurr nan Clach Geala Meall a' Chrasgaidh |
2020 March 21 | 23.6km / 1900m / 9h 30m | Five western Fannaichs, leaden-legged and a raw wind |
945 986 1069 1086 1129 1150 992 |
Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich Lurg Mhor An Socach An Riabhachan SW Top An Riabhachan Sgurr na Lapaich Carn nan Gobhar |
2020 March 20 | 31.5km / 2670m / 10h 35m | Totally magnificent day, one of the best of the winter, but you could feel the world beginning to close in. Disappearing into the back of Mullardoch was a good antidote. |
928 1005 1005 996 1053 999 |
Moruisg Maoile Lunndaidh Creag Toll a' Choin Carn nam Fiaclan Sgurr a' Chaorachain Sgurr Choinnich |
2020 March 19 | 24.3km / 2200m / 8h 43m | Dropped off by Struan for Moruisg and across the Monar hills on a nice day - FINALLY the weather came good. Dusk walk down the glen to Bearnais where we spent the night. |
954 | Am Faochagach | 2020 March 18 | 14.1km / 760m / 4h 45m | Raw weather and a river up to my waist: a one-summit day. |
1049 1083 992 993 |
Sgurr Fhuar-thuill Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais Carn nan Gobhar Sgurr na Ruaidhe |
2020 March 17 | 24.8km / 1630m / 6h 40m | Really raw weather - some of the most sustained whiteouts of the winter and a wind in the corrie on the approach that was tossing me around. Slightly relieved the hills went at all! |
1003 919 |
Sgurr Mor Gairich |
2020 March 16 | 24.8km / 1935m / 6h 55m | A nice long day made possible thanks to Masa. Beat heavy rain by a few minutes but the morning was great. |
1040 1013 968 833 954 |
Sgurr na Ciche Garbh Chioch Mhor Garbh Chioch Bheag Garbh Chioch Bheag East Top Sgurr nan Coireachan |
2020 March 15 | 29.4km / 1920m / 8h 27m | A great afternoon and evening - weather was a bit rubbish in morning and only had these to go for, so walked into nighttime, and up on Sgurr nan Coireachan summit in the dark. Total atmosphere, and a part of the country I grow to really love. |
1020 | Ladhar Bheinn | 2020 March 14 | 24.3km / 1235m / 4h 50m | Minging weather on a singleton. Snow's gone! |
946 942 801 936 939 |
Meall Buidhe Meall Buidhe SE Top Meall Coire na Gaoithe'n Ear Luinne Bheinn East Top Luinne Bheinn |
2020 March 13 | 29km / 1770m / 9h 58m | Heavy snow and brilliant bright sun on this Knoydart pair. Progress reduced to a slow plod (breaking trail!) but the euphoria was pronounced... |
936 915 941 951 |
A' Bhuidheanach Bheag Carn na Caim South Top Carn na Caim Meall Chuaich |
2020 March 12 | 25.8km / 1220m / 7h 30m | A quick diversion to finish off east thanks to Ali who took me over. Conditions on these eastern hills so much more gentle - quick access and little steep ground! Great day. |
1181 1005 1183 |
Mam Sodhail Beinn Fhionnlaidh Carn Eighe |
2020 March 11 | 27.1km / 1860m / 8h 00m | Absolutely epic, totally freezing on MamSodhail - nearly didn't go on (which would have been a pain). Weather relented a tiny bit and got through these remote hills. Some horrendous conditions, but pulled it out in the end. |
1112 | Tom a' Choinich | 2020 March 10 | 15.7km / 970m / 5h 15m | Heavy; glen drenched in snowmelt, hail and snow firing across summit. |
1120 1008 1102 |
A' Chraileag Stob Coire na Craileig Mullach Fraoch-choire |
2020 March 9 | 14km / 1210m / 4h 45m | Nice morning finishing Glen Shiel before the weather front. No drama but rain was bucketing down afterward! |
1027 1035 1006 996 |
Sgurr a' Mhaoraich Gleouraich Creag Coire na Fiar Bhealaich Spidean Mialach |
2020 March 8 | 21.7km / 2000m / 9h 50m | Good day with Helen - weather was active and a soaking feet river crossing, but felt good all day. Darkness fell on Spidean. Tyre puncture on way out! |
965 972 |
Sgurr na Banachdaich Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh |
2020 March 6 | 11.9km / 1380m / 6h 45m | Finishing Cuillin, really bad viz and nearly didn't get Ghreadaidh with fresh windslab in An Doras. |
964 934 959 830 896 894 918 |
Sgurr nan Gillean Am Basteir Bruach na Frithe An Caisteal Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Far East Top Sgurr a' Mhadaidh East Top Sgurr a' Mhadaidh |
2020 March 5 | 16.5km / 1550m / 12h 30m | A really full, excellent day with Dave. Started Gillean, lots of abbing and scrambling. Quite heavy to make progress as we were first through (a team after got our excavation and anchors!). But made it to An Doras for darkness and a pick up from Steve H. |
981 | Slioch | 2020 March 4 | 18.7km / 1200m / 6h 00m | A leaden-leg day finishing the area. |
1023 929 1055 1010 993 |
Mullach an Rathain (Liathach) Am Fasarinen (Liathach) Spidean a' Choire Leith (Liathach) Ruadh-stac Mor (Beinn Eighe) Spiean Coire nan Clach (Beinn Eighe) |
2020 March 3 | 18.7km / 2200m / 9h 25m | Brilliant brilliant brilliant. A few hours of sun crossing the Liathach pinnacles, I descended north toward Beinn Eighe where I got pelted by snow showers. These cleared, plodded up a filled-in Coire Mhic Fhearchair and stunning dramatic conditions over Eighe. Down for last light. Wow! |
922 986 |
Tom na Gruagaich (Beinn Alligin) Sgurr Mor (Beinn Alligin) |
2020 March 2 | 10.1km / 1300m / 5h 45m | Horrendous visibility (almost worst of winter?) but two Munros done. |
962 926 887 |
Sgorr Ruadh Beinn Liath Mhor Beinn Liath Mhor East Top |
2020 March 1 | 17.6km / 1300m / 6h 50m | A nice day with Finlay - some sun and casual. Needed some casual of late! |
1054 | Toll Creagach | 2020 February 29 | 12km / 870m / 5h 35m | Mega-heavy snow day: snowshoes mandatory. |
933 | Maol Chean-dearg | 2020 February 27 | 16.7km / 1050m/ 5h 50m | Mega snows: trench to the summit. Big av hazard. |
929 | Bla Bheinn | 2020 February 26 | 8.5km / 950m / 5h 00m | Great sociable day with John and Richard. |
986 948 977 992 938 944 924 |
Inaccessible Pinnacle (Sgurr Dearg) Sgurr Mhic Choinnich Sgurr Thearlaich Sgurr Alasdair Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn Sgurr Dubh Mor Sgurr nan Eag |
2020 February 25 | 15.9km / 1740m / 12h 35m | Wow wow wow. Led the InPinn, a round of Coire Lagan with Mike then off solo on an afternoon of sun breaking open and silence. Fiddly climbing up to Sgurr Dubh Mor. Sgurr nan Eag at dusk, followed Mike's tracks out at last light. Hard conditions in Ghrunnda but wow. One of the best of the winter. |
1010 942 946 |
The Saddle Sgurr na Sgine NW Top Sgurr na Sgine |
2020 February 24 | 14.7km / 1450m / 5h 40m | A silent, white day mopping up Glen Shiel summits. |
1067 1002 1027 990 956 1036 1001 987 979 |
Sgurr Fhuaran Sgurr na Carnach Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe Sgurr nan Spainteach Saileag Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg Aonach Meadhoin Sgurr an Fhuarail Ciste Dhubh |
2020 February 23 | 23.8km / 2550m / 9h 40m | A big win in fairly hard conditions. All calmed down later in the day and some sun. Dinner and a lift with Ken. Superb! |
974 | Beinn Sgritheall | 2020 February 21 | 5.2km / 900m / 4h 05m | Minging weather with James |
918 896 1004 1010 981 1021 938 987 947 |
Creag nan Damh Sgurr Beag Sgurr an Lochain Sgurr an Doire Leathain Maol Chinn-dearg Aonach air Chrith Druim Shionnach West Top Druim Shionnach Creag a' Mhaim |
2020 February 20 | 24.5km / 2000m / 7h 57m | Brutal weather but got them done. Intense but still enjoyable! Some deep snow, some scoured ridges and an incredible wind screaming over the crest. I stuck an ear plug in one ear and kept going! The audial mayhem is harder to tolerate than the physical. Met James at Cluanie - solid effort for February's weather. |
957 1109 1102 |
Carn Ghluasaid Sgurr nan Conbhairean Sail Chaorainn |
2020 February 19 | 17.2km / 1350m / 5h 10m | Making tracks back to normal and felt good again. Really bad visibility, slow navigation - these glacially carved slender ridges are always a little bit funny in a whiteout. |
544 962 |
Cnoc Sgriodain Meall nan Con (Ben Klibreck) |
2020 February 17 | 14.8km / 970m / 4h 50m | Made the summit this time but no energy. |
927 544 |
Ben Hope Cnoc Sgriodain |
2020 February 16 | 14.1km / 1380m / 5h 15m | As deep into the winter as I got. |
987 998 |
Conival Ben More Assynt |
2020 February 15 | 17.2km / 1180m / 7h 05m | Cloud scraping the peaks, muted dawn, high winds and an utterly grey, empty landscape. It was an awesome display of the power of weather and conditions, maybe the most humbled I've been on a hill in a while. |
933 | Fionn Bheinn | 2020 February 14 | 8.7km / 770m / 2h 33m | Don't try; don't get. Lucky hour snatched before sunset. |
921 967 982 1151 1143 |
An Socach Carn na Con Dhu Mullach na Dheiragain Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan West Top |
2020 February 13 | 26.7km / 1820m / 10h 10m | With Helen - what a day. Might have been the best day of the winter so far. NW Highland peaks and the Hebrides smothered in snow as far as the horizon - no wind and a gently warm sun. Great to share this moment with Helen on top of Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan, she helped me so much this winter. |
918 758 1032 962 |
A' Ghlas-bheinn A' Ghlas-bheinn South Top Beinn Fhada Sgurr a' Dubh Doire |
2020 February 12 | 20.5km / 1760m / 8h 20m | Excellent weather, very windy - fresh snow was being blown all over the place. Over Beinn Fhada and I was at Alltbeithe for last light. |
933 | Fionn Bheinn * | 2020 February 11 | 1.4km / 50m / 30m | Ten minutes out of Achnasheen and thunder made a decision for me! No hill. |
946 1046 |
An Cabar (Ben Wyvis) Glas Leathad Mor (Ben Wyvis) |
2020 February 10 | 14.8km / 980m / 4h 10m | A volatile forecast today and I headed to Wyvis. Stormy and spindrift - but ultimately no fuss. |
917 935 |
Meall na Teanga Sron a' Choire Ghairbh |
2020 February 8 | 21.4km / 1400m / 4h 35m | Out on the hill with Finlay - stormy |
955 941 935 |
Sgor Gaibhre Carn Dearg Beinn na Lap |
2020 February 7 | 28.4km / 1470m / 7h 45m | Awesome day and the end of the foot on the floor. Sunny weather with strengthening winds. |
924 1102 1116 1132 1034 1019 1148 |
Meall Glas Choire Beinn Eibhinn Aonach Beag Geal-charn Carn Dearg Beinn Bheoil Ben Alder |
2020 February 6 | 40.2km / 2330m / 10h 25m | A magical day - raw and tired from Mamores in the morning, but eased to a sparkling day over these summits in calm weather. Night falling on Bheoil, and over Ben Alder by Moonlight, the stars and snow on the ground. Helen walked into Benalder Cottage with my stuff. |
910 939 917 917 999 990 1099 1001 1032 909 981 975 982 1036 1055 1062 1130 1010 943 |
Meall a' Chaorainn Mullach nan Coirean Mullach nan Coirean SE Top Mullach nan Coirean East Top Stob Ban Stob Choire a' Mhail Sgurr a' Mhaim Sgurr an Iubhair Am Bodach Stob Coire a' Chairn South Top Stob Coire a' Chairn An Garbhanach An Gearanach Na Gruagaichean NW Top Na Gruagaichean Binnein Mor South Top Binnein Mor Sgurr Eilde Mor Binnein Beag |
2020 February 5 | 34.7km / 3350m / 11h 20m | Biggest day of the winter on the Mamores, also in absolutely minging weather. Helen dropped me off on the Ahcintore high road, and the first six Munros felt fun. Something about Na Gruagaichean and Binnein Mor felt lik a 'serious' switch had flicked and I got pretty cold at Coire an Lochain. Squeezed the last two out and down to GLen Nevis for last light. Last few miles hurt a bit then back to Fort William for food with Steve and dad. Ooft - a toughie. |
852 956 826 825 963 987 961 |
Sgurr a' Choire Riabhaich Sgurr nan Coireachan Meall an Tarmachain Beinn Gharbh Sgurr Thuilm Gulvain Gulvain South Top |
2020 February 4 | 34.3km / 2600m / 10h 05m | Brilliant day made possible by Helen taking a bike to the foot of Gulvain. Base layer weather in Glen Finnan (for once!) and up onto the tops. Nice walking and nice conditions. Wild country going through to Gulvain where I met Helen. |
977 1177 1105 1079 1106 1116 1094 963 1100 1234 1221 1220 1345 |
Stob Ban Stob Choire Claurigh Stob a' Choire Leith Stob Coire Cath na Sine Caisteal Stob Coire an Laoigh Sgurr Choinnich Mor Sgurr Choinnich Beag Stob Coire Bhealaich Aonach Beag Aonach Mor Carn Mor Dearg Ben Nevis |
2020 February 2 | 27.7km / 2860m / 11h 35m | Out early for the run across to Ben Nevis. Wasn't totally sure if this would happen before going, but all worked out well in the end. |
1046 979 1105 1115 |
Chno Dearg Stob Coire Sgriodain Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin Stob Coire Easain |
2020 February 1 | 24.1km / 1970m / 8h 05m | Afternoon into evening on the hills either side of Loch Treig. Wet and minging in the morning had cleared to sharp, chilled air and the Easains by Moonlight. Brilliant! Met Brad in the Lairig bothy where there was good crowd. |
915 1052 1130 1153 993 1006 |
Beinn Teallach Beinn a' Chaorainn Creag Meagaidh Stob Poite Coire Ardair Sron Coire a' Chriochairean Carn Liath |
2020 January 31 | 27.4km / 1790m / 7h 30m | Hard weather! Absolutely minging, about as bad as all winter for the freezing-heavy-rain genre. Enjoyed it enough, though. |
975 1070 1121 |
Carn Liath (Beinn a' Ghlo) Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain (Beinn a' Ghlo) Carn nan Gabhar (Beinn a' Ghlo) |
2020 January 30 | 22.4km / 1300m / 5h 20m | Quick over these hills after a good sleep and snowmelt. |
885 1008 |
Elrig 'ic an Toisich Beinn Dearg |
2020 January 29 | 25.9km / 710m / 8h 10m | Mega tough conditions returning from Tarf Hotel. Huge rolls of powder snow smothering peat hags. Tricky. |
963 906 994 1006 |
Carn a' Chlamain Carn an Fhidhleir South Top Carn an Fhidhleir An Sgarsoch |
2020 January 28 | 32km / 1730m / 9h 10m | Long day in the Tarf wilds - really good and big help from Lorraine |
917 975 1011 991 |
Geal-charn A' Mharconaich Beinn Udlamain Sgairneach Mhor |
2020 January 27 | 19.4km / 1150m / 6h 20m | Drumochter west four in minging weather - fresh powder snow. |
1087 1049 924 |
Beinn a' Chlachair Geal Charn Creag Pitridh |
2020 January 26 | 26km / 1290m / 6h 00m | Warm weather of late transitioned to a cold edge and clearing conditions. Evening beauty. |
926 876 919 945 942 920 911 920 930 |
Geal Charn Carn na Criche Sneachdach Slinnean Carn Dearg Carn Ban Carn Ballach Meall a' Bhothain Carn Sgulain A' Chailleach |
2020 January 25 | 31.5km / 1240m / 7h 55m | Snowless, misty crossing of the Monadhliath and a meeting with Dan on A' Chailleach! |
964 1090 1245 |
Bynack Beag Bynack Mor Cairn Gorm |
2020 January 24 | 17km / 1300 / 5h 30m | Finishing Cairngorm summits |
1155 1100 1047 1012 998 |
Lochnagar (Cac Carn Beag) Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach Carn an t-Sagairt Mor Cairn Bannoch Broad Cairn |
2020 January 23 | 28.7km / 1360m / 7h 38m | Lochnagar 5 on a snowless, gentle day. About as tame as the weather got all winter - nice to make easy miles for a bit. |
1019 1052 1118 |
Mullach Clach a' Bhlair Carn Ban Mor Sgor Gaoithe |
2020 January 22 | 31km / 980m / 8h 40m | Last Cairngorms day in the mist, and nice to meet dad and Steve at Glen Feshie. |
1004 1213 1291 1258 1265 1296 1113 1157 1108 |
The Devil's Point Stob Coire an t-Saighdeir Cairn Toul Sgor an Lochain Uaine Carn na Criche Braeriach Monadh Mor Beinn Bhrotain Beinn Bhrotain East Top |
2020 January 21 | 28.3km / 1800m / 10h 30m | Long day in the mist - many miles, little views and drizzle all day. Tricky descent of Beinn Bhrotain down steep slabs! Corrour was heaving that night. |
1182 1309 1037 |
Beinn Mheadhoin Ben Macdui Carn a' Mhaim |
2020 January 20 | 18km / 1250m / 7h 30m | A longer day was curtailed with high winds - sun was out but it was a battle into a headwind over three Munros to Corrour. |
1171 1197 931 1082 1155 |
Ben Avon (Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe) Beinn a' Bhuird Beinn Bhreac Beinn a' Chaorainn Derry Cairngorm |
2020 January 19 | 32.9km / 1910m / 10h 52m | A good and long day to the Hutchison - weird, cool light and snow. Night-time Derry Cairngorm: the wind was absolutely battering over the summit, foretelling a plan-change the following day. |
709 939 |
Creag Dearg Mount Keen |
2020 January 18 | 27.2km / 1280m / 7h 30m | Weak sun and frozen, snowless ground on the moors |
946 1045 1029 1051 944 |
Carn Bhac Beinn Iutharn Mhor Carn an Righ Glas Tulaichean An Socach |
2020 January 17 | 42.2km / 1980m / 9h 24m | Long miles and tricky ground conditions. Ultimately quite nice. |
922 987 1068 1064 957 958 1019 |
Meall Odhar Creag Leacach Glas Maol Cairn of Claise Tom Buidhe Tolmount Carn an Tuirc |
2020 January 16 | 25.4km / 1230m / 7h 00m | Minging conditions and met Paul of SAIS who got me into action! |
933 975 917 |
The Cairnwell Carn a' Gheoidh Carn Aosda |
2020 January 15 | 10.9km / 650m / 4h 05m | Blizzarding at Glen Shee. |
842 928 947 |
Shank of Drumfollow Mayar Driesh |
2020 January 14 | 13.6km / 870m / 4h 40m | First of the Eastern Highlands. Wintry! |
1083 1044 922 |
Schiehallion Meall nan Tarmachan Meall nan Tarmachan SE Top |
2020 January 13 | 18km / 1380m / 5h 10m | Finishing Southern Highlands. |
1029 968 1042 981 |
Carn Gorm Meall Garbh Carn Mairg Meall na Aighean |
2020 January 12 | 18.4km / 1320m / 7h 05m | Dramatic weather with sun and tonnes of spindrift and snow with Struan and Andy |
917 921 1039 |
Meall a' Churain Sgiath Chuil Meall Ghaordaidh |
2020 January 11 | 23.6km / 1700m / 7h 26m | Sgiath Chuil was a slog. Meall Ghaordaidh was unexpectedly magical. |
926 1069 1103 1214 1117 1123 1001 |
Meall a' Choire Leith Meall Corranaich Beinn Ghlas Ben Lawers An Stuc Meall Garbh Meall Greigh |
2020 January 10 | 21.1km / 1750m / 7h 55m | Seven Lawers Munros with Helen - thin snow conditions, frozen ground and some sun. |
959 1025 1047 1078 |
Meall Glas Beinn Chaluim Creag Mhor Beinn Sheasgarnich |
2020 January 9 | 37.7km / 2700m / 10h 34m | A big day around the head of Glen Lochay - also didn't feel totally right. Nearly too big! But walking over the summit of Sheasgarnich on a windless, moonlit night was magic. |
916 1130 1029 978 |
Beinn a' Chleibh Ben Lui Ben Oss Beinn Dubhchraig |
2020 January 8 | 19.2km / 1700m / 6h 15m | Nice crossing of the Lui 4. |
926 1011 916 943 |
Beinn Narnain Beinn Ime Ben Vane Ben Vorlich |
2020 January 6 | 22.1km / 2250m / 7h 10m | Arrochar in the evening following hammering rain all day |
932 996 941 940 946 1046 |
Beinn Chabhair An Caisteal Beinn a' Chroin West Top Beinn a' Chroin Beinn Tulaichean Cruach Ardrain |
2020 January 5 | 22.9km / 2080m / 7h 15m | Manky weather - met Lucasz and shared the first summit. The rest were formalities and completed just in time for dark. |
1080 960 892 998 1044 877 928 |
Ben Starav Beinn nan Aighenan Meall nan Tri Tighearnan Glas Bheinn Mhor Stob Coir' an Albannaich Meall Tarsuinn Meall nan Eun |
2020 January 4 | 28.2km / 2500m / 8h 30m | Five Starav Munros in drizzly, chilly weather. ALl to plaN! |
1108 1100 1090 945 |
Meall a' Bhuiridh Creise Stob Ghabhar Stob a' Choire Odhair |
2020 January 3 | 21.5km / 1750m / 7h 10m | Light snow and a steely, wintry feel on the Blackmount traverse. |
968 923 952 |
Sgurr nam Fiannaidh Meall Dearg East Top Meall Dearg |
2020 January 2 | 8.7km / 1750m / 4h 20m | The Aonach Eagach Munros independantly - wild weather. |
937 909 959 994 968 |
Beinn Sgulaird Beinn Sgulaird North Top Beinn Fhionnlaidh Sgurr na h-Ulaidh Stob an Fhuarain |
2020 January 1 | 24.9km / 2400m / 8h 20m | A cloudly, quiet day for the start of the year. A great crossing of these hills, loved the Appin-Etive hinterlands. Met Jamie at the end who gave us a lift back to the van. |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
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1022 1011 956 925 958 1072 1150 |
Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Doire (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Broige (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Coire Raineach (Buachaille Etive Beag) Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag) Stob Coire Sgreamhach Bidean nam Bian |
2019 December 31 | 23km / 2650m / 9h 20m | Stunning stunning stunning - one of the best days all winter- hills mostly snowles, but the light golden, crisp though gentle. Amazing trip across the trio of Glen Coe hills |
1001 1024 947 |
Sgorr Dhonuill (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Dhearg (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Bhan (Beinn a' Bheithir) |
2019 December 30 | 18km / 1300m / 5h 35m | Damp conditions at Loch an Daimh. |
975 985 931 |
Stuc a' Chroin Ben Vorlich Beinn Chonzie |
2019 December 29 | 29.4km / 1950m / 7h 25m | Stormy and snowless. Not a bad day in the end and solid mileage. |
888 927 960 932 |
Creag an Fheadain Sron Chona Choirein Stuc an Lochain Meall Buidhe |
2019 December 27 | 18km / 1300m / 5h 35m | Damp conditions at Loch an Daimh. |
948 | Beinn Bhuidhe | 2019 December 26 | 19km / 1150m / 4h 55m | Steely grey skies, a refreshing cool wind and dry all day, which was unexpected. |
1165 1174 |
Stob Binnein Ben More |
2019 December 25 | 11km / 1350m / 5h | Christmas day - a nice morning, lovely firm snow on the rise to Stob Binnein, but rolled my ankle coming off Ben More. Ouch. |
1076 1004 1002 1038 978 1081 953 |
Beinn Dorain Beinn an Dothaidh Beinn Achaladair South Top Beinn Achaladair Meall Buidhe Beinn a' Chreachain Beinn Mhanach |
2019 December 24 | 32.7km / 2450m / 9h 15m | The Orchy 5. Another fantastic day, a little bit too long for day 3. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it. Original plan had been the Lui four though James went home. So I upgraded! Bit sluggish on Beinn Dorain, cleared to great ridge walking in white conditions over to Chreachain - finished with Beinn Mhanach in dusk then into the glen for last light. Walk out to the bike and finish. Great day. |
1126 998 964 980 989 |
Ben Cruachan Stob Daimh Sron an Isean Beinn a' Chochuill Beinn Eunaich |
2019 December 23 | 19.5km / 2050m / 7h 45m | Ben Cruachan with James and Cameron. headed off myself for the other three, all a bit manky and damp but a great day. Felt good to be heading off the first one. |
966 | Ben More | 2019 December 22 | 9.5km / 1000m / 4h 15m | First Munro of the round on Mull. Quiet conditions, good day with Struan |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) * | 2019 December 12 | 5.6km / 660m / 7h 05m | A look (to 700m) at Curved Ridge with James and Andi. |
942 1157 1113 1258 1291 1213 1004 |
Carn Cloich-mhuilinn Beinn Bhrotain Monadh Mor Sgor an Lochain Uaine Cairn Toul Stob Coire an t-Saighdeir The Devil's Point |
2019 December 3 | 42.4km / 1800m / 12h 05m | Good day with James on this round. Cycled into the foot of Bhrotain, I picked up a wished-for Munro top, then continued in spectacular conditions around the Munros. Cloud layers, a bit of snow and the setting sun: it was so scenic. Sitting on top of Devil's Point in darkness, looking at the stars. Same again in Glen Geusachan! It was great. Knackered by time we got back to Stirling. |
1020 | Ladhar Bheinn | 2019 November 29 | 22.1km / 1300m / 8h 20m | Final 3rd round Munro. Awesome in every way. |
939 936 942 946 |
Luinne Bheinn Luinne Bheinn East Top Meall Buidhe SE Top Meall Buidhe |
2019 November 28 | 27.3km / 1600m / 7h 55m | An amazing day with Jamie on this Knoydart pair, it might be the most I've enjoyed a hill day for a long time (and that's saying a lot). One of the best locations in the Highlands, a real blend of mountain and sea. Everyone says it; it's true. Awesome sunset. |
1087 1049 924 |
Beinn a' Chlachair Geal Charn Creag Pitridh |
2019 November 27 | 30km / 1050m / 6h 45m | The final day of the Alder lot, and the best of the three! Nice feeling to get back out to civilisation, as well as a road cycle to finish. Headed to Mallaig that evening. |
1148 1019 1034 |
Ben Alder Beinn Bheoil Carn Dearg |
2019 November 26 | 16.8km / 1350m / 7h 30m | More drizzle and rain! Wet camp the following night in An Lairig. Nice hills, but I was still tired. Pondering the winter to come. |
941 955 1102 1116 1132 |
Carn Dearg Sgor Gaibhre Beinn Eibhinn Aonach Beag Geal-charn |
2019 November 25 | 25.8km / 1700m / 9h 30m | A hard day along the hills around Loch Ossian. Coming out of a three-week cold, fitness dropped and still recovering. Going right into a camping trip in rain and drizzle is no the easiest return! A lot of drizzly, windy, misty hills, and camped below Ben Alder at a brilliant little spot. |
1245 | Cairn Gorm * | 2019 November 13 | 6km / 600m / 8h 30m | Jenga Buttress (III,4), Sron a' Cha-no with Dan |
954 | Carn a' Chlamain | 2019 October 31 | 28.5km / 950m / 4h 25m | Ochre hills and chilly wind - 14 Munros left |
1051 1029 1045 946 944 871 841 785 |
Glas Tulaichean Carn an Righ Beinn Iutharn Mhor Carn Bhac An Socach Carn a' Chlarsaich Creag Easgaidh Creag Easgaidh East Top |
2019 October 30 | 41.6km / 2200m / 8h 40m | On the count down to finish the 3rd round, so I went to the Eastern Highlands to finish off there. It was very much a late-autumn, early-winter day: dull and chilly, though ultimately quite benign. It felt like I did big miles, I was fairly drained by the end of it. Worse still was trying to find something to eat afterward at night! |
663 789 681 674 |
Beinn an Eoin Meall Dubh Carn Dearg Clach Criche |
2019 October 27 | 15.9km / 1050m / 4h 38m | Good afternoon/evening on this Corbett with Jamie. Much altered by the wind farms that encircle it, I enjoyed the hill way more than expected. Jamie lost, then found his phone (a triumphant moment!!). Really enjoyable. |
949 | Beinn Bhuidhe | 2019 October 26 | 21.2km / 1000m / 8h 30m | Finished the week on a final Munro - a good rugged hill. |
857 | Beinn a' Chrulaiste | 2019 October 25 | 11.8km / 700m / 6h 25m | The first winter snows, so went for Beinn a' Chrulaiste. |
863 848 937 488 |
Beinn Sgulaird South Top Meall Garbh Beinn Sgulaird Druim a' Bhuic |
2019 October 24 | 13.5km / 1300m / 8h 25m | Hard conditions in the morning cleared to stunning afternoon sun. It's a wonderful part of the world. |
952 867 |
Meall Dearg Garbh Bheinn |
2019 October 23 | 15.2km / 1300m / 9h 15m | A really interesting day following Feith nan Lab out of Kinlochleven. Missed the rain! |
1179 1220 |
Carn Dearg Meadhonach Carn Mor Dearg |
2019 October 22 | 13.7km / 1200m / 6h 37m | Working on the hills with Orion. Wet! |
1009 887 871 901 899 |
Beinn Dearg Eileirg 'ic an Toisich Carn a' Chiaraidh Beinn Mheadhonach Beinn a' Chait |
2019 October 13 | 37.9km / 1600m / 8h 08m | Some Atholl hills with Struan - Beinn Dearg was off my third round, then we went around to the Corbett, Beinn Mheadhonach. We finished up with Beinn a' Chait, a pretty big hill for being so unassuming. A good mountain bike/walking hybrid. |
925 958 |
Stob Coire Raineach (Buachaille Etive Beag) Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag) |
2019 October 6 | 8.1km / 930m / 5h 05m | Working for Steven F |
1021 1010 939 953 |
Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Doire (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Coire Altruim (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Broige (Buachaille Etive Mor) |
2019 October 5 | 13.5km / 1100m / 7h 35m | Working for Steven F |
752 775 789 |
Beinn Loinne East Top Beinn Loinne Druim nan Cnamh |
2019 September 29 | 12.9km / 80m / 32m (bike) 16km / 770m / 3h 55m |
I've eyed up this mountain wall for years: took the road bike down the loch, then over the ridge to the car. Nice hill. |
495 | Sgurr na Stri | 2019 September 23 | 14.8km / 900m / 4h 53m | The famous coastal top. Every bit as good as I'd have hoped. Tired. |
965 926 970 972 918 894 896 830 959 934 966 |
Sgurr na Banachdaich Sgurr Thormaid Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh South Top Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh East Top Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Far East Top An Caisteal Bruach na Frithe Am Basteir Sgurr nan Gillean |
2019 September 22 | 21.1km / 2100m / 11h 53m | Cuillin north half with Struan! Went to Banachdaich first, then headed north. Lots of short pitches going over Sgurr a' Mhadaidh, an abseil off An Caisteal into the notch, then completing the half-traverse on Am Basteir then Gillean. More short pitches then an abseil off Gillean, then a jog down Glen Brittle back to my car in last light. It was brilliant! (and I was tired for a while after) |
881 | Sgurr Thuilm | 2019 September 8 | 9.3km / 870m / 2h 45m | Soggy and chilly on the Cuillin - one of my last big Skye summits. |
839 1143 1151 1075 1041 918 856 561 |
Sgurr Gaorsaic Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan West Top Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan Stuc Bheag Stuc Mor Stuc Fraoch Choire Creag Ghlas Meall an Odhar |
2019 September 7 | 29.6km / 2000m / 7h | Excellent day out the back of Kintail. Really pleased at my speed on these hills. Just felt fantastic, all day. So glad I did them all, including all those NE tops of Ceathramhnan, as far as Creag Ghlas. It's been on the wishlist for a while. Autumn is really starting to take hold. |
266 193 413 |
Creag Strollamus Am Meall Beinn Tianavaig |
2019 September 1 | 1.8km / 250m / 40m 1.5km / 180m / 25m 5.7km / 400m / 1h 05m |
Skye coastal tops. First two were good, but Beinn Tianavaig was brilliant, sunset, showers and rainbows. Epic. |
. | Daxenstein Großer Mühlenwächter Kleiner Mühlenwächter Kleine Herkulessäule |
2019 August 24 | circa 3.8km / 200m | Daxenstein was busy! First time we've seen it like this. James and I nipped up a couple of stacks then did a mega race up Kleine Herkulessäule, racing darkness. Great end to the holiday. |
. | Khedive Laasenturm Nonne |
2019 August 23 | circa 5.1km / 150m | More sandstone. Brilliant climbing and Nonne was a good end to the day. |
. | Honigstein Imker Lokomotive |
2019 August 22 | circa 6.3km / 250m | After the Alps, went to Saxony and the sandstone towers for a very unique climbing experience |
3472 | Schönbielhorn | 2019 August 18 | 25.5km / 1400m / 8h 55m | Solid miles and having a great time |
4478 | Matterhorn * | 2019 August 17 | 11.5km / 1250m / 6h 10m | Up to 3720m on the Hornli. Amazing experience. |
3406 | Mettelhorn Platthorn |
2019 August 16 | 3.9km / 700m / 1h 05m 14.2km / 1250m / 6h |
My first time in the Alps. Wow! A great place, and a great first summit. |
1179 1220 1345 |
Carn Dearg Meadhonach Carn Mor Dearg Ben Nevis |
2019 August 11 | 18.5km / 1500m / 9h | Working for Steven - not such a nice weather day, despite expectations. |
1221 1234 |
Aonach Mor Aonach Beag |
2019 August 10 | 14.9km / 1400m / 6h 35m | Working for Steven - quite a nice day despite expectations. |
817 768 |
Carn Dearg Carn Dearg |
2019 August 8 | 14.4km / 850m / 4h 15m | The Glen Roy Carn Dearg's! With Struan. First time in this glen, a good discovery. |
1089 1171 1174 1197 1179 1151 807 |
Carn Eas Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe (Ben Avon) Cnap a' Chleirich Beinn a' Bhuird South Top (Beinn a' Bhuird) A' Chioch Carn Fiaclach |
2019 August 6 | 8.3km / 300m / 57m 30.8km / 1150m / 6h 40m |
Not happy to leave Avon and Bhuird behind, I returned the same evening, stayed in the bothy then headed to the hills in the morning. A misty and quiet round of these hills, including some new tops (which I always enjoy picking up!). The bike was invaluable for getting in and out of these hills and I feel I know the routes well now. |
733 726 972 |
Meall an t-Slugain Carn na Craoibhe Seileich Creag an Dail Mhor |
2019 August 5 | 24km / 800m / 4h 05m | Having a go at Ben Avon and Beinn a' Bhuird later in the day, but turned back once on Creag an Dail Mhor with the skies about rumbling with thunder. Not the hills to be on in a storm... Counted on list as 2 tops. |
709 939 |
Creag Dearg Mount Keen |
2019 August 4 | 18.6km / 820m / 4h 58m | A dry morning turning soggy half-way. Unusually I approached from Glen Muick which is reasonable distance-wise, but a hell of a lot of bog and peat. Interesting day. |
998 983 927 991 1012 1000 957 920 874 862 851 |
Broad Cairn Creag an Dubh-loch Craig of Gowal Cairn of Gowal Cairn Bannoch Fafernie Creag Leachdach Crow Craigies Crow Craigies South Top Cairn Lunkard Craigs of Loch Esk |
2019 August 3 | 30.0km / 1150m / 5h 10m | Brilliant top bagging out the back of Glen Clova. Munros to finish the third round, until I realised they were already done on the third round! Oops. Great to get out to a lot of the Munro Tops, Deleted Munro tops, Corbett tops etc. Did it in good time too. |
886 795 717 |
Pen y Fan Cribyn Fan y Big |
2019 July 31 | 13.8km / 750m / 3h 20m | Brecon Beacons - nice to come somewhere totally new. Good hills and a well developed path network. Warm day! |
158 | Glastonbury Tor | 2019 July 28 | 0.8km / 60m / 1h | Ethan's first hill! The wee ledge walked all the way. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2019 July 23 | 3.4km / 400m / 42m | A quick up and down. |
362 336 317 449 293 |
Mula na Caillich Cipeagal Bheag Cipeagal Mhor Caiteseal Colla Sgairbh |
2019 July 17 | 22.1km / 1600m / 7h 08m 10.8km / 150m / 2h 35m |
A long-awaited trip right into the back of Pairc. Left in the afternoon and was on Caiteseal late evening. I've wanted to come to this hill for a long time! I crossed Colla Sgairbh at midnight and camped in Gleann Lacasdale just as the rain began. In the morning the cloud was down and it was a wild day - so headed back to the road instead of some misty eastern summits. |
579 453 473 492 378 370 |
Stulabhal Rapaire Mullach a' Ruisg Liuthaid Cearnabhal Beinn a' Mhuil |
2019 July 16 | 24.7km / 1650m / 6h 05m | Changeable condition on five hills at the top of Loch Seaforth. Interesting hills and some quite wild conditions later on. |
248 | Muirneag | 2019 July 14 | 11.3km / 230m / 2h 45m | A insecty, boggy plod out to this Lewis moorland top. Stunning desolation. |
306 453 489 412 556 425 303 |
Huiseabhal Beag Oireabhal Huiseabhal Mor Leosabhal Ceartabhal Sgianalt Taran Mor |
2019 July 13 | 22.4km / 1600m / 6h 15m | My last Harris summits, a stunning clutch of four out on the west caost of North Harris. Essentially a circuit of Glen Cravadale, with a diversion out north to Taran Mor which is a brilliant secluded top. |
747 | Binnein Shuas * | 2019 July 2 | 14.3km / 550m / 9h 45m | Delayed Attack (E3) |
918 1019 998 |
Druim nam Bo Mullach Clach a' Bhlair Meall Dubhag |
2019 June 27 | 25km / 950m / 6h 35m | A hot day on the SW Cairngorms. I was kind of trashed from the previous day, so tried to make it brief. Anyway, a good day, and a new Munro Top... |
774 1006 994 900 845 912 837 859 831 912 847 841 |
Sgarsoch Bheag An Sgarsoch Carn an Fhidhleir Meall Tionail Beinn Bhreac NE Top Beinn Bhreac Beinn Bhreac NW Top Glas-leathad Feshie Leac an Taobhain Leathad an Taobhain Meall an Uillt Chreagaich Glas-leathad Lorgaidh |
2019 June 26 | 43.3km / 1900m / 10h 30m 6.4km / 100m / 40m (25th) |
A pretty massive day out the back of Glen Feshie! Great weather, and long miles on the heather. The Feshie approached completed the trio of approaches to the Geldie Munros, my having done them from Braemar and Blair Athol before. After the Munros, I continued west, to two outback Corbetts of Beinn Bhreac and Leathad an Taobhain. Their remoteness was keenly felt by the sheer amount of legwork needed to get there (and then back again!). I was pretty sore by the time I was back at Ruigh Aiteachain... |
1049 1083 992 993 |
Sgurr Fhuar-thuill Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais Carn nan Gobhar Sgurr na Ruaidhe |
2019 June 11 | 28.1km / 1900m / 8h 05m | A drizzly and chilly day on the Strathfarrar 4 Munros. I approached from the north at Inverchorachan; a very different experience of these hills and a good deal rougher! But a nice day out, and pretty knackered following on the Fannaich day. |
798 924 922 949 954 1108 961 934 1093 923 868 |
Faire nam Fiadh An Coileachan Meall Gorm SE Top Meall Gorm Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich Sgurr Mor Carn na Criche Meall a' Chrasgaidh Sgurr nan Clach Geala Sgurr nan Each Sgurr a' Chadha Dheirg |
2019 June 10 | 46km / 2400m / 9h 28m | A great, long day on the Fannaichs. Cycled in from Grudie Bridge, dropping the bike by the Fannaich dam. A long, high-level day ensued, across seven further Munros toward the third Munro round. |
981 909 1032 |
Stob Coire a' Chairn Stob Coire a' Chairn South Top Am Bodach |
2019 May 28 | 14.3km / 1250m / 7h 10m | Working for Rich - stunning day on the tops, even a bit of snow falling. |
742 | Sgùrr na Cìche (Pap of Glencoe) | 2019 May 26 | 8km / 750m / 4h 10m | Work - drizzly day |
966 934 958 830 896 894 918 972 970 926 965 986 948 978 992 938 944 926 877 894 |
Sgurr nan Gillean Am Basteir Bruach na Frithe An Caisteal Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Far East Top Sgurr a' Mhadaidh East Top Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh South Top Sgurr Thormaid Sgurr na Banachdaich Inaccessible Pinnacle (Sgurr Dearg) Sgurr Mhic Choinnich Sgurr Thearlaich Sgurr Alasdair Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn Sgurr Dubh Mor Sgurr nan Eag Sgurr a' Choire Bhig Gars-bheinn |
2019 May 21 | 26.8km / 3000m / 10h 40m | Absolutely brilliant day. Did the traverse from north to south. I hung around Sligachan long enough to get a cooked breakfast, then set off for Gillean, arriving mid-morning. From there it was a non-stop sries of decisions, thinking, recording, pushing, all the way to Gars-bheinn. Did eight abseils total, all 11 Munros and learned even more about the bypasses and climbing routes on the hills. You always have more to learn. When I set out I wasn't even sure if this would fly, but I knew what to do at each moment. Thus it was a case of putting it altogether. Everything went like clockwork, and I learned more than I expected to. Prefect running conditions; sometimes sunny, but cloudy with cool air a little wind. Finished on Gars-bheinn seven hours after leaving Gillean. Two of those hours were abseil faff. I need to drop the rope next time and go light in the opposite direction! A stunning day, one of the best for a long time. |
970 972 |
Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh South Top Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh |
2019 May 20 | 6.9km / 150m / 5h 25m | Three hours to get over Ghreadaidh - time to get out. |
947 992 978 948 986 965 926 |
Sgurr Sgumain Sgurr Alasdair Sgurr Thearlaich Sgurr Mhic Choinnich Inaccessible Pinnacle (Sgurr Dearg) Sgurr na Banachdaich Sgurr Thormaid |
2019 May 19 | 11km / 1550m / 10h | A brilliant day on the southern Cuillin with James. Cloudy, with wet rock, but views opened up around Coire Lagan. Impressive place! Bivvied under the Three Teeth, but were awoken all through the night by cold and rain. Rose in the light early hours to continue, but it was best this time to bail... |
926 938 944 |
Sgurr nan Eag Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn Sgurr Dubh Mor |
2019 May 17 | 16km / 1200m / 13h 35m | A long day out with James, Kev and Dan. Weather absolutely stunning. |
986 942 965 |
Inaccessible Pinnacle (Sgurr Dearg) Sgurr na Banachdaich Central Top Sgurr na Banachdaich |
2019 May 16 | 10.5km / 1150m / 10h 15m | The InPinn with James, Kev and Dan. Reasonable conditions - were about to stash buvvy gear until we saw a weather forecast! |
945 987 974 |
Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich Lurg Mhor Meall Mor |
2019 May 15 | 12.2km / 370m / 1h 40m 16km / 1180m / 5h 14m 12km / 200m / 52m |
Heading into these pair alone, in perfect hot weather. Cycled in, one night in the bothy, then over the hills and out to Skye in the afternoon. I normally get these hills in bad weather! Wow. |
942 923 952 906 905 939 968 |
Am Bodach Meall Dearg East Top Meall Dearg Aonach Eagach East Aonach Eagach West Stob Coire Leith Sgurr nam Fiannaidh |
2019 May 13 | 9.9km / 1200m / 4h 23m | Evening over the Aonach Eagach with Daniel L. What a sunset; the hills turned red. Great fun. |
887 926 876 876 872 896 871 919 946 844 796 795 |
Beinn Sgiath Geal Charn Carn na Criche Cairn Ewen Carn Donnachaidh Beag Carn Odhar na Criche Beinn Odhar Sneachdach Slinnean Carn Dearg Carn an Leth-choin Meallan Dubh Leacann Chorrach |
2019 May 12 | 32.6km / 1400m / 7h 25m | A long day on the Monadhliath. Really fantastic to connected Geal Charn and Carn Dearg together; a lot of new ground and hundreds of new tops for me. Stronlairg was a bit of a shock to the system. Nonetheless, a fantastic day with the last vestiges of winter on the highest summits. |
852 949 |
Stac a' Chuirn Beinn Bhuidhe |
2019 May 11 | 29.7km / 1050m / 4h 02m | Loch Fyne's solitary Munro. Went a new way, on the bike, by Glen Shira. A cold day. Glad to be back, and a hill that rewards varying the route. |
767 840 883 845 757 |
Beinn Trilleachan NE Top Beinn Trilleachan Stob Dubh Beinn Ceitlein Stob Dubh South Top |
2019 May 6 | 9.5km / 1000m / 3h 30m 11.5km / 1100m / 4h 15m |
A twin pair of unclimbed Corbetts in Glen Etive with Struan. These two really were embarassingly outstanding, given I've been around Glen Coe and Lochaber for over two years. Amazing hills, for sure. |
779 767 858 |
Beinn Bheula Creag Sgoilte Beinn Luibhean |
2019 April 14 | 13.9km / 900m / 4h 3.4km / 600m / 1h 52m |
Two Corbetts with Struan. One new for me, Luibhean I climbed ten years ago and had never returned to until now. |
890 | Aonach Dubh * | 2019 April 13 | 4.2km / 650m / 7h 55m | Big Top (E1) on E Buttress. Wow! That is some route. |
957 1109 1002 1001 929 1001 |
Carn Ghluasaid Sgurr nan Conbhairean Sail Chaorainn Carn na Coire Mheadhoin Tigh Mor na Seilge Drochaid an Tuill Easaich |
2019 April 4 | 21.5km / 1450m / 7h | Wintry conditions on these three Cluanie Munros. Went north to take in tops. Quite a hard day north of the Munros: snow was awkwardly deposited on top of the ridge. Breaking views over the Drochaid and to the end. |
97 | Torr a' Phloda | 2019 April 3 | 11.7km / 700m / 4h 22m | (10.6km / 630m / 3h 53m and 1.1km / 70m / 29m) |
1215 1309 1141 |
Cairn Lochan Ben Macdui Fiacaill a' Choire Chais |
2019 March 18 2019 March 19 (2019 March 20-22) |
34.5km / 2,400m / 5 days | My Winter ML assessment. A brilliant and intense week, with some real highlight days. I passed, opening the door to more work. |
739 | An Torc (The Boar of Badenoch) | 2019 March 17 | 4.3km / 400m | Day before WML assessment. Just a quickie! |
1055 | Creag Coire nan Each | 2019 March 13 | 11.9km / 950m | Turned back from Mam Sodhail with blizzards |
967 982 1151 915 921 |
Carn na Con Dhu Mullach na Dheiragain Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan Stob Coire na Cloiche An Socach |
2019 March 11 | 27.4km / 1700m | A big day in Affric with James and Dan. A mix of sleet showers, sun, flat white skies and later on, full on whiteout and blowing spindrift. We just beat the storms on these remote hills - great to be out here in winter. |
1141 | Fiacaill a' Choire Chais | 2019 March 9 | 7km / 550m | The Mesage (IV,6) with Tom Lawfield. Great route, a good day. |
1221 | Aonach Mor | 2019 March 6 | 7.3km / 700m | Golden Oldie (II) on the west face with Tom. A bit wilder. |
1214 | Carn Dearg NW Top | 2019 March 5 | 10.1km / 1000m | Up Castle Ridge (III), down Ledge Route with Tom. Brilliant. |
744 729 |
Druim Fada (Stob a' Ghrianain) Druim Fada West Top |
2019 March 4 | 11km / 750m | Sunny afternoon to myself in Glen Laoigh, on a long-observed hill on the An Gearasdan skyline. |
849 | Beinn nan Imirean | 2019 March 3 | 9.8km / 700m | Second half of the day! Up and down from Auchessan, with Struan. |
733 764 |
Troisgeach Meall an Fhùdair |
2019 March 3 | 15.8km / 900m / 4h 25m | Wet and windy morning with Struan. Bit wild to Troisgeach, then across to Meall an Fhudair. A few breaks and a bit of sun on the way out. |
1083 | Miadan Creag an Leth-choin | 2019 February 28 | 11.4km / 800m | WML refresher day 2 - up the Goat Track, around Cairn Lochan in the dark and down |
1245 | Cairn Gorm | 2019 February 27 | 8.0km / 700m | WML refresher day - looking at lots of skills and over CG to Ciste Mhearad |
809 910 893 1040 846 792 712 806 |
Creag an Tulabhain Beinn nan Oighreag Cam Chreag Meall Ghaordaidh Meall na Cnap Làraich Meall Taurnaigh Sròn Eanchainne Meall nan Subh |
2019 February 26 | 24.1km / 1750m | A glorious trip across the south of Glen Lyon. Three main hills and a pile of little tops. It was a beautiful day, just me alone on the hills in the pale February sun. It was unseasonably warm! It was ncie to get a view for the first time from Meall Ghaordaidh, then I continued over tops to Meall nan Subh where the sun was really pretty hot. I dropped down to my bike, stashed near the Loch Lyon dam and freewheeled down the glen. Such a brilliant day. |
698 963 1100 1234 1221 1068 918 |
Meall Cumhann Sgurr a' Bhuic Stob Coire Bhealaich Aonach Beag Aonach Mor Stob an Chùl-choire Tom na Sròine |
2019 February 22 | 21.6km / 1800m / 6h 35m | Great day out with Helen and Al across Meall Cumhann. I headed off to climb Sgurr a' Bhuic, one hill I hadn't yet been on, then continued over the Aonachs which was unexpected - better weather than forecast too. Finished across Aonach Mor's NE tops then a long descent into Torlundy at the end of the day, in time for the Mountain Festival! 11.55pm - 6.30pm |
298 | Cow Hill | 2019 February 21 | 4.44km / 200m | Moved into Helen's - a quick one from the house |
951 658 |
Meall Chuaich Creag Ruadh |
2019 February 17 | 18.2km / 850m | A new third-round Munro for me. I tagged on Creag Ruadh, because why not, after all. Wild on Meall Chuaich with breaking sun and rainbows on the way out. Brilliant. |
798 910 837 960 864 |
Creag a' Chaorainn Meall Buidhe Sron a' Choire Chnapanich Stuc an Lochain An Grianan |
2019 January 20 | 20.4km / 1400m / 5h 15m | Wandering around the back of Glen Lyon with Struan and Andy. A grey start gave way to a beautiful afternoon. I climbed a couple new hills, did a new Munro on the third round and did a Corbett I first climbed ten yesars ago. But it was all from an angle I'd not done before, and for the first time I got to see the very top of Glen Lyon, by the dam. Always a stunning glen. |
739 981 |
Slioch South Top Slioch |
2019 January 18 | 19.6km / 1000m / 8h 30m | Great winer light on Slioch, and all the NW hills plastered in snow. Well worth the long way in. |
1010 993 |
Ruadh-stac Mor (Beinn Eighe) Spidean Coire nan Clach (Beinn Eighe) |
2019 January 17 | 17.6km / 1250m / 8h 05m | The Beinn Eighe circuit. Great light, dulling to savage grey later. But completely calm on the tops. One day soon I will climb Beinn Eighe with all it's tops. |
711 | Tinto | 2019 January 14 | 7km / 480m / 2h 40m | Tinto with dad and the first time back in years! |
659 774 |
Caerloch Dhu Shalloch on Minnoch |
2019 January 13 | 9.5km / 440m / 2h 12m | Nice rainy, windy day out with Struan. Just a short one, and in Galloway (for once)! |
1005 1005 993 1046 1053 999 |
Maoile Lunndaidh Creag Toll a' Choin Carn nam Fiaclan Bidean an Eoin Deirg Sgurr a' Chaorachain Sgurr Choinnich |
2019 January 10 | 21.8km / 1500m / 5h 38m | Nice day but windy and drizzly. Still warm, no snow, nothing frozen! Highlight standing on Bidean an Eoin Deirg in the sun, looking down to Monar and sun on the slopes of the hills. The downhill bike to Craig was rapid - brilliant fun |
928 | Moruisg | 2019 January 9 | 16.9km / 930m / 4h 10m | Cycled/walked to the shelter, then a drizzly night Moruisg |
865 862 974 1156 1150 1110 1051 1068 956 710 |
Conachcraig Caisteal na Caillich Meall Coire na Saobhaidhe Cac Carn Beag (Lochnagar) Cac Carn Mor Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach Top of Eagles Rock Creag a' Ghlas-uillt Little Pap An t-Sron |
2019 January 6 | 26.5km / 1430m / 6h 10m | Piles of tops around Lochangar! Did the Corbett and two Munros. But the tops were part of the highlight. Conditions not so good though - drizzle and low cloud |
1037 1113 1309 1295 1120 1108 983 1155 |
Carn a' Mhaim Sron Riach Ben Macdui Ben Macdui North Top Carn Etchachan Creagan a' Choire Etchachan Sgurr an Lochan Uaine Derry Cairngorm |
2019 January 5 | 35.4km / 1700m / 8h | Finishing the central Cairngorm top bagging. Meeting lots of folk up high, then away NE from Macdui to do the tops. Lots of scrambling around rough terrain to reach Derry Cairngorm in the afternoon. Good conditions and a headtorch cycle out to the road |
931 1017 1083 1082 1183 1014 | Beinn Bhreac Beinn a' Chaorainn Bheag Beinn a' Chaorainn Stob Coire Etchachan Beinn Mheadhoin Stacan Dubha |
2019 January 4 | 4.9km / 70m / 44m 29.5km / 1400m / 8h 55m |
Awesome start to the year - beautiful crisp (but rather snowless) conditions in the central Cairngorms. Great day out with James acrosssome round three Munros. |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
829 749 699 606 508 |
Brown Cow Hill Brown Cow Hill East Top Carn Leac Saighdeir Carn Mòr Tom a' Gharraidh |
2018 December 30 | 17.4km / 700m / 4h 14m | Went east with the weather, and did a windy walk over this new Corbett myself. Completed the day by circling across some tops, then Glasgow-bound for New Year. |
674 867 859 |
Meall na Sròine Bidein a' Chabair Sgùrr na h-Aide |
2018 December 29 | 24.5km / 1200m / 6h 25m | Another immense Corbett! Wild views into the surrounding glens and passes, some coastal scenery - but unfortauntley drizzly mist on the twin tops of Cabair and Aide. Pedalled to Arkaig in twilight, then Fort William for dinner! |
1040 1013 968 953 |
Sgùrr na Cìche Garbh Chìoch Mhòr Garbh Chìoch Bheag Sgùrr nan Coireachan |
2018 December 28 | 19.5km / 1500m / 8h 15m | With James and Andi - we got lucky with weather. Along to Sgurr nan Coireachan through sunset, climbing the final slopes in hushed twilight. Descent by headtorch and back to the bothy. A genuinely fantastic day. |
835 822 854 858 880 |
Sgùrr Còs na Breachd-laoidh Druim a' Chùirn Fraoch Bheinn North Top Fraoch Bheinn Sgùrr Mhurlagain |
2018 December 27 | 5.7km / 130m / 1h 10m 22.6km / 1960m / 6h 52m |
Cycled into A' Chuil the night before, then a nice trip across these hills the following day. I've been eyeing them up for a long time. Weak sun and gentle mist capping the tops, but Sgurr Mhurlagain had spectacular views down Loch Arkaig, opening and closing through mist. Back to the bothy where I met Kev, James and Andi. |
985 975 |
Ben Vorlich Stuc a' Chroin |
2018 December 24 | 15.0km / 1150m / 5h 35m | Social Xmas Eve with James, Andi and Rosie: good scrambling up rock, verglas and snow on the Stuc. Deep blue skies and inversions over the lowlands. |
933 | Fionn Bheinn | 2018 December 21 | 10.2km / 800m / 3h 18m | En route south, a half-day hill. Almost no snow. |
983 1055 930 1023 |
Stob a' Choire Liath Mhor (Liathach) Spidean a' Choire Leith Am Fasarinen (Liathach) Mullach an Rathain (Liathach) |
2018 December 20 | 11.4km / 1350m / 7h 45m | A good yin! Mist and light snow on the ridge, enough to be slippery but not enough for proper winter conds! Great day. |
427 543 |
Dumgoyne Garloch Hill |
2018 December 16 | 6.8km / 560m / 2h 05m | Quick trip out with Gordon and Fi while I'm staying in Glasgow. |
961 987 |
Gulvain South Top Gulvain |
2018 December 10 | 22.2km / 1250m / 6h 55m | Gulvain with James and Merelle - James' #200! Great early winter conditions. This hill also felt leaps and bounds easier with a bike! |
956 826 825 963 |
Sgurr nan Coireachan Meall an Tarmachain Beinn Gharbh Sgurr Thuilm |
2018 December 9 | 24km / 1450m / 8h | The Glenfinnan Munros with James - light snow conditions (none more than a peppering) and some absolutely awesome light over the flanks of Glen Finnan itself. Descended at last light and a rapid bike out by headtorch! |
749 804 826 838 |
Sgurr Choinnich Geal Charn Meall Coire nan Saobhaidh Meall na h-Eilde |
2018 December 8 | 22.8km / 1350m / 6h 20m | A wet, windy winter day with Struan and Andy. The Corbetts and Grahams continue, and we did a circuit above the banks of Loch Arkaig. I missed out one or two tops but it wasn't the day to be hanging around. Some great views nonetheless and another couple new hills for me. |
443 559 668 640 775 849 755 770 763 722 723 636 |
Meall na h-Airigh Meall a' Bhainne Sgùrr nan Cearc Meall Doire na Mnatha Sgùrr Craobh a' Chaorainn Sgùrr Ghiubhsachain Meall nan Creag Leac Druim Tarsuinn Meall Mòr Meall nan Damh West Top Meall nan Damh Glas Bheinn |
2018 November 26 | 28.6km / 2650m / 8h 51m | A really good hill round I've been meaning to do for ages (I feel like I say that a lot!). But it's been in my mind for a while. Conditions were good, a weak sun and brown hills of autumn, but a touch of frost, snow and ice on the higher hills bringing the beginning of winter. Most felt though, was the lack of daylight - I still finished (just) in the last scraps of light. A tremendous day and feel great for having done it. |
558 771 722 |
Meall an Doire Dhuinn Stob Coire a' Chearcaill Sgùrr an Iubhair |
2018 November 25 | 13.9km / 900m / 3h 40m | Stob Coire a' Chearcaill sits visible over An Gearasdan, so another of the list of very visible Ardgour hills! It's got an interesting coire too, with these chopped off quartzite cliffs. |
823 885 627 701 696 736 650 |
Sròn a' Gharbh Choire Mhòir Garbh Bheinn Druim Mìn Sgùrr nan Cnamh Beinn Bheag West Top Beinn Bheag Sgùrr Mhic Eacharna |
2018 November 24 | 17.3km / 1650m / 8h 50m | Autumnal sun with Scoob and Fi. Wow! Garbh Bheinn is just an awe-inspiring mountain and I can see I'll spend more time here. The whole mountain is complex, rough and intricate. One of the greats and so glad to get there at last. Went on an outback voage to Sgurr nan Cnamh, and returned over the ridge of Beinn Bheag and Sgurr Mhic Eacharna. A golden sunset and a descent back to the car in last light. |
731 734 |
Sgùrr na h-Eanchainne Druim na Sgrìodain |
2018 November 23 | 14.2km / 850m / 3h 25m | Finally, the big hill across the Corran ferry goes down! I've been looking at it every day for two years... |
206 | Druim na Birlinn | 2018 November 21 | 9.4km / 300m / 1h 53m | A forest top out behind the new house. Windy and rough. |
175 | Creag an t-Saighdeir | 2018 November 8 | 1.9km / 150m / 42m | Woodland wandering at the foot of Loch Arkaig |
796 790 |
Sgùrr an Utha Fraoch-bheinn |
2018 November 5 | 9km / 750m / 2h 40m | A wild but easily accessible Corbett near Glenfinnan. Low light and stunning cloudscapes breaking over the hills. |
781 840 |
Corryhabbie Hill Ben Rinnes |
2018 November 2 | 10.5km / 430m / 2h 20m 7.6km / 560m / 1h 36m |
Further NE Corbetts. A great second day and feeling better by the day. |
804 821 |
Càrn Mòr Geal Chàrn |
2018 November 1 | 7.8km / 480m / 2h 11.3km / 520m / 2h 40m |
Corbett bagging with Struan! An area I don't visit so often. |
327 | Meall Bhanbhaidh | 2018 October 30 | 2.1km / 280m / 41m | Geting back to health - great little hill above Banavie |
958 | Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag) | 2018 October 13 | 6.8km / 750m | Working - drizzly weather! |
292 | Sgùrr na h-Iolaire | 2018 September 22 | 2.6km / 170m / 55m | One of the Sleat tops - great views, of course |
922 986 864 |
Tom na Gruagaich (Beinn Alligin) Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) Na Rathanan (Beinn Alligin) |
2018 September 15 | 11.5km / 1250m / 8h 45m | Cloudy and drizzly, over Beinn Alligin on a day trip from Sleat with Gilchrist. My first visit in a while, and some bleak views to the brown/grey coast. |
437 561 609 468 739 732 |
Beinn Bhreac Beinn na Seamraig Ben Aslak Beinn Bheag Sgùrr na Coinnich Beinn na Caillich |
2018 September 9 | 15.8km / 1500m / 4h 50m | Great traverse of the hills of Sleat and Kyle Rhea. They were some of my highest Skye hills as yet unclimbed - great to get over them all at last. Weather was reasonable to begin, and descended into pounding wind and rain at Kyle Rhea. Picked up by mum and and and off to Broadford for pizza! |
919 | Gàirich | 2018 August 19 | 15.5km / 850m | A sunnier final day, with a chill in the air on top. |
1040 1013 968 953 |
Sgùrr na Ciche Garbh Chìoch Mhòr Garbh Chìoch Bheag Sgurr nan Coireachan |
2018 August 18 | 24.5km / 1450m | A spectacularly remote day taking in some wild summits. Shame to have little in the way of views, but you can appreciate the wildness even with the cloud closed in. |
1003 | Sgùrr Mòr | 2018 August 17 | 18.7km / 1200m | Weekend working for Steven F - wet |
569 116 |
Leac na Càrnaich Tom na h-Iolaire |
2018 August 8 | 11.4km / 670m / 3h 25m | A small top above the Arkaig road end. Recce'ing the area. |
953 | Am Faochagach | 2018 August 5 | 13.6km / 700m | A nice final day on the rolling eastern summit |
926 | Seana Bhràigh | 2018 August 4 | 27.5km / 1200m | Some views breaking open on this, one of the most stunning of Scottish hills. |
1084 978 977 968 927 |
Beinn Dearg Cona' Mheall Meall nan Ceapraichean Ceann Garbh Eididh nan Clach Geala |
2018 August 3 | 26.5km / 1650m | One really wet day on the central four Munros of Beinn Dearg. We saw nothing! A real wet one with some interesting nav on the plateau. |
751 555 |
An Earagail Mac Uchta |
2018 July 27 | 7.1km / 700m | In the Donegal hills. Errigal was busy! Stunning place. |
484 | An Scailp | 2018 July 25 | 8.5km / 400m | An area with a lot of family history... |
220 | Inch Top | 2018 July 25 | 4.1km / 200m | High point of Inch Island, some viewpoint |
232 | Dunaff Hill | 2018 July 23 | 4.4km / 250m | Coastal top with some savage sea cliffs and a sea stack |
241 | Greenan Mountain (Grianan of Aileach) | 2018 July 22 | 0.6km / 50m | Hill fort in Donegal |
1220 1179 |
Càrn Mòr Dearg Càrn Dearg Meadhonach |
2018 July 18 | 13.8km / 1200m | Out working with Lochaber Guides |
1345 | Ben Nevis * | 2018 July 7 | 13km / 1000m / 10h 32m | Climbing Torro (E2) on Carn Dearg Buttress |
948 1027 899 906 885 815 830 885 879 |
Sgùrr a' Mhaoraich Beag Sgùrr a' Mhaoraich Am Bàthaich Sgùrr Thionail Sgùrr a' Bhac Chaolais Cadha nam Bò Ruadha Buidhe Bheinn North Top Buidhe Bheinn Buidhe Bheinn West Top |
2018 July 3 | 18.7km / 2030m / 6h 20m | Hot! Circuit of Coire Sgoireadail was something I meant to do for a while, first to pick up the summit pano for Sgurr a' Mhaoraich, but also to climb the pile of tops to the north. The daylight is so long it was almost an afternoon trip from home, stunning views and a sunset but hot-hot-hot - should have taken more water. |
742 | Sgùrr na Cìche (Pap of Glencoe) | 2018 July 2 | 7.8km / 800m | Out with the Hopkins' - warm day. For Steven F. |
974 | Ben Lomond | 2018 June 28 | 12.4km / 1050m | A stunning moonset, sunrise and summer heat. With Amy Kurson. |
533 530 870 882 773 783 751 829 870 830 874 882 878 814 521 |
An t-Sleubhaich Meall a' Bhrodainn Beinn Odhar Mhòr Beinn Odhar Bheag Beinn a' Chaorainn Beinn Mhic Cèdidh Dìollaid Mhor Druim Fiaclach East Top Druim Fiaclach An t-Slat-bheinn Sgùrr na Bà Glaise Rois-bheinn Rois-bheinn West Top An Stac Seann Chruach |
2018 June 26 | 40.7km / 3050m / 12h 35m | Stunning day in Moidart. I've meant to do this for a couple of years. It is an awesome day out. It is also quite tough, especially when getting the legs going over the first few summits. The afternoon cooled off a little though and the legs started moving in auto-pilot. West coast views over the final Corbetts, a steep descent to Lochailort. Some food and drink at the hotel, then spent last light running back up the road where I (eventually) hitched a lift. Amazing! |
647 | Meall nan Ruadhag | 2018 June 25 | 11.3km / 400m / 2h 50m | More great weather, so went out on a whim. |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mòr) | 2018 June 21 | 5.5km / 770m | Great Gully Buttress with Anna |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2018 June 21 | 15.6km / 1350m | Solstice Ben Nevis - cold at the top. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2018 June 9 | 15km / 1350m | Overnight Ben Nevis - stunning! |
925 958 |
Stob Coire Raineach (Buachaille Etive Beag) Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag) |
2018 June 8 | 8km / 930m | Working in Glen Coe - sunny day |
954 960 1049 1032 1060 1017 960 1062 979 |
Sàil Liath Stob Cadha Gobhlach Corrag Bhuidhe Lord Berkeley's Seat Sgùrr Fiòna (An Teallach) Sgùrr Creag nan Each Glas Mheall Liath Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill (An Teallach) Glas Mheall Mòr |
2018 June 5 | 19.6km / 1700m | My first time on An teallach in really awesome weather - the other two times were usually cloudy of full blown stormy! And it just had to be over all the tops. The Corrag Bhuidhe was nice to see with climbers eyes, then I went out to the two spurs of Sgurr Creag nan Each and Glas Mheall Liath. A beautiful day and amazing weather to go. Drove back to Glasgow afterward, glad to snatch a day this far north. |
932 | Meall Buidhe | 2018 June 2 | 8.5km / 550m | Helens last Munro - hot, building clouds |
711 | Meall an t-Suidhe | 2018 May 31 | 5.2km / 750m | Scrambling above Glen Nevis |
892 | Aonach Dubh * | 2018 May 30 | 4.1km / 750m | Yo Yo (E1), Aonach Dubh North Face |
981 1041 1004 968 1029 |
Meall na Aighean Carn Mairg Meall a' Bharr Meall Garbh Carn Gorm |
2018 May 29 | 17.1km / 1300m | Working for Steven Fallon, four Munros in a loop, mostly lovely sunny weather and not as hot as previous day. |
926 1069 1214 1103 |
Meall a' Choire Leith Meall Corranaich Ben Lawers Beinn Ghlas |
2018 May 28 | 13.9km / 1200m | Hot conditions on the Lawers range, so the high start was ideal. Working for Steven F. |
989 980 |
Beinn Eunaich Beinn a' Chochuill |
2018 May 27 | 12.5km / 1200m | Two Munros off my third round, as well as working! More nice weather and cracking group. |
918 1126 1024 998 966 980 |
Meall Cuanail Ben Cruachan Drochaid Ghlas Stob Dàimh Sron an Isean Stob Garbh |
2018 May 26 | 15.2km / 1600m | A hot day on the Cruachan Horseshoe - really stunning conditions and the beginning of a settled period of weather. Working for Steven F. |
1221 1234 |
Aonach Mòr Aonach Beag |
2018 May 20 | 12km / 1400m | Working on the hill - drizzly day up from ski centre! |
1179 1220 1345 |
Càrn Dearg Meadhonach Càrn Mòr Dearg Ben Nevis |
2018 May 19 | 17km / 1500m | Absolutely tremendous day with group of 6 over the CMD Arete. Really clear visibility, and some snow left on the summit of Ben Nevis. Would be hard pushed to make it better! |
959 994 |
Beinn Fhionnlaidh Sgùrr na h-Ulaidh |
2018 May 14 | 18.5km / 1450m | Two Munros out the back of Etive, working for Steven F. - Fionnlaidh was a new third round one for me. |
1044 877 928 |
Stob Coir' an Albannaich Meall Tarsuinn Meall nan Eun |
2018 May 13 | 16.6km / 1400m | Another cracking day on these two hills. Tremenously relaxed, and a nice crag on the way down |
1078 1028 960 892 997 |
Beinn Starav Stob Coire Dheirg Beinn nan Aighenan Meall nan Tri Tighearnan Glas Bheinn Mhòr |
2018 May 12 | 19.5km / 1950m | Hot day on these three Munros - busy hills, being a Saturday. Working for Steven. Been a while since I've been on these hills, and longer still since I had any view. They do not disappoint... |
916 943 |
Ben Vane Ben Vorlich |
2018 May 6 | 17km / 1600m | A nice day working - the hills are accessed on good tracks, with a cross-country gap between them! |
1011 926 |
Beinn Ime Beinn Narnain |
2018 May 5 | 17km / 1300m | Misty weather on Ime and Narnain. Working for Steven. |
659 | Carn Glas-choire | 2018 April 19 | 14km / 400m | Nice evening conditions after my first aid course. |
444 | Dun Caan | 2018 April 14 | 13km / 800m | Camped at Hallaig, evening visit to the island high point. |
888 759 879 833 682 |
Creagan na Beinne Ciste Buidhe a' Chlaidheimh Creag Uchdag Meall nan Oighreag Tullich Hill |
2018 April 8 | 22km / 1600m | A Corbett-Graham loop with Struan. I love these days! Three hills out the back of Loch Tay, we had a cracking time. They make a great substitute for the Munros. |
1221 | Aonach Mòr | 2018 March 31 | 7.5km / 650m | Western Rib on Aonach Mor. Last winter route of the season |
428 | Ord Bàn | 2018 March 30 | 1.5km / 170m | Woodland top after the week on the plateau |
1141 | Fiacaill a' Choire Chais | 2018 March 30 | 40.4km / 2440m / 6 days | WML Training - a summit on the last day |
1345 1220 1221 1234 1100 963 1094 1080 1116 1106 1079 1105 1177 977 |
Ben Nevis Càrn Mòr Dearg Aonach Mòr Aonach Beag Stob Coire Bhealaich Sgùrr Choinnich Beag Sgùrr Choinnich Mòr Stob Coire Easain Stob Coire an Laoigh Caisteal Stob Coire Cath na Sine Stob a' Choire Leith Stob Choire Claurigh Stob Bàn |
2018 March 19 | 38.1km / 3560m / 23h 20m | Dave's 24/8. There are no words!!! |
1010 | Sgurr Eilde Mòr | 2018 March 4 | 13.0km / 1050m | With Struan and Will. White!! |
232 | Cruim Leacainn | 2018 February 29 | 5.4km / 250m | Wee top on the way home from Arisaig. |
840 | Beinn Udlaidh * | 2018 February 23 | 6.7km / 800m | Udlaidh ice with Iain, and a nice day out. |
1130 | Creag Meagaidh * | 2018 February 23 | 15km / 850m | South Post Direct (V) - wow. Maybe the route of the season. |
1221 | Aonach Mòr * | 2018 February 22 | 4.3km / 450m | Left Twin (III), Coire an Lochain. Easy winter day. |
963 1094 1116 1080 1100 1234 1221 1220 1345 |
Sgùrr Choinnich Beag Sgùrr Choinnich Mòr Stob Coire an Laoigh Stob Coire Easain Stob Coire Bhealaich Aonach Beag Aonach Mòr Càrn Mòr Dearg Ben Nevis |
2018 February 21 | 27.9km / 2,860m | Epic overnighter helping Helen on her winter Tranter round. Met her on Stob Coire an Laoigh then went all the way to Nevis in the dark. A late finish! Amazing evening. |
981 975 981 909 1032 1001 |
An Gearanach An Garbhanach Stob Coire a' Chàirn Stob Coire a' Chàirn South Top Am Bodach Sgùrr an Iubhair |
2018 February 20 | 12.2km / 1350m | Ring of Steall with Kate and Mike. Great weather all day, snow conditions lean. Great sunset on Sgurr an Iubhair then headed down Coire a' Mhusgain for sunset |
928 947 |
Mayar Driesh |
2018 February 15 | 12.4km / 850m | Look C Gully (IV) - then the Munros in a bit of a whiteout |
1076 | Beinn Dorain * | 2018 February 13 | 6.0km / 700m | Second Coming (III). Excellent! |
1345 | Ben Nevis * | 2018 February 11 | 12.5km / 900m | Trying to climb - no joy, avalanchy |
744 960 |
Beinn nan Aighenan East Top Beinn nan Aighenan |
2018 February 9 | 32.0km / 1300m | Nice long odyssey from Bridge of Orchy & Clashgour |
958 898 |
Bruach na Frithe Sgurr a' Bhasteir |
2018 February 4 | 14.9km / 1000m | Really stunning day and my first time on the Cuillin in winter |
308 | Beinn Lora | 2018 January 31 | 5.2km / 350m | Back from Glasgow - nice hill |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2018 January 28 | 3.4km / 400m | Home hill again! |
760 | Sgorr a' Chaolais | 2018 January 26 | 7.9km / 820m | Over the Dragon's Tooth with Kate. Bluebird! |
414 | Am Meall | 2018 January 19 | 3.7km / 400m / c. 1h | Snowy hills - up from the quarries |
977 1177 1079 1106 1116 1080 1094 963 1090 1234 1221 1220 1345 |
Stob Bàn Stob Choire Claurigh Stob Coire Cath na Sìne Caisteal Stob Coire an Laoigh Stob Coire Easain Sgùrr Choinnich Mòr Sgùrr Choinnich Beag Stob Coire Bhealaich Aonach Beag Aonach Mòr Càrn Mòr Dearg Ben Nevis |
2018 January 11 | 33.6km / 3100m / 15h 50m | Amazing and epic day out with Helen along the Grey Corries, Aonachs and Nevis. Blue skies, deep snow and white mountains, couldn't really ask for more. A long day as well; we caught the sunrise on Stob Choire Claurigh and saw the sunset on Carn Mor Dearg, starting and ending in the dark. The Grey Corries felt pretty 'easy' (doable), then the difficulty piled on for the latter four mountains! Really tired by Nevis. But very happy to have this massive route complete for the first time in winter. |
1032 | Am Bodach * | 2018 January 9 | 7.5km / 600m / 4h 55m | Into Coire na h-Eirghe with Kate, no summit. |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
742 | Sgùrr na Cìche (Pap of Glencoe) | 2017 December 30 | 5.3km / 720m / 1h 50m | Last of the year, summit #250, after a Clachaig shift and by moonlight! |
287 528 |
Druim na h-Earba Bidein Bad na h-Iolaire |
2017 December 29 | 2.4km / 150m / 35m 3.6km / 450m / 1h 35m |
Two quick hills on a winter morning. A hard slog, no energy. |
181 | Airds Hill | 2017 December 28 | 2.8km / 200m / 45m | Beautiful sunny day in Appin. |
708 726 810 690 579 548 550 497 715 502 487 555 478 |
Beinn Bhreac Mam Hael (Beinn Bhreac) Creach Bheinn Beinn Molurgainn Meall Dearg Meall Dearg South Top Meall Dearg Far South Top Meall Biorach Beinn Mheadhonach Beinn Phlacaig Beinn Phlacaig South Top Beinn Duirinnis Ceann Creige |
2017 December 27 | 22.7km / 2270m / 7h 40m | A long and rough trip over a massive tangle of tops west of Loch Etive. I went out in part to get my 250 summits for 2017 (which I got on the 30th Dec), but I also really enjoyed the sense of exploring and discovering these quiet corners of Argyll. They are a well-positioned bunch of hills, between the coast and islands, and the inland hills of Ben Cruachan and Ben Starav... A hard day too; I was well knackered by the end and happy to have hitched a lift back to the car! |
1108 1100 |
Meall a' Bhùiridh Creise |
2017 December 22 | 10km / 1000m / 3h 15m | Quick round of these two familiar hills - hope the summits would peek out the mist, but not to be. |
890 1155 |
Carn Crom Derry Cairngorm |
2017 December 15 | 21.7km / 970m / 3 days | First time into Bob Scott's with the crew, and another Munro! Cold. |
857 | Beinn Bhan | 2017 December 10 | 8.5km / 760m / 4h 05m | Amazing conditions. Snow, sun & pink twilight. |
575 616 |
Beinn na Gucaig SW Top Beinn na Guacaig |
2017 December 9 | 8.7km / 630m / 4h 25m | Afternoon out with Kate. Been a while coming, and a nice muted sunset. |
942 952 906 905 940 967 |
Am Bodach Meall Dearg Aonach Eagach East Aonach Eagach West Stob Coire Leith Sgorr nam Fiannaidh |
2017 November 29 | 8.2km / 1200m / 5h 40m | Night time winter Aonach Eagach by headtorch and moonlight. Something I've wanted to do for ages, and good to be out on the winter hills again. |
857 | Beinn a' Chrulaiste | 2017 November 19 | 5.5km / 700m / 3h 15m | Steel-grey afternoon, incoming front, up from Altnafeadh. Great views. |
985 975 |
Ben Vorlich Stuc a' Chroin |
2017 November 18 | 14.4km / 1200m / 7h 15m | Munro #1000 on Ben Vorlich! Has taken 10 years to do, and climbed this pair on a sunny (cold!) day with Kate. Well pleased. |
925 958 |
Stob Coire Raineach (Buachaille Etive Beag) Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag) |
2017 November 17 | 8km / 930m / 2h 22m | A quick round of Buachaille Etive Beag. Nice to be out and great early winter light. Munros 998 & 999 - yess! |
1029 968 1004 1042 1012 981 |
Carn Gorm Meall Garbh Meall a' Bharr Carn Mairg Meall Liath Meall na Aighean |
2017 November 14 | 18km / 1400m / 5h 50m | Cold early winter conditions over these hills. Just first traces of snow but it felt bitter in the wind! Good round to do again, it's been a few years. Bumped into Nicola in the car park and shared the round instead of going alone. |
676 | Meall Mor * | 2017 November 11 | 4.1km / 330m | For Nick - beautiful morning from forestry track summit to just short of the summit. |
916 1130 1029 978 |
Beinn a' Chleibh Ben Lui Ben Oss Beinn Dubhchraig |
2017 November 10 | 17.5km / 1700m / 8h 45m | The beginning of winter - snow showers and sun on the 4 Munros around Beinn Laoigh with James S. Left a car at either end an did this west to east traverse with the wind to our backs. Particular highlight was following the Allt Coire Dubhchraig, it's water-worn sculptures and path down into twilight. |
862 741 745 830 |
Cam Chreag Meall nam Maigheach Meall a' Mhuic Beinn Dearg |
2017 November 5 | 20.6km / 1430m / 6h 40m | Beautiful early-winter weather on these lower Glen Lyon hills. With Struan. Felt a bit ropey but we got good mileage, a lot of new high ground covered. Finished the day driving over Rannoch Moor with a massive rising Moon - whoa!! |
834 945 1090 990 941 890 697 |
Beinn Toaig Stob a' Choire Odhair Stob Ghabhar Sron a' Ghearrain Stob a' Bhruaich Leith Meal Odhar Meall an Araich |
2017 November 2 | 26km / 1500m / 6h 43m | A stunning morning's drive up from Glasgow gave great conditions on Stob a' Choire Odhair then clouded over on Stob Ghabhar and it's subsidiaries. Meant to get along these tops for a long time. Fantastic day out, only ending in the early evening twilight. |
732 709 582 |
Beinn na Caillich Beinn Dearg Mhòr Beinn Dearg Bheag |
2017 October 25 | 7.5km / 970m / 2h 54m | Seriously windy above Broadford. A short round, but awesome steep hills and good views. Nearly climbed all the Red Cuillin now! |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2017 October 24 | 15.5km / 1350m | Team of 15, from Dave. Improving weather, started at the Inn. |
1022 1011 941 956 |
Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Doire (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Coire Altruim (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Broige (Buachaille Etive Mor) |
2017 October 22 | 12.3km / 1150m | Second day with Julieanne, Anna, Nic and Ed. The allt's were high with overnight rain! Mist on the ridge spectacularly breaking on Stob na Doire. |
1220 1345 |
Carn Mor Dearg Ben Nevis |
2017 October 21 | 17km / 1480m | Out on the hills with Julieanne, Anna, Nic and Ed. Mist again, but not bad conditions at all! A loop from the NF car park. |
944 988 1068 1064 957 958 1019 915 975 933 |
Creag Leacach SW Top Creag Leacach Glas Maol Cairn of Claise Tom Buidhe Tolmount Carn an Tuirc Carn Aosda Carn a' Gheoidh The Cairnwell |
2017 October 19 | 32.3km / 2030m | I stayed the previous night in Pitlochry, and another early start saw me across to Glen Shee. Misty, dark and damp at the car park. It might be a long day! Started up Creag Leacach via it's subsidiary top, then over the Munros, always in the mist. A wonderful exercise in pacing, timing and intuition. We popped out the cloud coming off Carn an Tuirc, then crossed the road to Carn Aosda and slightly clearer conditions. The Cairnwell was in last light and thus the completion of Chris' challenge! |
926 1069 1103 1214 1047 1118 1118 1001 |
Meall a' Choire Leith Meall Corranaich Beinn Ghlas Ben Lawers Creag an Fhithich An Stuc Meall Garbh Meall Greigh |
2017 October 18 | 20.9km / 1750m | Lawers range - conditions weren't too bad just drizzly, cold and no views! Some views and a bitter wind on the first. Like a different world on descent back to the Lawers hotel. |
918 1004 1010 981 1021 938 987 947 |
Creag na Damh Sgurr an Lochain Sgurr an Doire Leathain Maol Chinn-dearg Aonach air Chrith Druim Shionnach West Top Druim Shionnach Creag a' Mhaim |
2017 October 17 | 20.4km / 1850m | South Shiel Ridge west to east, once again getting blown across! |
939 917 910 999 1000 1032 909 981 975 982 |
Mullach nan Coirean Mullach nan Coirean SE Top Mullach nan Coirean East Top Stob Ban Sgurr an Iubhair Am Bodach Stob Coire a' Chairn South Top Stob Coire a' Chairn An Garbhanach An Gearanach |
2017 October 15 | 20.5km / 1930m | A punctured tyre left us with a last-minute change of plans, and we went to the Mamores. Pretty wild on Mullach nan Coirean, with conditions easing through the day. |
995 933 938 942 946 1046 814 |
An Caisteal Beinn Chabhair Beinn a' Chroin West Top Beinn a' Chroin Beinn Tulaichean Cruach Ardrain Meall Dhamh |
2017 October 14 | 21.4km / 2270m | Crianlarich Hills with Chris for Steven Fallon - as with the following four days! Reasonable conditions and this hard round of five. |
702 569 572 |
Belig Glas Bheinn Mhor Beinn na Cro |
2017 September 23 | 10km / 1470m | Solo roundtrip on some of my last Cuillin hills. Insane winds but nice weather otherwise. |
742 734 |
Carn Eilrig Carn Odhar |
2017 September 20 | 17.4km / 630m | One of my last remaining Cairngorm hills - reasonable conditions and out and back from Loch Morlich |
715 855 705 805 875 |
Beinn an Eoin North Top Beinn an Eoin Ceann Beag Baosbheinn East Top Baosbheinn |
2017 September 9 | 24.5km / 1600m | Fantastic day on these two Corbetts with Struan and Andy, atmospheric weather, especially on the way out. These ones have been a long time coming! |
1006 969 991 1053 1130 1044 1052 915 |
Carn Liath Meall an t-Snaim Sron Coire a' Chriochairein Stob Poite Coire Ardair Creag Meagaidh Beinn a' Chaorainn North Top Beinn a' Chaorainn Beinn Teallach |
2017 September 3 | 27.0km / 1850m / 5h 55m | Brilliant crossing of the Meagaidh 5 Munros. Very windy and cloud scraping the summits. Moved quickly and was down in under six hours - well pleased. Even got a lift back to the car. |
263 | Ardsheal Hill | 2017 August 31 | 3.5km / 290m / 1h 23m | First time up the local hill, good sunset |
978 | Sgurr Dearg | 2017 August 27 | 8.3km / 1000m / 5h 25m | Damp birthday (no) InPinn With Steve and Gordon! |
462 502 |
Sgurr a' Bhraonain North Top Sgurr a' Bhraonain |
2017 August 26 | 2.6km / 210m / 54m | Amazing conditions, short walk. |
1220 1345 |
Carn Mor Dearg Ben Nevis |
2017 August 25 | 13.8km / 1250m | CMD big group w Andy - for Dave |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2017 August 19 | 16.4km / 1370m | Wet and damp, a lot of surface water from rain. Diversion to Visitor Centre at start. For Dave. |
1345 |
Carn Dearg Mheadhonach Carn Mor Dearg Ben Nevis |
2017 August 13 | 14.3km / 1300m | CMD with Dina, Dennis & Janice - for Dave |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2017 August 12 | 15.4km / 1350m | Ben Track for Dave. Generally nice weather, cloudy on top |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2017 August 2 | 6.4km / 750m / 5h 35m | North Buttress with Kate. Nice afternoon, almost beat the rain |
1345 | Ben Nevis * | 2017 July 29 | 8.8km / 670m | Ben Nevis for Andy with big group. As far as Red Burn crossing, not even near the summit. Wet and windy. |
261 | Beinn Bhragair | 2017 July 27 | 6.5km / 250m | Last Lewis hill of the holiday |
327 172 129 146 128 191 |
Feiriosbhal Mullach Breac Mhalasgair Beinn Eisgein Caitiosbhal Cleit Mhòr Beinn Bhreac |
2017 July 26 | 3.3km / 310m 1.6km / 170m 2.6km / 100m 1.1km / 80m 5.8km / 250m |
Afternoon top bagging in Pairc. Good fun - I do enjoy these 'drivebys'. With the morning's walking, still felt like a pretty long day out. |
226 228 207 |
Coltraiseal Beag Coltraiseal Mòr Beinn Mothal |
2017 July 26 | 8.1km / 450m | Three tops on the road to Uig - early morning ahead of the rain. Felt ill! |
241 373 397 |
Coduinn Beinn a' Tuath Beinn Mheadhanach |
2017 July 25 | 10.2km / 600m | Ended up climbing Beinn Mheadhanach just on the basis it was a lovely looking hill. Another Uig one! |
401 406 424 572 |
Mòr Mhonadh Guaineamol Muaitheabhal Beinn Mhòr |
2017 July 24 | 19km / 1050m | I packed the camping gear for a long round of all the Pairc hills. But shortly in, I discovered the sole of my shoe almost entirely hanging off with no way to fix it either. So I walked out, the first time that's ever happened! |
497 136 |
Griomabhal Niosa Mhòr |
2017 July 21 | 5.4km / 500m 1.5km / 140m |
Griomabhal is a tremendous little hill, climbed in perfect weather. Good views of St. Kilda. |
206 428 253 205 |
Oileasail Suaineabhal Sron ri Gaoith Forsnabhal |
2017 July 20 | 1.8km / 200m 7km / 570m 2.5km / 130m |
The rocky peaks of Suaineabhal and Sron ri Gaoith are pretty impressive from Uig; brilliant to finally climb them. |
574 514 505 467 497 515 411 |
Mealaisbhal Cracabhal Laibheal a' Tuath Tamanasbhal Teinneasabhal Tahabhal Tarain Mòr |
2017 July 19 | 23.7km / 1750m | A bigger day on the Uig Hills of Lewis. These are stunning hills, but I think I was down with a cold or something - very tired all day. Great to climb Mealaisbhal and see Creag Dhubh Diobadail. |
115 223 |
Beinn Laimisiader Eitseal |
2017 July 16 | 3.2km / 200m 2km / 130m |
First hills on the Lewis trip; rain and wind |
927 | Ben Hope | 2017 July 14 | 6.6km / 920m | Back in the Gàidhealtachd! A quickie to beat the rain |
225 | Wideford Hill | 2017 July 13 | 0.05km / 0m | Easiest hill yet - drove up |
25 | Yesnaby Castle | 2017 July 10 | 2.3km / 100m | An acquatic adventure with Dave. Superb. |
137 | Old Man of Hoy | 2017 July 4 | 8.2km / 400m | With Steve and Dave. Brilliant!!!! |
1345 | Ben Nevis * | 2017 June 29 | 12km / 1000m | Seriously wet. Up to corner 4 in 4hrs for Dave A. |
304 | Mullach Mor | 2017 June 28 | 11.4km / 350m / 4h 25m | Last Rum summit, then a cycle out to Kilmory |
556 571 523 388 463 280 |
Ard Nev Orval Sron an t-Saighdeir Bloodstone Hill Fionchra Sgaorishal |
2017 June 27 | 26km / 1300m / 7h 20m | The west hills of Rum - less altitude gain and a longer walk. Bloodstone Hill was the undisputed highlight of the day. Something else to see 1000 feet of air open up like that. |
722 812 702 781 591 |
Hallival Askival Trollabhal Ainshval Barkeval |
2017 June 26 | 18.2km / 1750m | Absolutely stunning first day on Rum with Kate - all the Cuillin in an afternoon. Brilliant hills, topped off with a magnificent sunset. |
1005 1181 1183 1147 1139 1131 1051 1112 951 1054 |
Beinn Fhionnlaidh Mam Sodhail Carn Eighe Stob a' Choire Dhomhain Stob Coire Dhomhnuill Sron Garbh An Leth-chreag Tom a' Choinnich Toll Creagach West Top Toll Creagach |
2017 June 25 | 19.8km / 1850m / 9h 45m | Steven Fallon trip - A raw morning lifted a little to give better conditions - and much lower winds than the Saturday. |
992 | Carn nan Gobhar | 2017 June 24 | 11.5km / 750m / c. 4h | Steven Fallon trip - wild, wild winds. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2017 June 21 | 15.5km / 1350m | Nice morning up the track with Catherine from starting at the Inn - from Dave. |
775 731 651 736 808 786 928 895 924 938 992 948 986 965 973 918 869 958 934 964 |
Glamaig Beinn Dearg Mhor Beinn Dearg Mheadhonach Marsco Garbh-bheinn Clach Glas Bla Bheinn Gars-bheinn Sgurr nan Eag Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn Sgurr Alasdair Sgurr Mhic Choinnich Inaccessible Pinnacle (Sgurr Dearg) Sgurr na Banachdaich Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Bidein Druim nan Ramh Bruach na Frithe Am Basteir Sgurr nan Gillean |
2017 June 20 | 44.7km / 5700m / 22h 41m | The Sligachan Horseshoe - a round of the Red and Black Cuillin beginning and ending at Sligachan. This is something I've been actively working toward since last year when I started upping my mileages. I started bang on midnight, going over Glamaig and Beinn Dearg's by night and a drizzly dawn on Clach Glas. The Cuillin were clagged in when I arrived at their foot, but it cleared on the rise to Gars-bheinn, which was certainly the crux of the day. The ridge traverse itself was the 'easier' part of the day, with the terrain familiar, the physical effort dropped due to routefinding and scrambling, and interest maintained in the climbing. Still, a bloody hard effort with all the mileage behind me, and getting to Bruach especially became a grind of hard weather under a hot sun, leaden legs and dehydration. Leading Naismith's Route 20 hours into my day was a real treat, then the sun went down in the west and we climbed atop Sgurr nan Gillean. It had been a long, hard haul, yet equally amazing that something I'd been looking at for so long had been completed. I've taken out all the subsidiary tops (bar two 'important' ones) in this list - go to the map to see them all as the list is simply rediculously long. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2017 June 17 | 16.2km / 1350m | Really wet conditions on Nevis, with a group from Dave |
690 1115 1150 1107 1072 952 931 823 |
Geàrr Aonach Stob Coire nan Lochain Bidean nam Bian Stob Coire nam Beith Stob Coire Sgreamhach Beinn Fhada Beinn Fhada NE Top Beinn Fhada Far NE Top |
2017 June 14 | 13.2km / 1750m / 4h 40m | Finally doing the Bidean nam Bian tops, and finally filling in a huge gap in my Glen Coe hills having not been over two of the Sisters before. Brilliant hill day out and nice weather after days of rain (and more to come...) |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2017 June 10 | 17.6km / 1350m | Ben Nevis with Max Ad. Bit rough! |
742 | Sgorr na Cìche (Pap of Glencoe) | 2017 June 9 | 5.3km / 720m / c. 3h 05m | Late evening up the Pap with Kate. Good weather! |
747 | Binnein Shuas * | 2017 May 31 | 12.9km / 600m / c. 7h | Rock climbing with Dave. No summit, just climbing. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2017 May 28 | 17.6km / 1350m | Mountain Hikes Glen Coe trip |
742 | Sgorr na Cìche (Pap of Glencoe) | 2017 May 27 | 7km / 730m | Mountain Hikes Glen Coe trip |
939 | Mullach nan Coirean | 2017 May 26 | 8.4km / 920m / 4h 32m | Hot weather, early start for Alicia's Ramsay |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2017 May 25 | 6.2km / 790m / 9h 28m | January Jigsaw with Kate. Brilliant weather. |
1005 1181 1183 1147 1139 1131 1051 1112 951 1054 |
Beinn Fhionnlaidh Mam Sodhail Carn Eighe Stob a' Choire Dhomhain Stob Coire Dhomhnuill Sron Garbh An Leth-chreag Tom a' Choinnich Toll Creagach West Top Toll Creagach |
2017 May 21 | 20.5km / 1800m / 10h 35m | Working for Steven Fallon, a mixed bag of weather and great group over the south Mullardoch hills. 5 Munros, loads of ridge walking, some rain during the afternoon, then a sunnier end to the day. |
1069 1040 1086 1129 1150 992 |
An Socach An Riabhachan West Top An Riabhachan SW Top An Riabhachan Sgurr na Lapaich Carn nan Gobhar |
2017 May 20 | 21km / 1750m / c. 9h | Working for Steven Fallon, the north Mullardoch group. Took the boat in both mornings, which saved a lot of effort! These were climbed in dull, rainy weather - it's certainly a wild corner of the Highlands. |
297 | Sidhean an Aonaich Mhoir | 2017 May 18 | 4.7km / 300m | Evening walk above Onich. Nice weather. |
870 | The Cobbler North Peak | 2017 May 11 | 10.2km / 900m / 6h 55m | Whither Wether in blowy conditions. Amazing route. |
809 687 776 745 714 764 |
Sail Gharbh (Chuinneag) Sail Gharbh Far West Top (Chuinneag) Sail Ghorm (Chuinneag) Sail Gharbh West Top (Chuinneag) Creag na h-Iolaire Ard (Chuinneag) Spidean Coinich (Chuinneag) |
2017 May 6 | 13km / 1250m / 4h 30m | Stunning day up Chuinneag ('Quinag'!) and finally a day to do it justice. I was once rained off this hill back in 2009. Another of the stunners of the north-west. |
691 | Meall Mheadhonach West Top (Suilven) | 2017 May 5 | 20.7km / 1000m / 11h 15m | Suilven on fire. No summit, but quite a sight! |
551 | Stac Pollaidh East Top | 2017 May 4 | 4.1km / 550m / 4h 30m | Sunny evening up on the Stac Pollaidh pinnacles |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2017 April 27 | 3.3km / 400m / 35m | Fast time up Dumgoyne. Brilliant! |
705 763 |
Tom na Caillich Little Wyvis |
2017 April 23 | 10.4km / 700m / 2h 35m | On the way home, low key morning. |
731 691 723 656 |
Caisteal Liath (Suilven) Meall Meadhonach West Top (Suilven) Meall Mheadhonach (Suilven) Meall Beag (Suilven) |
2017 April 22 | 22.2km / 1350m / 6h 40m | What a mountain! Did the traverse of all the summits, with reasonable weather too. Another of Scotland's mega mountains goes down. |
996 1100 1108 |
Stob a' Ghlais Choire Creise Meall a' Bhuiridh |
2017 April 2 | 9.2km / 1150m / 4h 20m | Sunny afternoon on the northern Blackmount hills |
845 |
Beinn Resipol |
2017 March 31 | 11.1km / 900m / 3h 45m | A rather wet consolation hill for Garbh Bheinn Great Ridge |
1345 |
Ben Nevis |
2017 March 29 | 11.4km / 1100m / 9h 45m | NE Buttress - a thawing, damp day but a phenomenal route | 918 782 1032 962 979 987 1001 1036 956 990 1027 1002 1067 |
A' Ghlas-bheinn Meall a' Bhealaich Beinn Fhada Sgurr a' Dubh Doire Ciste Dhubh Sgurr an Fhuarail Aonach Meadhoin Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg Saileag Sgurr nan Spainteach Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe Sgurr na Carnach Sgurr Fhuaran |
2017 March 25 | 35km / 3950m / 13h 20m | Truly phenomenal day at Glen Shiel - nine Munros in a circuit of Glen Lichd from Morvich. Something I've thought about doing for a while, and this was a good day to do it; huge blue skies and generally settled weather. Things got a bit hard toward the end, but ploughing through deep, wet snow all day probably made the day harder than it would be in summer condition! I had sunset on the Five Sisters, the sun going down behind the Cuillin. Walked out Gleann Lichd in twilight. Amazing. Body fried. |
904 901 937 918 |
Ben Tee Meall a' Choire Ghlais Sron a' Choire Ghairbh Meall na Teanga |
2017 March 24 | 19.2km / 1700m / 5h 55m | Traded mist at Loch Hourn for pastel skies at Loch Lochy. A new Corbett for me, and a third time on these Munros. Coire Glas looked fantastic, wonder how long it'll look like this for? |
1035 1006 996 |
Gleouraich Creag Coire na Fiar Bhealaich Spidean Mialach |
2017 March 23 | 11.1km / 1200m / 3h 25m | Stunning winter/spring conditions on these hills. A quick afternoon round. Slept in the car at Kinlochhourn. |
797 | Beinn Dronaig | 2017 March 20 | 19.4km / 700m / 7h 05m | A wild morning on Beinn Dronaig, then sun down Glen Ling. |
879 868 899 870 |
Sguman Coinntich Faochaig Aonach Buidhe An Creachal Beag |
2017 March 19 | 22.6km / 1650m / 7h 55m | Persistent rain on Sguman Coinntich cleared to give a brighter day of sun and hail showers over these wild hills. Stunning day into remote territories, and a night at Maol Bhuidhe. |
906 974 928 805 774 643 618 |
Beinn Sgritheall East Top Beinn Sgritheall Beinn Sgritheall NW Top Beinn na h-Eaglaise Beinn nan Caorach Beinn Clachach Beinn Clachach West Top |
2017 March 18 | 19km / 1950m / 6h 35m | Mist and drizzle on Beinn Sgritheall relented to give drier conditions on the more eastern hills. Conditions were typically driech and Scottish, but a fantastically fulfilling round of summits. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2017 March 15 | 13km / 1100m / 8h 40m | Number Three Gully Buttress with Tom. Thawing day. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2017 March 9 | 11.4km / 1100m / 10h 10m | Tower Ridge in winter with Tom L. Just lots of fun and wildly impressive! |
448 739 |
Meall a' Phuill Stob na Cruaiche |
2017 March 3 | 24km / 700m / 5h 45m | A magnificent hill on the edge of Rannoch Moor. Sometimes a wild place, but just beautiful today. |
879 | Fraochaidh | 2017 February 23 | 12.6km / 900m / 3h 45m | A secluded, but impressive mountain in Appin. A quiet, white day. |
566 621 615 |
Doire Ban Tom Meadhoin Creag Bhreac |
2017 February 14 | 12.8km / 930m / 3h 25m | An afternoon round of these hills on the bank of Loch Leven. More lovely weather, and a muted sunset. Rushed off to the Clachaig Winter Lecture afterward. |
121 | Arisaig Hill | 2017 February 13 | 0.9km / 70m / 17m | Very quick top from the road after bouldering. Evening views. |
1150 | Bidean nam Bian * | 2017 February 10 | 8.3km / 900m / 7h 05m | Attempt on Lost Valley Minor Buttress - not in condition. |
1001 | Sgorr Dhonuill | 2017 February 9 | 9.4km / 1000m / 5h 15m | The Dragon's Tooth with Oliver, descent by Coire Dearg. Good weather today. |
796 755 764 |
Mam na Gualainn Mam na Gualainn East Top Beinn na Caillich |
2017 February 6 | 11.6km / 970m / 4h 37m | A wild day over this hill on the north bank of Loch Leven. Wind and spindrift all along the ridge... |
676 663 678 772 994 968 907 |
Meall Mor Sgorr a' Choise Meall an Aodainn Meall Lighiche Sgor na h-Ulaidh Stob an Fhuarain Beinn Maol Chaluim |
2017 February 3 | 21.7km / 2450m / 7h 45m | Doing the last of my Glen Coe hills thus unclimbed, in a big tangle of summits out the back of the lower glen. Despite strong winds in the morning, I had great weather, more like a cool May. Seven hills over 100m prominence, six of them new - a great haul. Rain came in with the darkness for the walk out. |
956 1062 1130 943 1010 | Sgor Eilde Beag Binnein Mor South Top Binnein Mor Binnein Beag Sgurr Eilde Mor |
2017 February 2 | 19.7km / 1850m / 5h 35m | Pretty minging conditions on the three Eastern Mamores. Went alone to pick up these Munros, the last Mamores of my third round. Hardly a view all day, but Loch Leven did look dramatic. |
809 812 852 |
Creag Mac Ranaich Cam Chreag Meall an t-Seallaidh |
2017 January 22 | 15.8km / 1050m / 5h 05m | Misty and still conditions on these two Corbetts with Struan. A quiet, wintery day with the hills white after an overnight dusting. |
942 952 906 905 940 967 |
Am Bodach Meall Dearg Aonach Eagach East Top Aonach Eagach West Top Stob Coire Leith Sgorr nam Fiannaidh |
2017 January 21 | 8.9km / 1200m / 6h 20m | Tremendous day on the Aonach Eagach with Lewis, Dave and Neil. Spring-like weather, warm enough to hang aroud on the tops. I didn't even bring an axe, nor was it needed. |
742 | Sgorr na Ciche (Pap of Glencoe) | 2017 January 14 | 5.1km / 730m / 5h 15m | Good day with Kev McK - snow on the hills, sun out. |
1115 | Stob Coire nan Lochan | 2017 January 13 | 7.4km / 1100m / 8h 35m | Dorsal Arete with Oliver. First summit since moving north. |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
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612 612 |
Creag a' Mhadaidh Gualann Sheileach |
2016 December 29 | 7.6km / 350m / 2h 8.3km / 70m / 2h 55m |
Final day in the hinterlands - a morning quickie up these twin tops, then walked back out to Drumochter. |
841 | Beinn Mholach | 2016 December 28 | 7.4km / 470m | Good 2 night trip in from Drumochter. Thaw & mist. 27th: 8.6km / 70m |
931 | Beinn Chonzie | 2016 December 18 | 12.5km / 730m / 3h 15m | Second time up lately. With Struan, Will and Alasdair. No views! |
717 887 740 |
Beinn an Aodainn East Top Beinn an Aodainn Meall a' Choire Dhuibh |
2016 December 11 | 49.3km / 2230m / 3 days | Tremendous trip into the wilds of Loch Nevis and Dessary. Meant to climb more, but in the end I was quite happy with two nights in Sourlies and the highly-remote Beinn an Aodainn. Didn't see a soul either. |
947 1024 1001 |
Sgorr Bhan (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Dhearg (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Dhonuill (Beinn a' Bheithir) |
2016 December 5 | 12.9km / 1350m / 5h | Out myself - phenomenal day and stunning weather. Truly hard to believe it is December. Up the ENE Ridge of Sgorr Bhan, across the Munros, then a southern descent through Gleann an Fhiodh. |
1083 | Schiehallion | 2016 December 4 | 9.2km / 750m / 3h 48m | Nice morning out with Struan and Will. Not quite 'Decembery'... |
521 | Meall a' Chathaidh | 2016 November 30 | 4km / 140m / 45m | Quick walk en route home. Blowy and not too cold. Fitted the bill |
1052 1118 1111 976 920 742 603 564 |
Carn Ban Mor Sgor Gaoith Sgoran Dubh Mor Meall Buidhe Geal-charn Creag Mhigeachaidh Creag Ghiuthsachan Creag Leathan |
2016 November 29 | 19.8km / 1350m / 6h 32m | Very cool day on the Cairngorms - started too late for the Sgor and Mullach so turned it into a top bagging marathon, and really glad I did deviate from Munro ticking. Saw a lot of new bits of the Cairngorms (laterally especially), and climbed the final tops in darkness, thus a good navigation exercise. |
803 | Meall an Dobharchain (Sow of Atholl) | 2016 November 28 | 4.3km / 400m / 1h 20m | Tired, so a quick hill en route to Newtonmore. (add 8.3km / 300m) |
1108 | Meall a' Bhuiridh | 2016 November 27 | 5.8km / 760m / 5h 05m | With Dave and Jonathan - ok weather, cleared later, lots of ice and thaw! |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2016 November 23 | 6.2km / 770m / 8h 10m | Winter Curved Ridge with Dave. Great weather, a long term goal ticked |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) * | 2016 November 17 | 5.1km / 500m / 3h 30m | Fresh snow on the east face of the Buachaille. No Curved Ridge this time. |
992 1150 1129 1086 1069 974 982 967 1151 915 921 1181 1005 1183 1174 1137 1131 1051 1112 1054 |
Carn nan Gobhar Sgurr na Lapaich An Riabhachan An Riabhachan SW Top An Socach Mullach Sithidh Mullach na Dheiragain Carn na Con Dhu Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan Stob Coire na Cloiche An Socach Mam Sodhail Beinn Fhionnlaidh Carn Eighe Stob a' Choire Dhomhain Stob Coire Dhomhnuill Sron Garbh An Leth-chreag Tom a' Choinich Toll Creagach |
2016 October 24 | 55.7km / 4700m / 16h 50m | Almost amazed I managed to nail this round this late in the year! Another little long-term idea is complete - the 12 Mullardoch Munros in one go. (I've done it twice before in two days). I worked out split times between the summits, all slightly faster than Naismith's, divided my time and went for it when the forecast looked good. Walking at 3am, Carn nan Gobhar and Sgurr na Lapaich were climbed at night. Dawn broke over An Riabhachan and An Socach, and I was walking off my fourth Munro of the day with dawn breaking over the hills. The southern lot were physically quite hard, and I picked each of in turn - a great exercise in patience! Stunning views all day and a chill in the air which meant that stopping for any length of time wasn't practical. Mam Sodhail and Carn Eighe had a smattering of rime ice, then I headed east over the last Munros, really tired to finish in dimming light on Toll Creagach. Still ended up bashing through heather and bog back to the dam by headtorch, slept in the car near Inverness, and home the following morning. Quite an adventure! |
974 | Ben Lomond | 2016 October 16 | 12km / 970m / c. 5/6h | Steve's pre-wedding Lomond, w/ him and Luke. Pissed down. Nevermind |
1345 | Ben Nevis * | 2016 October 13 | 13.2km / 1130m | Working on Ben Nevis up to 1130m. Bhrinicoire the following day! |
980 998 1126 1104 |
Stob Garbh Stob Dàimh Ben Cruachan Stob Dearg |
2016 October 10 | 15.2km / 1550m / 5h 25m | And then I just had to burn more fuel again for more Munros! FINALLY got Ben Cruachan on a sunny day (only took 5 visits), and a cracker it was too. Started reasonably late for this time of year, but had a lovely still, glittering afternoon, with silence and the stags rutting in the coires. Ran down Ben Cruachan to the car in the twilight. Just amazing. |
786 931 755 730 789 787 |
Carn Chois Beinn Chonzie Biorach a' Mheannain A' Chairidh Auchnafree Hill Choinneachain Hill |
2016 October 9 | 18.4km / 1180m / 4h 15m | The previous days efforts on Beinn Chaluim left me keen for more hill bagging - this time, Beinn Chonzie, and I was damned if I was going to sneak up from Invergeldie yet again! Very glad I did this round of Loch Turret, it included a lot of new tops and terrain. Lovely to stand atop Ben Chonzie and gaze north, that sight always a reaffirmation of what I love about all this... |
998 1025 |
Beinn Chaluim South Top Beinn Chaluim |
2016 October 8 | 11.8km / 1000m / 5h 30m | Alasdair's last Munro. Been a while since I was last at a compleation. Always a nice day. |
1245 1150 1016 1090 970 742 |
Cairn Gorm Cnap Coire na Spreidhe A' Choinneach Bynack More Bynack Beag Stac na h-Iolaire |
2016 September 25 | 19km / 1400m / 4h 40m | A chilly round of these two Munros. I had planned for some more tops, but settled for less on this occasion! Nonetheless, some nice sun breaking out, especially in the afternoon. Long drive up and back for a days walk, but also nice to see Kevin McK. |
675 745 |
Beinn a' Chliabhain A' Chir |
2016 September 21 | 15.3km / 750m / 6h 45m | Quick round of these hills before heading out the glen, and ferry home. It was a fantastic trip to Arran, and a long time coming. |
799 | Cir Mhor | 2016 September 20 | 7.7km / 700m / 9h 05m | West Flank Route - even better than S.R.D. |
799 | Cir Mhor | 2016 September 19 | 15.1km / 850m / 10h 50m | South Ridge Direct with Tom! Camped in Glen Rosa, top out for dusk. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2016 September 18 | 17.6km / 1350m | Working on Ben Nevis with Tom Lawfield! |
917 975 1010 991 936 914 941 |
Geal-charn A' Mharconaich Beinn Udlamain Sgairneach Mhor A' Bhuidheanach Bheag Carn na Caim South Top Carn na Caim |
2016 September 11 | 37.5km / 1800m / 8h 20m | A good, solid round with Colin 'Monty'. Distance was a bit further than I'd expected, but that's a good thing! Blasted around the first four, took a break by the roadside, then in rising winds, plodded up to A' Bhuidheanach Bheag and onward to Carn na Caim. Wind was pretty full on for the return (southerly headwind, no less). Amazingly satisfying day, and makes me want to just get out again for more long days on the hills... |
983 1055 930 1023 955 |
Stob a' Choire Liath Mhor (Liathach) Spidean a' Choire Leith (Liathach) Am Fasarinen (Liathach) Mullach an Rathain (Liathach) Meall Dearg (Liathach) |
2016 September 4 | 8.5km / 1450m / 5h 30m | Final day with Struan, Andy and Craig. I jogged some of the pinnacles, climbing things direct, trying to find the route-of-more-resistance. I left the guys to descend while I went to climb Meall Dearg - lots of loose rock, damp grass, route finding - a lot of fun. A wilder side to the mountain. Made descent back to Glen Torridon at speed! |
792 773 896 763 |
Sgurr a' Chaorachain Sgurr a' Chaorachain NW Top Beinn Bhan Beinn Bhan South Top |
2016 September 3 | 16.2km / 1300m / 5h 50m | With Struan. For a few years, I've thought of these as a glaring hole in my hillwalking. Sgurr a' Chaorachain and Beinn Bhan are absolutely phenomenal mountains - as 'moonscape' as I can recall seeing in Scotland. Been a long time coming and they didn't disappoint. |
896 | Ruadh-stac Beag (Beinn Eighe) | 2016 September 2 | 13.6km / 900m / c. 3h 35m | A superb trip to Torridon - alone up to this overshadowed top |
361 | The Fruin | 2016 August 31 | 6.8km / 170m / 1h 40m | Keeping the new-summit-per-month thing going. Not a bad morning. |
1022 1011 941 956 |
Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Doire (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Coire Altruim (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Broige (Buachaille Etive Mor) |
2016 August 20 | 12.7km / 1150m / 2h 59m | En route home after working on CMD & Nevis, I got a ridiculous rush of blood to the head, resulting in running across the Buachaille in one minute short of three hours. Broad Buttress to the summit of Stob Dearg. Sunny evening, absolutely buzzing, enjoyed the spontaneity. |
1220 1345 |
Carn Mor Dearg Ben Nevis |
2016 August 20 | 14.7km / 1300m | Working on CMD & Ben Nevis |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) * | 2016 August 16 | 5.1km / 550m / 8h 20m | North Face Route with Steve in five pitches. No summit today. |
918 1004 1010 981 1021 938 987 947 |
Creag na Damh Sgurr an Lochain Sgurr an Doire Leathain Maol Chinn-dearg Aonach air Chrith Druim Shionnach West Top Druim Shionnach Creag a' Mhaim |
2016 August 8 | 20.7km / 1820m / 7h 25m | With a day free, and the entire Western Highlands to choose from en route to home, I went for the South Shiel Ridge. At the summit of #1 I bumped into Mike Cooper, someone I'd traded emails with - an incredible coincidence. (Mike is climbing all the Munros this summer). Weather for the rest of the day was pretty mixed, but had a good time. Good views too. The sun broke out on the final walk back to the Cluanie and I was kindly given a lift back to my car at the battlefield parking down the glen. |
946 1046 |
An Cabar (Ben Wyvis) Glas Leathad Mor (Ben Wyvis) |
2016 August 7 | 14.5km / 950m / 4h 35m | Mega winds up Ben Wyvis with Iain. Almost didn't expect to reach the top, but the wind pushed us up in the end. |
884 858 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler South Peak |
2016 August 1 | 5.6km / 850m / 2h 49m | Sunset on the top with all the guys. Charged up myself to meet them on top. Included a quick trip out to the South Peak - neat! |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2016 July 28 | 14.4km / 1300m / 7h 35m | Centurion was wet, so Tower Ridge instead - consolation route?! |
40 | North Gaulton Castle | 2016 July 23 | 0.1km / 40m | An adventure on this little-visited sea stack - straight off the deck of the boat. |
137 | Old Man of Hoy | 2016 July 21 | 39.6km / 730m | Oh. My. God. What a climb. Just one of those absolute stand out experiences. |
1069 926 779 842 1044 923 |
Meall Corranaich Meall a' Choire Leith Meall nam Maigheach Creag an Lochain Meall nan Tarmachan Meall nan Tarmachan SE Top |
2016 June 30 | 16.1km / 1650m / 4h 55m | A grey-green drizzly trip into Tay/Glen Lyon area. Nice hills, but very low-key mood and misty today. Meall nan Tarmachan was a push! But it also clears out my third-Round Munros in this immediate area. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2016 June 25 | 16.8km / 1350m | Working on Ben Nevis |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2016 June 16 | 3.6km / 400m / 1h 17m | Evening trip up myself - in quite a solemn mood... |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2016 June 10 | 16.2km / 1350m | Working on Ben Nevis |
357 | Auchineden Hill | 2016 May 30 | 4.6km / 200m | A sunny, sore walk around the Whangie with dad. |
1345 1220 1221 1234 1094 1116 1106 1105 1177 977 1115 1105 979 958 1046 935 |
Ben Nevis Carn Mor Dearg Aonach Mor Aonach Beag Sgurr Choinnich Mor Stob Coire an Laoigh Caisteal Stob a' Choire Leith Stob Choire Claurigh Stob Ban Stob Coire Easain Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin Stob Coire Sgriodain Stob Coire Sgriodain South Top Chno Dearg Beinn na Lap |
2016 May 28 | 55.9km / 5230m / 14h 35m 17.3km / 100m |
A trip with Joe, doing a recce for his Ramsay Round. Been looking forward to this for a long time, with equal measures of inspiration, curiosity, interest and nervousness! How would I do trying to go 55km in a day? Well, turned out quite well, all things considered. Absolutely belted over the Nevis Range, with the first four Munros crossed in under four hours. The Grey Corries were highly enjoyable, then the slope to the summit of Stob Coire Easain was a proper slog. Down the far side to find sunny isolation at the Treig dam (quick break here), then right back up the other side to Stob Coire Sgriodain - it got hard here, but more in that the legs just got slow on the uphills. A sunny evening, feeling tired over Chno Dearg, then a last hard climb to the top of Beinn na Lap feeling dizzy. I picked up on the bit back into Glen Nevis (no more uphills!) and absolutely blasted along to Staoineag. Had a lovely night here, a good sleep, and left Joe to the Mamores the following morning. I had a nice (and sore!!!!) walk the length of Glen Nevis before hitching the final couple miles back to the Youth Hostel (cheers Dougie and co...). Sat in the sun eating ice cream there, and not long after, Joe appeared having ran the ten Mamores. Unsurprisingly he succeeded on the Ramsay Round a couple weeks later! |
454 | Ben A'an | 2016 May 23 | 4.3km / 450m | Sunny spring weather with dad. Diversion path - boggy... |
719 668 639 593 609 599 575 579 611 321 466 543 |
The Storr Hartaval Baca Ruadh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Ruaidh Creag a' Lain Flasvein Groba nan Each Beinn Mheadhonach Beinn Edra Druim nan Coille Bioda Buidhe Meall na Suiramach |
2016 May 15 | 26.8km / 1950m | The Trotternish ridge, essentially in full, with Struan. Cool, breezy weather, and a wind from the north kept things cool. Started up under the Old Man, onto the Storr, then northward by a long, winding set of hills to the Quiraing where we ended up (just!) in time for a cup of tea. Then over Meall na Suiramach and descent to Flodigarry to finish the day. Struan drove me back to my car at the Storr, then home time, at last. Quite a trip. I was buzzing for the next 24 hours! |
720 786 928 |
Sgurr nan Each Clach Glas Bla Bheinn |
2016 May 14 | 9.1km / 1250m | Clach Glas traverse with Struan. Not a long day, but incredibly dramatic and beautiful. Was hurting by the end... need sleep and food! |
688 830 958 |
Sgurr an Fheadain An Caisteal Bruach na Frithe |
2016 May 13 | 12.5km / 1600m | With Adrian. Climbed a route on Fheadain, then descended into Harta Corrie and climbed back out via. South Buttress on An Caisteal. Over Bruach to finish. Superb! |
859 | Sron na Ciche * | 2016 May 12 | 7km / 700m | Solo afternoon scramble up to the Cioch. No rest for me! Sunny and warm. |
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Gars-bheinn Sgurr a' Choire Bhig Sgurr nan Eag Caisteal a' Garbh-choire Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn Sgurr Dubh Mor Sgurr Alasdair Sgurr Thearlaich Sgurr Mhic Choinnich Inaccessible Pinnacle (Sgurr Dearg) Sgurr na Banachdaich Central Top Sgurr na Banachdaich Sgurr Thormaid Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh South Top Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh East Top Bidein Druim nan Ramh Bidein Druim nan Ramh North Top An Caisteal Bruach na Frithe Sgurr a' Fionn Choire Bhasteir Tooth Am Basteir Sgurr nan Gillean Knight's Peak |
2016 May 11 | 24km / 3200m | Again. Epic. Second time. The list on this website looks somewhat ridiculous when there are so many pointy bits to include. Anyway...! Did all 11 Munros, led the 4 classic climbs, did Gars-bheinn, Caisteal a' Garbh-choire, Bidean Druim nan Ramh, and finished down Pinnacle Ridge and Knight's Peak. All in one long, glorious sunny day. Did it with Adrian - same as last year. We both realised there was no stress involved, we knew we could do it, and just had to make it happen. And so we did. The only small question mark was Naismith's Route on the Tooth, having turned back last year because of a lack of gear. This time it was absolutely fine. An absolutely immense day. |
1174 1165 1046 946 940 942 933 995 |
Ben More Stob Binnein Cruach Ardrain Beinn Tulaichean Beinn a' Chroin East Top Beinn a' Chroin Beinn Chabhair An Caisteal |
2016 May 6 | 29.4km / 3250m | Finally, some actual summer weather. Warm sun and cool air, but the day was really humid. Flew up Ben More in just over an hour, and made better route choices (i.e. more direct!) than previously to gain Stob Binnein, Ardrain and Tulaichean. Still felt pretty good on this 4th Munro, so after three times bailing here in the past, I finally continued westward to Beinn a' Chroin and co. Tired by the end though - just a slow plod to the top of An Caisteal. Picked up the bike at the road and had a nice evening cycle back to the car at the foot of Ben More. |
555 | Beinn a' Bhacaidh | 2016 May 4 | 4.8km / 320m | Was going to do Munros, but winds were high! Ended up at Loch Ness instead. |
979 1102 1008 1120 |
Ciste Dhubh Mullach Fraoch-choire Stob Coire na Cralaig A' Chralaig |
2016 May 3 | 17km / 1730m | Wintry weather at Glen Shiel. Intended only to do Ciste Dhubh, but I gathered momentum as the day went on and wound up continuing to the Mullach and A' Chralaig. Almost could have gone even further! |
713 656 693 |
Beinn Chaorach Beinn Tharsuinn Balcnock |
2016 April 27 | 8km / 780m | Quick walk and run after a climbing session at Dumbarton. Beautiful sunny day, cool air, and occasional showers of hail/styrofoam! Jogged the flats and downhills. Very quick - thinking about the Ramsay... |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2016 April 15 | 5.5km / 770m | Buachaille again, this time by Lagangarbh Buttress. Quick. |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2016 April 15 | 6.2km / 770m | Agag's Groove in the wee hours of the morning, in the dark. Epic!! |
404 | Birnam Hill | 2016 March 28 | 4.8km / 370m | Short walk after climbing at Polney. |
884 1011 |
The Cobbler Beinn Ime |
2016 March 14 | 15.9km / 1350m | While working on Precious in Glen Croe. Stormed up the Cobbler in 70 minutes, then a nice walk out to Ime (new Munro third time), and down. |
1053 | Creag an Leth-choin | 2016 March 7 | 12.5km / 800m | Scorcher of a day on North Gully, Lurchers. Bluebird, hot and calm. Amazing. |
1176 | Stob Coire an t-Sneachda | 2016 March 6 | 8.6km / 680m | Climbed Invernookie with Tom - fresh snow, led the crux, whiteout plateau! |
1176 | Stob Coire an t-Sneachda * | 2016 February 29 | 6.8km / 450m | Gnarly conditions on Original Route (IV) with Tom and Nick. Great hill-craft... |
1344 1220 1179 |
Ben Nevis Carn Mor Dearg Carn Dearg Mheadhonach |
2016 February 28 | 15km / 1500m | Epic epic epic. Orion Face Direct (V) to the summit of Nevis with Joe, then descended via. CMD arete. Beautiful weather, stunning snow and ice conditions. Highlight was leading out on ice on the upper face - exposure! |
1176 | Stob Coire an t-Sneachda | 2016 February 27 | 8.5km / 560m | Grooved Rib with Joe and Peris. Stunning, still weather. Rare!!! |
1004 | Beinn an Dothaidh | 2016 February 23 | 9km / 900m | Salamander (III) with Dan! Sun out, stunning conditions, ice bit thin....! |
717 809 |
Meall na Fearna West Top Meall na Fearna |
2016 February 21 | 12.3km / 760m | Nice quick hill with Struan, up and down from Ardvorlich. Low-key weather, and nice to be back in the area. |
1122 | Fiacaill Coire an t-Sneachda * | 2016 February 19 | 7.4km / 500m | Rubbish weather, but climbed a line below Fiacaill Buttress. |
761 | Cnoc Coinnich | 2016 February 14 | 8.1km / 700m / 2h 25m | One hill I've meant to do for a while - stunning sunset, great afternoon walk |
419 | Stob an Fhithich | 2016 February 10 | 3.6km / 500m / 2h 25m | Very pleasant wander above Loch Lomond! Exploring... |
219 | Cnoc na h-Airighe | 2016 January 25 | 3.1km / 120m / 35m | Quick trip out by Garelochhead for a new summit - weird area, hard weather. |
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Stob Coire Raineach (Buachaille Etive Beag) Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag) |
2016 January 15 | 7.9km / 920m/ 3h | I took a quick blast around these hills on my way home. Stob Dubh was Munro #50, third round. Amazing winter conditions - heavy going! |
1056 | Na Gruagaichean | 2016 January 14 | 7.4km / 900m / 6h | Heavy snow conditions, sun and cold with Kev and James. |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2016 January 8 | 6km / 780m / 10h 10m | North Buttress with Iain and Pete - epic! First Gd. IV lead. Top out in the dark! |
1221 | Carn Dearg | 2016 January 5 | 14.3km / 1250m / 10h 55m | Green Gully on Ben Nevis with Iain - stopped by the summit of Carn Dearg! |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
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779 | Sgurr Mhic Bharraich | 2015 December 31 | 8.7km / 770m |
Last of the year - wonderfully sunny for once and a lovely hill. |
926 962 895 907 |
Beinn Liath Mhor Sgorr Ruadh Creag Mainreachain Fuar Tholl |
2015 December 29 | 17.3km / 1450m 3.2km / 0m (30th Dec) |
Another fantastic day at Coulin - but I was pretty ill and it was hard work!! Also nice to finally climb Fuar Tholl, one hell of a conspicuous mountain. Struan and I stayed one more night before walking out the next morning. |
933 892 |
Maol Chean-dearg An Ruadh-stac |
2015 December 28 | 3.2km / 150m (27th Dec) 12.8km / 1150m |
First of two days in the hills with all the guys - Struan, James and I also continued on to climb the Corbett an Ruadh-stac |
1174 | Stob Coire an t-Sneachda | 2015 December 27 | 8.7km / 660m | My first winter climbing route! Invernookie in Sneachda with Iain. |
974 | Ben Lomond | 2015 December 23 | 11.9km / 970m | Wintry day on Lomond with Steve, and my 100th Munro of 2015! |
926 | Beinn Narnain | 2015 December 21 | 7.5km / 850m | Amazing wild, epic conditions. Fantastic afternoon out again with Andy. |
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Carn Liath (Beinn a' Ghlo) Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain (B. a' Ghlo) Carn nan Gabhar (Beinn a' Ghlo) Airgiod Bheinn |
2015 December 20 | 22km / 1300m | Beinn a' Ghlo with Andy. Weather was reasonable in the morning, deteriorating to sh**e in the afternoon, but we motored around the hills in fairly good time and made the car for last light! Quality. |
1001 1118 1118 1047 1214 1103 |
Meall Greigh Meall Garbh An Stuc Creag an Fhithich Ben Lawers Beinn Ghlas |
2015 December 13 | 18.1km / 1650m | Monumentally stunning winter conditions on the Lawers group. Originally planned more hills, but exhaustion from lack of sleep put that idea to bed! Visibility really crisp and the light had an eerie edge-of-the-earth feeling - odd! An Stuc was a lot of fun (negotiating loads of powder snow!) and I descended after Beinn Ghlas to hitch a lift back to the car. |
361 | Conic Hill | 2015 December 9 | 7.9km / 370m | Good wild walk across Conic Hill with Steve and Luke. Windy!! |
944 988 1068 1064 957 958 1019 915 975 933 |
Creag Leacach SW Top Creag Leacach Glas Maol Cairn of Claise Tom Buidhe Tolmount Carn an Tuirc Carn Aosda Carn a' Gheoidh The Cairnwell |
2015 December 6 | 32.6km / 2000m / 9h 55m | A really nice round of the 9 Munros on either side of Glen Shee. I'd been drumming with Maiden Scotland in Dundee the night before, parked up at Glen Shee somewhere around 3am, got a few hours sleep in the front seat of the car then went for it. Wintry hills, but snow conditions hardly tiring so I could walk distances more as though it were in summer condition. Weather was relatively good! Due to the previous nights efforts, plus a cold, I was very tired all the way, but as is often the case I never actually ran out of energy. You only stop because you decide to stop. Quitting is a choice, after all... I made the summit of the Cairnwell in almost-pitch black under a canopy of stars, then descended back to the car by head torch, happy and knackered. |
361 | Conic Hill | 2015 December 3 | 4.8km / 370m | Quiet and still morning out with Jen - lunch in Oak Tree afterward |
644 | Biod an Fhithich | 2015 November 28 | 6.3km / 620m | A stunning hill among Glen Shiel giants. Cold, dark, white and wintry! |
576 | Sgurr an t-Searraich | 2015 November 27 | 3.5km / 580m | A quick climb up this little hill at Shiel Bridge. The Sisters were stunning... |
965 1011 942 946 |
Sgurr na Forcan The Saddle Sgurr na Sgine NW Top Sgurr na Sgine |
2015 November 26 | 12.5km / 1350m | Damp conditions on the Saddle and Sgine. I wanted to do more, but saturated legs (and trousers that don't keep the water out anymore!) precluded going much further. Nice to descend through |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2015 November 3 | 3.6km / 430m | Stunning inversion below 300m. Up in time for sunset. Wow! |
840 | Beinn Udlaidh | 2015 October 27 | 8km / 600m | Indifferent weather on a hill I can't quite believe I haven't climbed before now! |
939 917 910 999 990 1099 1001 1032 909 981 975 982 |
Mullach nan Coirean Mullach nan Coirean SE Top Mullach nan Coirean East Top Stob Ban Stob Choire a' Mhail Sgurr a' Mhaim Sgurr an Iubhair Am Bodach Stob Coire a' Chairn South Top Stob Coire a' Chairn An Garbhanach An Gearanach |
2015 October 26 | 23.5km / 2250m | Drove up the night before and slept in Glen Nevis. Wanted to do the 10 Mamores, but I was seeing off a cold. Six out of 10 wasn't a bad haul in the end, but I did not feel well and it was still a mission! A nice day however - weather was ideal for being on the high hills. Ben Nevis was simply impressive, and nice to see all day. In this region, it's just always there. You never break free from it's presence. After six Munros, I descended into Glen Nevis, across the wire bridge and a nice walk back to the car at Achriabhach. Stayed the night at Keith's in Glen Coe (by which time I felt much better) and home the next morning. |
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Braeriach Sgor an Lochain Uaine Cairn Toul Ben Macdui Stob Coire an t-Sneachda Cairn Gorm |
2015 October 18 | 31.1km / 2400m / 9h 20m | The Cairngorm 4000ers with Struan. Been a while! Lovely to be back. A sunless, still day but great walking conditions, we did one side of the Lairig Ghru first, then crossed over (somewhat brutal), and plain sailing once on the summit of Beinn Macdui. I had a b***er of a cold before this trip, but 30kms seemed to do the trick?! |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2015 October 2 | 5.6km / 790m | Up Agag's, down Curved Ridge. Brilliant! Agag's really is phenomenal. |
864 | Beinn Mhic Chasgaig | 2015 September 27 | 5.1km / 640m | En route home from Inverness gig - nice, short hill. But tired. |
1076 1004 1002 1038 978 1081 953 |
Beinn Dorain Beinn an Dothaidh Beinn Achaladair South Top Beinn Achaladair Meall Buidhe Beinn a' Chreachain Beinn Mhanach |
2015 September 25 | 29km / 2320m | A roundtrip from Auch. Hadn't been on these since 2013 - nice to get back. Went straight up the nose of Dorain and thus the five Munros became a logical roundtrip. A very nice day with some mixed weather. It's great that these big Munro linkups feel easier than ever. Momentum in Munro-going is maintained, it's been a good year. Had dinner in Taynuilt with parents then home. |
906 952 905 940 967 |
Aonach Eagach East Top Meall Dearg Aonach Eagach West Top Stob Coire Leith Sgorr nam Fiannaidh |
2015 September 21 | 7.1km / 1370m | An odyssey up the south flank of the Aonach Eagach! On the way home from Nevis. Tried a gully, it didn't 'go' so went out onto the buttress and topped out on the east pinnacle. Ran over the pinnacles in 20 minutes, 20 more to Fiannaidh then 25 to the glen floor! Bloody hell! Fantastic. |
1345 | Ben Nevis | 2015 September 20 | 16.6km / 1350m | Working on Ben Nevis |
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Stob Coire Sgreamhach Bidean nam Bian |
2015 September 8 | 11.8km / 1230m | Stunning overnighter with Tom - walked up evening, fell asleep on the summit ridge to the stars and aurora. Did the summits in sunrise over an inversion. |
966 867 702 |
Ben More A' Chioch Beinn Fhada |
2015 August 23 | 11.1km / 1300m / 2h 50m | Kicked off the 3rd round with these hills on a beautiful (and windy) day. Got a fast time - essentially jogged or ran the flats and downhills. Great to finally see this island properly, I will be back to Mull for more. |
966 | Ben More | 2015 August 22 | 9.1km / 950m | Last Munro! 2nd time round. Misty on top, with Struan, Julia and Andrew. |
316 | Loudon Hill | 2015 August 20 | 2km / 200m | First time climbing here - nice place! Good routes, trig on summit |
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Meallan na Saobhaidhe Meall Gorm Meall Gorm SE Top An Coileachan Meallan Buidhe Drochaid a' Ghiubhais Li Beinn Liath Mhor a' Ghiubhais Li |
2015 August 16 | 21.9km / 1350m | Last two Munros of my second round! Long, slightly tedious walk into Meall Gorm (lots of peat hag), then up via. big snow patch to the summit. Pleasant walking from then on - over An Coileachan (penultimate Munro!) then on to Beinn Liath Mhor a' Ghiubhais Li, which conveniently lay en route back to the road. Nice weather, overcast breaking to stunning blue skies and sharp light in the evening. A great drive home too, with a stop in the Aviemore chippie. |
926 905 905 804 858 |
Seana Bhraigh Seana Bhraigh SE Top Creag an Duine (An Sgurr) Meall a' Choire Ghlais Meall Glac an Ruighe |
2015 August 15 | 29.8km / 1550m | Back at Seana Bhraigh. I have a real fondness of this hill and it didn't let down. I went straight for the summit, then settled into some top bagging on a long winding route back to the car. An Sgurr was just brilliant. Lovely to be back in the far hinterland, and feel the thrill of isolation which is getting harder to come by these days that I feel so familiar with the Highlands. Cool left on Ruighe, then pleasant walking back to Inverlael. |
165 | Meall Mor | 2015 August 14 | 1.4km / 120m | Quick up-and-down to pass an evening. On the Ullapool coast. |
612 | Stac Pollaidh | 2015 August 14 | 4.3km / 550m | Delayed Seana and did this instead! Great hill! Turned back on it in 2009... |
953 883 927 968 977 978 1084 885 655 |
Am Faochagach Cnap Coire Loch Tuath Eididh nan Clach Geala Ceann Garbh Meall nan Ceapraichean Cona' Mheall Beinn Dearg Creag a' Choire Ghranda Carn Loch nan Eilean |
2015 August 13 | 29.1km / 2100m | Hot, sunny conditions. Slept in a layby near Inverness the night before and parked up at Torrandhu. Knocked a chunk out of my nine remaining Munros - just isolated ones left now to finish the second round! Enjoyed the slabby bit up the side of Cnap Coire Loch Tuath particularly. It's amazing these hills are schist, they seem to weather in ways very untypical of this rock type. Lots of isolation to reach Eididh, then a busy day over the central peaks - everyone was out enjoying the sun. Descent direct to the south then over the moors to each the car. Was pretty cooked by the time I was finished, but it was a long hot day! |
74 | Dumbarton Rock | 2015 August 12 | 0.9km / 100m | Climbed Plunge (Diff), up to summit, then abseiled off main face. Amazing! |
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Sgurr nan Each Sgurr nan Clach Geala Meall a' Chrasgaidh Carn na Criche Sgurr Mor Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich |
2015 July 30 | 18.5km / 1450m 2.3km / 50m |
ML Assessment Day 4. Great weather in the afternoon + massive blue skies. Five Munros. Into single figures of the Munro Round on Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich. |
997 935 999 |
A' Chailleach Toman Coinnich Sgurr Breac |
2015 July 29 | 11.9km / 1130m | ML Assessment Day 3. Some damp, misty weather... |
1122 | Fiacaill Coire an t-Sneachda | 2015 July 28 | 7.2km / 500m | ML Assessment Day 2. Wet-ish. |
787 | Creag a' Chalamain | 2015 July 27 | 9.6km / 450m | ML Assessment Day 1. Overcast. |
644 | Airgiod-meall | 2015 July 26 | 6.8km / 300m | Bit of last minute Cairngorm nav practice! |
965 1011 942 946 |
Sgurr na Forcan The Saddle Sgurr na Sgine NW Top Sgurr na Sgine |
2015 July 20 | 13.9km / 1400m | Early morning up the Forcan Ridge. These are my last Munros asides 13 at Ullapool and Ben More on Mull. The Forcan was lovely, somewhat sedate after the Cuillin! But fantastic. Sgurr na Sgine felt like a formality and I was down to the car before any rain and home to end the holiday. |
1032 | Beinn Fhada | 2015 July 19 | 14km / 1030m | An evening hill, on the summit for c. 11pm in twilight! Absolutely magnificent. |
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Trolamul Beinn Tharsuinn |
2015 July 16 | 5.3km / 350m | Another quick hill on another day-trip from Stornoway. Nice to walk part of the path to Reinigeadal. Good weather, slowly turning to overcast... |
104 | Beinn Scorabhaig | 2015 July 15 | 2.3km / 80m | Quick hump to finish the day. Scalpay was lovely - very different to Harris! |
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Carran Bulabhall Heileasbhal Mor An Coileach Ceann Reamhar na Sroine Maoladh Mhicearraig Stoicleit an Iar Stoicleit an Ear |
2015 July 15 | 16km / 1370m | An unashamed HuMP bagging day. These hills seem really indistinct on the map, but when you get into them they're rather nice. The total ascent is somewhat shocking, perhaps not to be surprised despite being hills that don't breach 400m. Finished the South Harris HuMPs on this trip, too... Got a lift back to my car by Stefan form the Caolas Gallery. |
799 743 720 |
An Cliseam Mulla bho Dheas Mulla bho Thuath |
2015 July 14 | 9.5km / 1300m | Back on the Outer Hebrides. Finally got a clear day on the archipelago's highest hill - and also did it's associated tops (then back over them all again to get back to the car!). Stunning views. |
942 946 839 937 939 849 858 1020 960 |
Meall Buidhe SE Top Meall Buidhe Druim Leac a' Shith Luinne Bheinn East Top Luinne Bheinn Aonach Sgoilte Ladhar Bheinn South Top Ladhar Bheinn Stob a' Choire Odhair |
2015 July 9 | 23.1km / 2330m 27km / 800m |
Quite a day. It probably would have been a lot easier had I not been so wasted from the previous day. Meall Buidhe was slow work, the body was in a depressed state. I was almost worried for a bit - but these peaks *will* go down today. Bloody-mindedness always wins out. Luinne Bheinn was a formality, and Ladhar Bheinn turned out to be utterly. Massive. Another nice weather day, but I was well cooked by the time I reached Barrisdale. No, I wouldn't make Kinlochhourn tonight, the bothy would happily do. The following morning I did the 27kms back to the car at the dam - with a huge meal break in between at the B&B. |
919 901 1003 890 873 953 968 1013 1040 |
Gairich Sgurr an Fhuarain Sgurr Mor Sgurr Beag An Eag Sgurr nan Coireachan Garbh Chioch Bheag Garbh Chioch Mhor Sgurr na Ciche |
2015 July 8 | 29.2km / 2700m | With time to spare, I headed east from Skye - the Munros are going to be done this summer, so I'm putting in the time to see the 2nd round off. This day was a lungbuster, but the conditions were fantastic - cool air and a cool wind, warm sun but enough cloud to keep the heat off. Absolutely magnificent to see the cathedrals of Knoydart glistening through passing rain showers. Was damn tired by Sgurr na Ciche, but it was nice to be back to Sourlies too. What a mega day and the full link of peaks along the south shore of Loch Quoich finally made (having missed Gairich a couple of years ago). |
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Sgurr nan Each Clach Glas Bla Bheinn Bla Bheinn SW Top |
2015 July 6 | 9.9km / 1250m | Another exceptional day with Adrian. Like a miniature-Cuillin day, mist on Clach Glas cleared just as we left it's summit. The Imposter was immense! A pretty incredible traverse in it's own right. |
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Gars-bheinn Sgurr a' Choire Bhig Sgurr nan Eag Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn Sgurr Alasdair Sgurr Thearlaich Sgurr Mhic Choinnich Inaccessible Pinnacle (Sgurr Dearg) Sgurr na Banachdaich Central Top Sgurr na Banachdaich Sgurr Thormaid Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh South Top Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh East Top Bidein Druim nan Ramh Bidein Druim nan Ramh North Top An Caisteal Bruach na Frithe Sgurr a' Fionn Choire Bhasteir Tooth Am Basteir Sgurr nan Gillean Knight's Peak |
2015 July 3 | 24.6km / 3100m | FINALLY. Cuillin Traverse done! Adrian got in touch through UKC which gave the final piece needed for me to go for it. Was a touch slow as I'd just managed to shake off the cold, and as quickly as I ever have done as well - I couldn't miss this opportunity. Drove to Skye, got a few hours kip and away the back of 6am. The following 16 and a half hours were just pleasure - all the way to the InPinn was done in mist, then the skies cleared. Adrian's stashed water at An Dorus was much appreciated, then the sun came out and the way ahead was clear. I never had a sense of great stress throughout the day, everything was there for the taking. Assuming I didn't crash out, I knew it would relent through consistent, gentle pressure. The only *but* was having retreated off Naismith's Route through a lack of gear - otherwise it would have been a full house - a perfect traverse. Went up Lota Corrie Route to the Tooth, then over to Gillean where we topped out after a shade under 11 hours from Gars-bheinn. Then just a descent of Pinnacle Ridge in the sunset and a long walk back to the Slig for drinks (and a bottle of milk!). What a day. This one won't be forgotten. |
175 | Knockour Hill | 2015 June 30 | 6.7km / 180m | Quick hill to finish June and begin the holidays. Feeling ill. |
1141 | Pt. 1141m | 2015 June 18 | 10km / 850m | Over 1141 to Afterthought Arete in the Loch Avon basin and back out again |
1215 | Cairn Lochan | 2015 June 15 | 9km / 620m | Another climbing day - up Savage Slit in Coire an Lochain. Fantastic route. |
892 | Aonach Dubh * | 2015 June 4 | 5.3km / 850m | Climbing day on the West Face - B-F Buttress Traverse. Wet rock. Mega!! |
543 | Garloch Hill | 2015 June 2 | 6.9km / 530m | Night micro-nav (c. 1am!) on the Campsies. Mega wind and rain. |
593 | Cairn Table | 2015 May 30 | 8.3km / 350m | Sunny afternoon out with dad. Very nice. |
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Carn Creagach Carn Bhac An Socach An Socach East Top |
2015 May 26 | 31.3km / 1250m | Last two Munros south of the Great Glen (that I hadn't done twice - working toward second round!) Nice weather, cold wind again. Cycled into Altanour and very pleasant - these hills feel rather mellow, which was nice because I was still really tired from the previous day! Camped Glen Cluanie then home next day. |
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An Sgarsoch Carn an Fhidhleir Leachdann Feith Seasgachain Leachdann Feith Seasgachain South Top |
2015 May 25 | 57.1km / 1600m | The big day! And an utter pleasure to get back into the Tarf wilderness. Nice weather all day and some biting cold winds made for great walking/cycling conditions. Biked in 20kms, then walked, then biked out... Carn an Fhidhleir especially is just so out there. Much inspiring! The Munro countdown goes on. |
891 | Beinn a' Chuallaich | 2015 May 24 | 6.8km / 700m | Start of a really nice trip to the Eastern Highlands. Amenable hill to begin! |
771 715 669 483 845 869 |
Beinn Stacath (Ceann na Baintighearna) Taobh na Coille An Stuchd Cnoc na Nathrach Meall Reamhar Stob a' Choin |
2015 May 22 | 18.6km / 1600m | Two Corbetts above Inverlochlarig - a pretty tough day actually, but nice to continue the Corbett bagging. Stob a' Choin in particular has been a long time in coming as it is one of the more conspicuous peaks in the Southern Highlands. Forest bash at the start, moorland bashing in the middle - this place actually has a very lost-world feel! Tough ones to get done - these Corbetts can be no pushovers... |
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Beinn Achaladair South Top Beinn Achaladair |
2015 May 2 | 15.6km / 1000m | Wintry weather (summit whiteout!) on Achaladair. Really ill - almost didn't go and top to bottom was torturous. Spent the next week and a half totally floored. |
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Torr a' Chronain Ruighe na Beinne Meall Coire Lochain Meall na Teanga Meall Dubh Sron a' Choire Ghairbh Meall a' Choire Ghlais Meall an t-Sagairt Meall na h-Eilde Glas Bheinn |
2015 April 23 | 25.8km / 2630m / 9h | Wonderful day alone over the hills above Lochs Lochy and Arkaig. Major works going on at Gleann Chia-aig, it is a building site and it made accessing the hills somewhat frustrating. Once up it was brilliant - early morning inversions clearing to a crisp sunny day, t-shirt and shorts weather, and warm light. Evidence of a mega full depth avalanche on 2nd Munro Sron a' Choire Ghairbh (went 400 vertical metres!). And on the subject of Munros, that's me 250 Munros up on the second round. The end is in sight? Get them done this summer! Anyway, nice sunny pound down Glas Bheinn led back to the car and drive home - up and down in a day - it was a long one! But very, very good. It's a pleasure to go an explore these less frequented areas as on the Corbetts and Grahams. |
953 | Meall Dearg | 2015 April 20 | 3.4km / 900m / 2h 45m | En route home - straight up the S face of the Aonach Eagach. An adventure! |
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Slioch Sgurr an Tuill Bhain Sgurr Dubh Slioch South Top |
2015 April 19 | 21.5km / 1350m / 6h 50m | I finished my Munros on Slioch in 2013 - the weather really sucked, so it was great to be back and climb it on a day of deep blue skies and Hebridean views. Absolutely beautiful. What a hill. |
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Sgurr Dubh Sgurr Dubh South Top Sgorr nan Lochan Uaine Beinn Liath Mhor Sgorr Ruadh Beinn Damh (Spidean Coire an Laoigh) Creagan Dubh Toll nam Biast |
2015 April 18 | 26.5km / 2450m | Epic day out with Struan. Feels great to do a day of this size again. It most certainly has been a while. The weather was perfect and things really couldn't have been much better - 3 new Corbetts, a Munro off the 2nd round and a full day from morning till evening on the hills of Coulin Forest. Busy on the Munros, much quieter on the Corbetts. Beinn Damh is quite a mountain! Sunny, golden descent straight to the pub front door. |
841 | Sgurr an Airgid | 2015 April 17 | 3.5km / 830m / 2h 05m | Afternoon straight up the south flank - then onward to Torridon! |
867 | Garbh Bheinn | 2015 April 17 | 6.2km / 900m / 1h 53m | Quick bash up this hill overlooking Loch Leven. Stellar morning! |
1115 | Stob Coire nan Lochan | 2015 April 3 | 7.2km / 1050m / 9h 45m | w/ James and Kev. Hoped for a SCnBeith winter route, but over Lochan instead |
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Mayar Driesh |
2015 March 29 | 13.1km / 900m / 3h 46m | Making more small steps toward finishing the Munros twice. Nice quick round of these two on the way home from Aberdeen. Good nav on the plateau. |
821 | Benvane | 2015 March 27 | 15.8km / 850m / 4h | A quick morning out - nice to see new areas so close to home! |
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Am Bodach Meall Dearg Aonach Eagach East Aonach Eagach West Stob Coire Leith Sgorr nam Fiannaidh |
2015 March 18 | 8.7km / 1100m / 11h 15m | Over the Aonach Eagach with Julia and Andrew - awesome day. Warm and sunny, it was almost in summer condition, save for patches of ice and a few snowfields. Over the pinnacles then raced over Stob Coire Leith in the sunset, Sgorr nam Fiannaidh for glorious twilight then descent in the dark. |
845 | Beinn Resipol | 2015 March 15 | 10.9km / 850m / 3h 35m | Nice, warm and calm morning. Finally seeing Ardgour - at last... |
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Beinn an Tuim South Top Beinn an Tuim Meall an Uillt Chaoil Stob Coire nan Cearc Streap Streap Comhlaidh |
2015 March 14 | 17.5km / 1400m / 7h | Like spring arrived in the Highlands! Weekend with Struan. Beautiful day over the tops of Streap, and it's been a long time in coming. Fantastic mountain and a genuine pleasure of the Corbetts that I still have so many amazing Scottish mountains to climb. Drove around to Glenuaig in the evening (stunning!) then slept under the stars, in the open at Resipole. |
1344 | Ben Nevis | 2015 February 19 | 217.5km / 3400m / 5 days | 98.1km 500m // 58.6km 700m // 39.5km 800m // rest day // 21.3km 1400m |
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Meall Dhamh Cruach Ardrain |
2015 February 14 | 10.7km / 1030m / 5h 40m | Mad Crew up the hill again. Or something like that. Cloudy day, lots of laughs and fun, good to be out with the guys again. |
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Arthur's Seat Whinny Hill |
2015 February 12 | 15.6km / 350m | En route through Edinburgh on a bike. With Andrew - at night, city lights. Big free wheel to Waverley and train home with a new bike. |
895 | Creag Mhor | 2015 February 9 | 24.4km / 900m / 6h 50m | Awesome hill in the back.end.of.nowhere of the Gorms. Wonderful to be here. |
1083 | Schiehallion | 2015 February 4 | 9.2km / 750m / 5h 55m | Having slept in the car seat in a lay-by, I was feeling pretty tired! With Andrew. |
676 | Meall Mor * | 2015 February 3 | 1.8km / 470m / 1h 45m | Afternoon in Glen Coe. Had to go back sans summit to Clachaig Winter Lecture! |
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Am Bodach Sron Gharbh A' Chailleach |
2015 February 3 | 7.3km / 1000m / 6h | I had a sort-of go at the Aonach Eagach, but went and did these eastern tops instead. Hillwalking instead of winter climbing; it was some new territory and some new perspectives on familiar mountains. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2015 January 29 | 3.9km / 450m / 1h 20m | A snowy Dumgoyne evening. Great conditions! |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2015 January 19 | 3.7km / 400m / 1h 07m | Quick night up Dumgoyne. Pushed hard, it felt good. |
709 | Beinn a' Mhanaich | 2015 January 18 | 10.6km / 550m / 6h 20m | Great winter weather - hard going in the snow. |
879 | Ben Ledi | 2015 January 10 | 7.6km / 750m / 6h 10m | Wilder weather with Tom. Some awesome snowfall toward the end. |
884 | The Cobbler | 2015 January 3 | 9.2km / 900m / 7h 20m | A great winter day with Tom on the Cobbler. Busy day, blue skies, nice sunset. |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
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361 | Conic Hill | 2014 December 28 | 7.9km / 370m | End of the year walk with cousins. Great conditions! |
956 | Saileag | 2014 December 20 | 5.5km / 770m | A solo trip up to Saileag above Glen Shiel - digging snow pits, learning... |
734 798 |
Am Bathach South Top Am Bathach |
2014 December 19 | 6.8km / 630m | Seriously wild, seriously fun - alone over Am Bathach. Meant to do this for ages |
688 | Stob Breac | 2014 November 27 | 5.4km / 600m | A soggy morning, and new summit (a rarity these days!!). Nav practice! |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2014 November 16 | 9.2km / 1000m | Stunning conditions - up and down Curved Ridge alone. WARM! |
981 975 981 909 1032 |
Stob Coire a' Chairn An Garbhanach An Gearanach Stob Coire a' Chairn South Top Am Bodach |
2014 November 15 | 12.9km / 1350m | A beautiful day with Craig and Ian on three central Mamores - drifting cloud and sun all day. Cloud banks breaking over Ben Nevis. Awesome stuff! |
1022 1011 941 956 |
Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Doire (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Coire Altruim (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Broige (Buachaille Etive Mor) |
2014 November 9 | 13.1km / 1150m | Curved Ridge with Cameron doing rope work practice. Stunning day and signs of winter now really showing. Went on to do the Buachaille tops, been a wee while now since I'd been back to the these and the previous time (Munro Round!) there were no views. Great sunset, walk out + met Paul at the end. |
1004 1076 |
Beinn an Dothaidh Beinn Dorain |
2014 November 5 | 13.3km / 1230m | A sort-of overnighter - camped at 2000 feet, watched moonset, missed sunrise then up onto the summits in the morning. |
848 | Creag Dhubh | 2014 October 23 | 21.1km / 1200m | ML training exped - unconventional route and a nice camp. |
687 711 732 810 |
Craiggowrie Creag a' Chaillich Creagan Gorm Meall a' Bhuachaille |
2014 October 21 | 12.3km / 670m | ML training. Some rough weather over the tops of Meall a' Bhuachaille. I've wanted to do this for a long time, did as a linear route from Badguish to Glenmore Lodge. |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2014 October 15 | 6.6km / 790m | Up and down the normal route - hoped for a sunrise, not quite! |
313 | Ben Bowie | 2014 September 30 | 5.5km / 250m | A quick hill! One I've driven by many, many times. |
884 | The Cobbler | 2014 September 24 | 5.7km / 850m | Punster's Crack with Tom. Great route! Walked down in the twilight. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2014 September 11 | 4.1km / 450m / 1h 55m | A warm, yellow day - checked out crags around the back of Dumgoyne. |
939 | Mount Keen | 2014 August 31 | 17.6km / 700m / 5h 10m | With Kerrigan - longer way in than I remembered! |
841 | Ben Vrackie | 2014 August 21 | 10.4km / 750m | Lorraine's last Corbett! Great day. First chill of winter on the summit. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2014 August 19 | 3.2km / 400m | Tried to run + break 20 minutes up. Didn't happen. Chilled out instead! |
496 | Slackdhu | 2014 August 13 | 4.8km / 420m / 59m | Quick dash up and down this hill. Awesome! And one minute short of an hour. |
511 | Stronend | 2014 August 9 | 6.6km / 400m | Unexpected evening up this hill - great sunset and walk back in the gloom. |
859 | Sron na Ciche | 2014 July 28 | 8.7km / 900m | Rock trip with Dave - Arrow Route and Integrity, then up to the Sron summit. |
417 475 443 559 531 328 |
Giolabhal Dubh Giolabhal Glas Beinn na Teanga Sgaoth Aird Sgaoth Iosal Cleit Ard |
2014 July 23 | 8.5km / 870m / 2h 45m 0.8km / 150m / 25m (Cleit) | Sgaoth Aird makes a very natural round on the map, and I've wanted to do this since I first noticed them in 2009. Being small hills, it's easy to cover ground on Harris, but they just feel big. Another day I enjoyed myself so much that I stopped by Cleit Ard, then by the Cliseam boulders to finish. Had a meal with Calum Angus at night. Great day. |
506 436 467 |
Beinn Dhubh Beinn Losgaintir Ceann Reamhar |
2014 July 23 | 10.4km / 750m / 3h 25m | Sizzled in the morning sun. No breakfast, no food (except some Jelly Babies), a little water. Oops. Was fried when I got back to Tarbet mid-morning. That'll teach me! Nonetheless, very good hills - iconic. |
460 211 280 398 158 |
Roineabhal Sranndabhal Greabhal Bleabhal Cleit Niosaboist |
2014 July 22 | 2.6km / 400m / 1h 20m 1.2km / 140m / 20m 1.8km / 230m / 30m 5.9km / 400m / 1h 27m 1.3km / 160m / 30m |
From Todun I went south to do a HuMPs South Harris bagging marathon - by the end of the day I'd almost done them all. It was great to feel the motivation kick up gears as the day went on. The first four (inc. Todun) were planned, but I was enjoying myself so much I added the last two on. Brilliant sunset, camped at Horgabost. |
528 | Todun | 2014 July 22 | 2.6km / 380m / 1h | What an awesome hill. Up south ridge to the trig. Views just brilliant. |
368 | Ceapabhal | 2014 July 21 | 5.3km / 370m / 3h | Evening hill with dad. Sadly the sunset fizzled out to nothing! |
511 500 662 659 679 |
Cleiseabhal Bidigh Oireabhal Ulabhal Tiorga Mor |
2014 July 21 | 13.9km / 1350m / 4h 35m | Last two of the big 4 on North Harris. Brilliant, sunny day, saw St. Kilda and Sron Ulladal. All great stuff. Started out feeling a bit rusty, by the end I was flying. |
924 938 992 978 |
Sgurr nan Eag Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn Sgurr Alasdair Sgurr Thearlaich |
2014 July 13 | 13.2km / 1350m | Weather was too bad for a Cuillin Traverse, but I thought I'd try! The Cuillin mist never cleared, and after some hair-raising in-trainers, damp down climbing on Sgurr Thearlaich, I was stopped dead by a drenched Sgurr Mhic Choinnich. Escape down Bomb Alley and out by Coire Lagan... always next time! |
355 | The Prison (Quiraing) | 2014 July 12 | 4.5km / 350m | First full day on holiday - up for a look at these pinnacles with Struan. |
884 870 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2014 July 7 | 9.6km / 950m | Cool day up from Arrochar with Kyra and Scott. |
870 884 |
The Cobbler North Peak The Cobbler |
2014 July 1 | 5.2km / 850m / 7h 10m | Recess Route with Spad! Whoa!! Led the majority of this amazing climb on the North Peak of the Cobbler. |
817 811 |
Stob Coire Creagach Binnein an Fhidhleir |
2014 June 29 | 6km / 700m | Got tired rock climbing with the midges in the glen, so headed up this hill I've wanted to do for a while. So, so worth it. An absolutely stunning afternoon. |
918 896 869 852 830 958 936 917 934 964 |
Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh East Top Bidein Druim nan Ramh Bidein Druim nan Ramh North Top An Caisteal Bruach na Frithe Sgurr a' Fionn Choire Bhasteir Tooth Am Basteir Sgurr nan Gillean |
2014 June 15 | 15.5km / 1850m / 7h 40m | Absolutely stunning day on the northern Cuillin, filling in the gaps! Up the Thuilm ridge to Mhadaidh, over the Mhadaidh Tops, Bidein, An Caisteal, up the Tooth, direct onto Am Basteir and finish up and down Sgurr nan Gillean's West Ridge - all solo. Stunning stunning stunning. Ridge traverse has to happen soon! Endless, incredible scrambling. In Mike's words; "you're in for a treat"... couldn't be more correct. |
858 884 870 |
The Cobbler South Peak The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2014 May 31 | 5.1km / 1000m / 5h 30m | A bit of alpine practice with Struan. Up and down from Glen Croe for a change. SE Ridge of South Peak way easier than expected. Highlight - watching Steve McClure (presumably) onsight Dalriada. Absolutely epic. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2014 May 29 | 3.2km / 400m / 39m | Fastest Dumgoyne yet! 21:59 up, 10:15 down. Improvement still to be made! |
884 870 1011 926 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak Beinn Ime Beinn Narnain |
2014 May 27 | 14km / 1700m / 7h 45m | Around this old trio with Rory. South Peak Original Route still seeping with water, so couldn't get the three peaks, but all in all nice conditions and solid pace all day. |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2014 May 11 | 10.7km / 1220m / 4h 50m | 6.2km / 760m + 4.5km / 460m. Curved Ridge with Struan, learning a lot... |
719 663 709 |
Meall Buidhe Meall na Cloiche Beinn Leabhainn |
2014 May 4 | 10.3km / 630m / 3h 50m | Tired from the day before, did this Graham above Glen Ogle in really thick mist. The navigation was such an eye opener - my first personal experience with pacing. Very powerful. A great day even though the weather sucked! |
1006 969 991 1053 1130 1071 1000 |
Carn Liath Meall an t-Snaim Sron Coire a' Chriochairein Stob Poite Coire Ardair Creag Meagaidh Puist Coire Ardair Sron a' Choire |
2014 May 3 | 18.3km / 1270m / 6h 55m | The main event of the day (having charged up the Pap in the morning). With Struan and Ian. Still loads of snow, nice weather and great views into the NW where the hills are still looking a bit white. Did a circuit of Coire Ardair, my first time doing this in three visits to the mountain. |
742 | Pap of Glencoe (Sgorr na Cìche) | 2014 May 3 | 3.7km / 730m / 1h 55m | Early morning up the Pap. Great, short hill, I was knacked. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2014 April 20 | 5.4km / 520m / 2h 50m | Mega sunny day out with everyone + and a quick nip to Dumgoyne. Superb! |
698 | Meall Cumhann | 2014 April 8 | 4km / 580m / 2h 15m | A small top in Glen Nevis I've wanted to do for a while. Totally stunning. |
961 987 |
Gulvain South Top Gulvain |
2014 April 7 | 21.4km / 1300m / 5h 50m | Back to Munro ticking to finish my 2nd Munro round. Great conditions on this hill but my god it's a long one. |
1179 1220 1344 |
Carn Dearg Meadhonach Carn Mor Dearg Ben Nevis |
2014 March 22 | 13km / 1250m / 9h 05m | Awesome day with Tom, James, Zoe and Kev. Snow to sea level for the one time this winter, over CMD in very white conditions and over Nevis in a silent whiteout. That was some good nav... |
415 | Cruach Tairbeirt | 2014 March 15 | 3.4km / 400m / 3h 05m | Up with Tom, wind and rain. All quite grim (in a good way!) weather. |
787 | The Brack | 2014 March 9 | 12.3km / 900m / 3h 35m | Fantastic hill, surprised I'd never done it before. |
304 | Overton Muir | 2014 February 28 | 4.1km / 200m / 55m | February tick - moor above Balloch - a for-the-sake-of-it exploration. |
917 | Geal-charn | 2014 February 10 | 7km / 500m / 2h 40m | Night walk up a very snowy + moonlit Geal-charn with Dave. Great conditions. |
857 | Beinn a' Chrulaiste | 2014 January 19 | 6.1km / 600m / 2h 30m | On the way home. |
829 | Carn Mor | 2014 January 18 | 22km / 950m / 6h 50m | A cold bothy trip to Dessarry... the hill was alright though! |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
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813 | Beinn Each | 2013 December 28 | 7.3km / 700m / 3h 25m | More morning Corbett bagging with Struan. Going soft! ;-) Last hill of the year! |
979 | Ciste Dhubh | 2013 December 14 | 10.7km / 800m / 3h 50m | Stunningly wild day out with James. Didn't think it would be so good. |
748 | Meall Mor | 2013 November 19 | 14km / 850m / 3h 55m | Early morning out and feeling really wintry. Black ice on the roads, snowy hills. |
887 559 |
Meall a' Ghiubhais Leathad Buidhe |
2013 October 26 | 12.3km / 950m / 4h 20m | Great morning out with Struan. Starting the Corbetts?! |
501 | Glas Bheinn | 2013 September 28 | 2.7km / 200m / 1h 05m | Meall Mor's counterpart (Apr 21). Soaking in the isolation, reflecting... |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2013 September 28 | 6km / 800m / 5h 15m | Curved Ridge for Fi and Scoob's compleation. Amazing day. Good to be back. |
544 961 |
Cnoc Sgriodain (Ben Klibreck) Meall nan Con (Ben Klibreck) |
2013 August 8 | 14.1km / 900m | One more for the hell of it! (With Uncle Steve). Very strange to be climbing mountains without the pressure, or the focus. Time to get back to normal. |
927 | Ben Hope | 2013 August 7 | 6.6km / 910m / 4h 30m | Total - 1948.8km / 141,025m Complete. 282 Munros in 98 days. Belter. |
544 961 |
Cnoc Sgriodain (Ben Klibreck) Meall nan Con (Ben Klibreck) |
2013 August 6 | 14.1km / 900m / 5h 05m | One Munro in the far north, with Dougie, Liam and Neil. Just one to go. |
1007 996 1053 999 863 945 986 |
Maoile Lunndaidh Carn nam Fiaclan Sgurr a' Chaorachain Sgurr Choinnich Beinn Tharsuinn Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich Lurg Mhor |
2013 August 5 | 33.4km / 2600m / 11h 15m | After the night-time walk in, I was up early and away for the five Monars - what a day, really big. I was in little doubt I'd do them, but I still wanted them finished! Upon completion, it was at last a release from the tension of the last few months. Just two easy Munros to the end, a unique feeling. All the big ranges done. Time to relax. |
987 998 |
Conival Ben More Assynt |
2013 August 4 | 27.2km / 1400m / 6h 55m | 17.6km / 1100m + 9.6km / 300m (Monar) - I headed north to get these two, in time to come all the way back and get Monar in the better weather - it paid off! |
981 | Slioch | 2013 August 3 | 17.9km / 1050m / 6h 30m | My final Munro of my normal round of the Munros. Amazing. |
953 978 1084 977 968 927 926 |
Am Faochagach Cona' Mheall Beinn Dearg Meall nan Ceapraichean Ceann Garbh Eididh nan Clach Geala Seana Bhraigh |
2013 August 2 | 37.1km / 2250m / 10h 18m | The sun came out as soon as I left the road! One of the highlights of the summer, and a big section completed. These hills were totally new - I'd never been on them, thus every sight and experience was fresh. Stunning weather, feeling fast, fit, and good. I was still feeling pretty good when I got back to the road in the evening, 37kms later! Mental. Some days are bad but some are just really good, like this one. |
926 | Seana Bhraigh * | 2013 August 1 | 13.6km / 600m / 3h 55m | Bad weather shut me down - it just felt all wrong. Maybe another day. Damn. |
954 1110 971 949 922 924 |
Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich Sgurr Mor Meall nan Peithirean Meall Gorm Meall Gorm SE Top An Coileachan |
2013 July 31 | 21.6km / 1300m / 6h 15m | The eastern Fannaichs. All new hills! I found it a pretty short day, but the result was only a couple of big ranges (Ullapool and Monar) remained. No getting out from it now - the last big days had to be attacked full on, no relenting. |
997 999 922 1093 934 |
A' Chailleach Sgurr Breac Sgurr nan Each Sgurr nan Clach Geala Meall a' Chrasgaidh |
2013 July 30 | 22.2km / 1730m / 6h 50m | The Fannaichs became my get-out strategy - so I used both days up near the start of the week - hmm! But still a nice day, in so-so weather. |
918 967 937 1019 989 |
Ruadh Stac Mor A' Mhaighdean Beinn Tarsuinn Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair Sgurr Ban |
2013 July 29 | 31.3km / 2130m / 10h 03m | After a few hours kip in Shenavall, I woke up to a sunny morning, and was away for Fisherfield with the sunrise. The five Munros were done by lunchtime and I had a nice (and long!) walk out by Loch a' Bhraoin. The easiest Fisherfield has ever felt. Efficient. |
1062 1060 1040 960 |
Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill (An Teallach) Sgurr Fiona (An Teallach) Corrag Bhuidhe (An Teallach) Stob Cadha Gobhlach (An Teallach) |
2013 July 28 | 12.9km / 1450m / 5h 05m | Over An Teallach to Shenavall in the evening. It didn't take too long, but it sure felt like a big mountain. Pinnacles were fun. |
946 1046 |
An Cabar (Ben Wyvis) Glas Leathad Mor (Ben Wyvis) |
2013 July 27 | 13.6km / 930m / 5h 20m | Awesome day out for Ron's last Munro. Sunny! But I'd had a week of easy hills and a week of hard stuff remained - a hard position to be in. |
1010 993 | Ruadh-stac Mor (Beinn Eighe) Spidean Coire nan Clach (Beinn Eighe) |
2013 July 26 | 16.7km / 1150m / 5h 10m | Could finally see a way through to the end. Hot, muggy air even at 6am. Was off the hill before midday and the thunder started in the afternoon. Phew. |
933 | Fionn Bheinn | 2013 July 25 | 8.3km / 780m / 1h 45m | 1680.6 Muggy, still air and the threat of thunder. Not fun. Up + down under 2 hrs |
983 1055 927 1023 986 922 |
Stob a' Choire Liath Mhor (Liathach) Spidean a' Choire Leith (Liathach) Am Fasarinen (Liathach) Mullach an Rathain (Liathach) Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) Tom na Gruagaich (Beinn Alligin) |
2013 July 24 | 17.8km / 2580m / 8h | 7.6km / 1330m / 4h 20m + 10.2km / 1250m / 3h 40m. I was still feeling trashed when I woke up. The rest day didn't do anything? But Am Fasarinen sorted me out and I was buzzing by Mullach an Rathain. I took the afternoon off and had a quick blast around Alligin in the evening. Stunning sunset. |
933 769 926 962 |
Maol Chean-dearg Beinn Liath Mhor South Top Beinn Liath Mhor Sgorr Ruadh |
2013 July 22 | 23.9km / 1900m / 8h 20m | A low-enjoyment day, but incredible weather. I was too run down from the previous couple weeks, but I made it around and decided a day of rest was in order the next day... |
928 | Moruisg | 2013 July 21 | 6.6km / 810m / 2h 50m | In the cool of sunset...still roasting. Big views but too stressed to really take it in. |
1151 921 906 1181 917 1005 1183 1174 1137 1131 1051 1032 1112 1054 |
Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan An Socach An Socach NE Top Mam Sodhail Stob Coire Lochan Beinn Fhionnlaidh Carn Eighe Stob a' Choire Dhomhain Stob Coire Dhomhnuill Sron Garbh An Leth-chreag Tom a' Choinich Beag Tom a' Choinich Toll Creagach |
2013 July 20 | 30.2km / 2230m / 12h 50m | Mullardoch day 2 - I was up early, with the sun and made Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan with mist in the valleys and sunrise casting light upon the endless vista of bare, gaunt mountains. I enjoyed the morning and it's coolness, and I made it to the third last Munro before the heat arrived. The last two Munros were too hot, and me too sore, to be enjoyed. But the morning had been brilliant, as out-there are you'll get in Scotland. I got back to the car more relieved than happy, scooted back to Cannich and downed a load of water. From here on, my parents would be up on holiday until Ben Hope, thus Mullardoch marked the end of one section of my summer. |
992 1150 1129 1086 1069 974 982 967 |
Carn nan Gobhar Sgurr na Lapaich An Riabhachan An Riabhachan SW Top An Socach Mullach Sithidh Mullach na Dheiragain Carn na Con Dhu |
2013 July 19 | 26.2km / 2560m / 12h 18m | Mullardoch day 1 - I got a grilling. Carrying too much weight (but almost only essentials!) I plodded from the Mullardoch dam to the back end of nowhere while getting utterly grilled by the sun. Clegs were horrendous, but in the end I made it to Carn na Con Dhu and camped on it's summit. A great campsite. An early start was in order to avoid as much of the grilling the next day as possible. |
1049 1030 1083 992 993 |
Sgurr Fhuar-thuill Creag Ghorm a' Bhealaich Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais Carn nan Gobhar Sgurr na Ruaidhe |
2013 July 18 | 18.1km / 1530m / 5h 20m | I would have started the Mullardoch Round on this day, but I was pretty damn tired from the North Shiel Ridge. So a more gentle day, instead. Back in Cannich, the clouds pulled back and the heatwave began... |
979 987 1001 1036 956 990 1027 1002 1067 |
Ciste Dhubh Sgurr an Fhuarail Aonach Meadhoin Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg Saileag Sgurr nan Spainteach Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe Sgurr na Carnach Sgurr Fhuaran |
2013 July 17 | 22.1km / 2450m / 9h | This was a big one. The weather wasn't so great, so while the rest of the country steamed under a heatwave, I was struggling to keep my heat on Ciste Dhubh! For a while I was convinced I wouldn't make the lot and I'd just go down. But on the rationale that I might as well try and do as much as possible, I made it to Bealach an Lapain, 4 Munros down, buzzing at my progress and absolutely determined not to go down! I completed the Sisters, made a rapid descent of Sgurr Fhuarain, waded the river up to my waist and managed to hitch a lift back to the Cluanie. Epic. Later, I left Glen Shiel for the last time (big moment) and drove to Cannich - a change of scenery! |
957 1109 1002 1120 1008 1102 |
Carn Ghluasaid Sgurr nan Conbhairean Sail Chaorainn A' Chralaig Stob Coire na Cralaig Mullach Fraoch-choire |
2013 July 16 | 24.5km / 1750m / 7h 15m | The Cluanie five. I've got a lot of love for these mountains, and I got around them very fast. Superb hills, weather wasn't so settled, but I enjoyed it a lot. Highlights - picking up Alan's present in the summit cairn of Carn Ghluasaid, and also going out for dinner with Lorraine McCall. Brilliant day. |
906 974 1011 942 946 909 |
Beinn Sgritheall East Top Beinn Sgritheall The Saddle Sgurr na Sgine NW Top Sgurr na Sgine Faochag |
2013 July 15 | 21km / 2500m / 8h 10m | 1502.9 - 7.6km / 1120m / 3h 20m + 13.4km / 1380m / 4h 50m This really was my first day back in the northwest, doing the huge section between Shiel and Carron. Lots of big days ahead, I had to get these out the day and just conserve energy as best as possible... |
964 | Sgurr nan Gillean | 2013 July 14 | 12km / 950m / 4h 20m | The final Cuillin Munro - I went up the SE Ridge. Great mountain. |
758 918 1032 |
A' Ghlas-bheinn South Top A' Ghlas-bheinn Beinn Fhada |
2013 July 13 | 18.8km / 1550m / 6h 20m | Into the meat of the NW - the start of a huge section between Glen's Shiel and Carron. The sunny weather continues... |
934 958 |
Am Basteir Bruach na Frithe |
2013 July 12 | 13.6km / 1150m / 6h 20m | Failed attempt on Gillean's West Ridge. Did the other two - but will have to come back! |
992 948 986 942 965 926 970 973 918 |
Sgurr Alasdair Sgurr Mhic Choinnich Inaccessible Pinnacle (Sgurr Dearg) Sgurr na Banachdich South Top Sgurr na Banachdich Sgurr Thormaid Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh South Top Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh Sgurr a' Mhadaidh |
2013 July 11 | 14.5km / 1800m / 11h 45m | After a much needed rest, this was the big Cuillin day. I did Alasdair and Mhic Choinnich alone, and quite easily (but that Stone Shoot is a b****!). I met Jo-lynne and Liam on Sgurr Dearg for the Inn Pinn, then continued to do three more Munros then down by sunset. Amazing day - clear, sunny weather. |
924 938 944 |
Sgurr nan Eag Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn Sgurr Dubh Mor |
2013 July 9 | 14.9km / 1350m / 10h 45m | First steps into the Cuillin. Sunny skies and an ocean of mist... |
926 928 |
Blà Bheinn SW Top Blà Bheinn |
2013 July 8 | 8.4km / 1000m / 6h 50m | Must be one of the best mountains anywhere. Whoa. Didn't expect it would be that good. |
943 1010 1062 1130 1056 1041 975 982 981 909 1032 1001 990 1099 999 910 917 939 |
Binnein Beag Sgurr Eilde Mor Binnein Mor South Top Binnein Mor Na Gruagaichean Na Gruagaichean NW Top An Garbhanach An Gearanach Stob Coire a' Chairn Stob Coire a' Chairn South Top Am Bodach Sgurr an Iubhair Stob Choire a' Mhail Sgurr a' Mhaim Stob Ban Mullach nan Coirean East Top Mullach nan Coirean SE Top Mullach nan Coirean |
2013 July 7 | 35.0km / 3330m / 12h 15m | Bit of an ambition fulfilled. I've always wanted to do the Mamores in one go. Was feeling a bit beat up in the morning, but there was no way around it - I had to get these done. So I went, and it was brilliant. Only (small!) detraction is the ridges are all characteristically the same - but I had a blissful long day linking up all these tops into one. Really fantastic. I met Steve in Glen Nevis and we slept in the cars at the Commando Memorial. Once a distant dream, Skye awaited the following day. Yus! |
962 987 |
Gulvain South Top Gulvain |
2013 July 6 | 21.7km / 1300m / c. 7h | One of the most most non-descript days of the whole summer - low mist and drizzle led to a washout high up. Pretty relentless! |
919 | Gairich | 2013 July 5 | 15.1km / 900m / 6h 20m | Evening Gairich with Liam. Bit non-descript weather, great to finish Quoich |
1035 1006 996 |
Gleouraich Creag Coire na Fiar Bhealaich Spidean Mialach |
2013 July 5 | 11.1km / 1150m / 4h 45m | Back to Loch Quoich to clean up the dregs. Did these two with Andy in good time. The ascent of Gleouraich is pretty sensational! |
918 1004 1010 981 1021 938 987 947 |
Creag na Damh Sgurr an Lochain Sgurr an Doire Leathain Maol Chinn-dearg Aonach air Chrith Druim Shionnach West Top Druim Shionnach Creag a' Mhaim |
2013 July 4 | 21.2km / 1850m / 7h 55m | West to east with Andy. The highest winds of the trip - sometimes we were almost immobile on Sgurr an Lochain. Glen to glen in 7.5 hours, so not a bad time. Quite epic. It was like November came back to Glen Shiel for a day. |
1027 | Sgurr a' Mhaoraich | 2013 July 3 | 9.9km / 920m / 3h 55m | 1296.8 - 2km / 60m / ?h (Quoich) + 7.9km / 860m / 3h 55m. Quick up and down in the sun. |
1040 1013 968 953 873 890 1003 901 |
Sgurr na Ciche Garbh Chioch Mhor Garbh Chioch Bheag Sgurr nan Coireachan An Eag Sgurr Beag Sgurr Mor Sgurr an Fhuarain |
2013 July 2 | 30.1km / 2450m / 14h | One of the most relentless days of the summer, rain and wind all the way back from Sourlies to the Quoich dam. Got back at 1am. Epic. |
960 1020 858 849 938 936 942 946 |
Stob a' Choire Odhair Ladhar Bheinn Ladhar Bheinn South Top Aonach Sgoilte Luinne Bheinn Luinne Bheinn East Top Meall Buidhe SE Top Meall Buidhe |
2013 July 1 | 34.7km / 2650m / 2 days | 11km / 400m / 3h 30m (30th) + 23.7km / 2250m / 12h 40m. My first trip to Knoydart. Pretty incredible. Went Kinlochhourn - Barrisdale bothy on the 30th June, then the three Munros to Sourlies on the 1st July. A long day. |
918 937 |
Meall na Teanga Sron a' Choire Ghairbh |
2013 June 29 | 18.9km / 1320m / 7h 20m | A pair of new Munros, uninspiring weather, but great to have Dougie along for the following five days. |
852 956 826 825 963 |
Sgurr a' Choire Riabhaich Sgurr nan Coireachan Meall nan Tarmachain Beinn Gharbh Sgurr Thuilm |
2013 June 28 | 22.5km / 1470m / 7h 30m | Picking back up momentum after a couple rest days. It just rained and rained, motivation wasn't so high for this pair. Maybe the reality of the NW was hitting me. |
977 1177 1105 1079 1106 1116 1094 1100 1234 1221 1220 1344 |
Stob Ban Stob Choire Claurigh Stob a' Choire Leith Stob Coire Cath na Sine Caisteal Stob Coire an Laoigh Sgurr Choinnich Mor Stob Coire Bhealaich Aonach Beag Aonach Mor Carn Mor Dearg Ben Nevis |
2013 June 25 | 35.1km / 3000m / 12h 05m | 1180.7km total. An absolute epic of a day in every way. In scale, size, variation, this may well be the 'biggest' day of the entire trip. Not the biggest statistically (though not far off) but the mountains were just so damn BIG! A low-key start under drizzly skies at Spean Bridge took me onto a winding Grey Corries ridge. I charged along that, then down to the bottom of Aonach Beag, found a way through despite the amazing amounts of snow left from winter. Over Aonach Beag, back to CMD, and then along the arete to Ben Nevis. Stunning stunning stunning. Met James and Zoe on top of Nevis and Neil and Liam at the Half Way Lochan. Quite a day. Even felt fresh(ish) by the end of it! |
1105 1115 |
Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin Stob Coire Easain |
2013 June 24 | 15.1km / 1200m / 5h | Feeling drained. Off-day for sure, but at least nearly at the west coast! |
1034 922 1132 1114 1102 |
Carn Dearg Diollaid a' Chairn Geal-charn Aonach Beag Beinn Eibhinn |
2013 June 23 | 23.5km / 1200m / 6h 35m | Corrour to Culra and back; day 2. Manky weather. Compass bearings all the way! Then back along the track to Corrour and the amazing restaurant, where I could have stayed if I hadn't have to get a train back to Tulloch. |
941 955 929 865 901 1148 1019 |
Carn Dearg Sgor Gaibhre Sgor Choinnich Meall a' Bhealaich Beinn a' Chumhainn Ben Alder Beinn Bheoil |
2013 June 22 | 29.3km / 1970m / 10h | Corrour to Culra and back; day 1. Did this with Struan and I told him to please not let me bow out from any mountains, no matter how wet and horrible it got. The weather was pretty bad, but gladly we did all the eight planned Munros over two days. Things even cleared up on Alder and Bheoil; it was good... Met Roy and Steve in Culra. |
935 1046 958 979 |
Beinn na Lap Chno Dearg Stob Coire Sgriodain South Top Stob Coire Sgriodain |
2013 June 21 | 21km / 1300m / 6h 55m | Half way in terms of summit count. So much done, so far to go! Over from Corrour to Tulloch. Alright weather, getting better as the day went on. Picked up food from Fersit. |
1006 969 991 1053 1130 1044 1052 915 |
Carn Liath Meall an t-Snaim Sron Coire a' Chriochairein Stob Poite Coire Ardair Creag Meagaidh Beinn a' Chaorainn North Top Beinn a' Chaorainn Beinn Teallach |
2013 June 20 | 26.4km / 1810m / 7h 05m | Crazy winds, threatening weather and just a little rain. Did these six and felt much easier than last summer. Did them really fast too, good to get this entire section done. |
1087 1049 924 |
Beinn a' Chlachair Geal Charn Creag Pitridh |
2013 June 19 | 27.2km / 1350m / 5h 20m | Another peak-bagging style day. I didn't get so much out of this bunch, but it was good to make inroads into the west. |
1052 1118 1113 1157 918 1019 800 |
Carn Ban Mor Sgor Gaoith Monadh Mor Beinn Bhrotain Tom Dubh Mullach Clach a' Bhlair Meall nan Sleac |
2013 June 18 | 37.8km / 1900m / 8h 55m | 1003.1km total. Back to the Cairngorms. I got so much out of them, it was nice to be back once more. A hyper-speed crossing of the Moine Mhor (twice), out to Beinn Bhrotain and back to Glen Feshie. Threatening weather which never actually came to anything. Frankly, a humbling mountain range and I can't wait to get back. |
926 | Geal Charn | 2013 June 17 | 16km / 680m / 4h | Last Monadhliath Munro, best bit was the NW mountains all lined up. Wow!!! |
1215 | Cairn Lochan | 2013 June 17 | 8km / 630m / 3h 50m | Quick scramble up the Fiacaill Ridge with James and Ailsa, just for the fun of it! |
936 914 941 951 |
A' Bhuidheanach Bheag Carn na Caim South Top Carn na Caim Meall Chuaich |
2013 June 16 | 32.1km / 1330m / 7h 50m | 17.6km / 730m / 4h 10m + 14.5km / 600m / 3h 40m Actually a really nice day on what many consider the dullest hills in Scotland. Not true! Fairly big mileage too, and in good time. |
930 920 911 920 945 |
A' Chailleach Carn Sgulain Meall a' Bhothain Carn Ballach Carn Dearg |
2013 June 15 | 23.4km / 1100m / 6h 20m | Nice hills, though list ticking for the hell of it. Found amazing (glacial?) scratch marks on bedrock on Carn Ban. |
917 975 1010 991 |
Geal-charn A' Mharconaich Beinn Udlamain Sgairneach Mhor |
2013 June 14 | 22.5km / 1110m / 5h 20m | Out of the sunny eastern lands, into the ochre Central Highlands. It seemed at the time that the weather had finally broken, but really it hadn't... A quick evening bunch. |
1004 1213 1291 1258 1265 1296 |
The Devil's Point Stob Coire an t-Saighdeir Cairn Toul Sgor an Lochain Uaine Carn na Criche Braeriach |
2013 June 11 | 21.2km / 1430m / 5h 55m | 863.3km total. Final Cairngorms day (for now). Over the classic 4 with Colin in threatening conditions. Made it back to the Sugar Bowl in just under six hours - pretty epic, given we were also carrying sleeping gear, waste, stoves, etc. |
1182 1090 1245 1309 1037 |
Beinn Mheadhoin Bynack More Cairn Gorm Ben Macdui Carn a' Mhaim |
2013 June 10 | 30.7km / 1980m / 10h 35m | Cairngorm Day 2 - a stunning day, sunny skies, clear waters, lingering snow. Linking the high summits of the Cairngorms - Mheadhoin, Bynack, Cairn Grom, MacDui, Mhaim... Best bit was meeting Colin on Macdui and meeting Michael at Corrour! One fo the summer highlights. |
1171 1197 931 1083 1155 |
Leabaidh an Diamh Bhuidhe (Ben Avon) Beinn a' Bhuird Beinn Bhreac Beinn a' Chaorainn Derry Cairngorm |
2013 June 9 | 32.7km / 1770m / 10h 55m | Cairngorms Day 1 - from the howff to Hutchison. Amazing. Skies were actually dark and threatening on my crossing of the Moine Bhealaidh, but the air was calm and the cloud base was high. It was like the clouds were fighting themselves out way high up. Great chat in the Hutchison, then a nice evening climb of Derry Cairngorm to take the weight off the following day. |
994 1006 |
Carn an Fhidhleir An Sgarsoch |
2013 June 8 | 49.2km / 1300m / 9h 15m | The highest mileage day of the summer, a lot of it on a bike getting two remote Munros up by Geldie. Hot weather with Struan, James and Ian. |
998 1012 1000 1047 1110 1155 |
Broad Cairn Cairn Bannoch Fafernie Carn an t-Sagairt Mor Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach Cac Carn Beag (Lochnagar) |
2013 June 7 | 29km / 1230m / 7h 45m | Lochnagar and co - another good day, dropped off and picked up by dad. The good weather continued, my only hope was it would continue into the Cairngorms. Lochnagar was Munro #100 of my summer Munro Round. It was nice to feel as though I was getting somewhere, but to imagine I had to do the same amount of peaks nearly twice over again? Crazy. |
939 | Mount Keen | 2013 June 6 | 17.7km / 700m / 3h 10m | 700.5km total. Sunny weather on the most easterly Munro |
947 928 |
Driesh Mayar |
2013 June 5 | 14.4km / 850m / 3h 30m | The first new Munros since Ben More on Mull!! Staying with Jac, who kindly put me up for a couple of nights. Non-descript hills, but very nice to see new areas. |
922 987 1068 1064 957 958 1019 |
Meall Odhar Creag Leacach Glas Maol Cairn of Claise Tom Buidhe Tolmount Carn an Tuirc |
2013 June 4 | 25.4km / 1220m / 6h 50m | Glenshee 6 - another good day, 6 more tops. Running out of Grampian hills - Cairngorms soon. |
946 920 818 1045 1029 1051 858 944 |
Carn Bhac Carn Bhac SW Top Carn Dearg Beinn Iutharn Mhor Carn an Righ Glas Tulaichean Glas Tulaichean North Top An Socach |
2013 June 3 | 43km / 1800m / 7h 50m | An epic day, filling in a large area of Munros west of Glen Shee. About half the 42kms comes from the cycle in/out from Inverey to Altanour Lodge. I didn't quite realise how long it was before doing it, but five more off the list and still felt relatively fresh afterward in time to meet Hazel. A sign of improving fitness. |
933 975 917 |
The Cairnwell Carn a' Gheoidh Carn Aosda |
2013 June 2 | 10.7km / 620m / 3h 30m | Easy afternoon out - just what I needed! Sunny, very clear views of a snowy Cairngorms, and hoping some of that melts! |
963 885 1008 |
Carn a' Chlamain Eileirg 'ic an Toisich Beinn Dearg |
2013 June 1 | 25.9km / 930m / 7h 03m | Tarf Hotel - Chalamain - Dearg - Blair Atholl. Great weather, moorland romping. Really easy and cool to do a trip I'd only done before in winter. But now the Sgarsoch pair would need done. Hmm.. |
975 1070 1129 835 |
Carn Liath (Beinn a' Ghlo) Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain (B. a' Ghlo) Carn nan Gabhar (Beinn a' Ghlo) Braigh Coire na Conlaich |
2013 May 31 | 19.5km / 1750m / 6h 40m | Inroads into the Grampians. Stayed the night at the Tarf Hotel with Neil. |
780 943 931 915 1011 926 |
Ben Vorlich South Top Ben Vorlich Ben Vorlich North Top Ben Vane Beinn Ime Beinn Narnain |
2013 May 29 | 19.8km / 2600m / 8h 30m | The last of the Southern Highlands - at last. Great weather. Felt wasted on Ben Vorlich, and picked up over Vane. Motored over Ime and Narnain! Hills of my childhood, I guess... Nice to be back. Crag spotting, too. Rush concert the next day. |
1108 1100 1099 774 1090 945 |
Meall a' Bhuiridh Creise Clach Leathad Creag a' Bhealaich Stob Ghabhar Stob a' Choire Odhair |
2013 May 28 | 20.5km / 1800m / 8h | The Blackmount traverse - a classic I've wanted to do for years! My second day with Andy, okay conditions. I really enjoyed this, but Arrochar was hanging over me, too... |
916 1130 1029 978 |
Beinn a' Chleibh Ben Lui Ben Oss Beinn Dubhchraig |
2013 May 27 | 20.6km / 1720m / 7h 40m | Waited out about 14 hours of non-stop rain then headed out mid-afternoon for these. With Andy Brown. Great mountains, nice sunset. |
778 1072 1150 |
Stob Coire nan Easain Stob Coire Sgreamhach Bidean nam Bian |
2013 May 26 | 9.1km / 1330m / 4h | Back to get the one that defeated me in the first place. Climbed from Glen Etive in much more summery conditions (still a bit dull!) than in May when I tried it. The first day that I knew winter had really let go once and for all. |
1029 924 968 1041 981 1083 |
Carn Gorm An Sgorr Meall Garbh Carn Mairg Meall na Aighean Schiehallion |
2013 May 25 | 24.2km / 2020m / 9h 05m | Lyon and Schiehallion. Great day out with Karl. Schiehallion's a really cool hill, and it's been a long time since I last climbed it. |
888 960 932 |
Creag an Fheadain Stuchd an Lochain Meall Buidhe |
2013 May 24 | 17.3km / 1285m / 6h | 735m / 550m The first of a breakthrough, in mental and physical condition, as well as weather conditions. Persistence pays, though I wasn't to know at the time. |
948 | Beinn Bhuidhe | 2013 May 23 | 22km / 950m / 5h | Another list-ticking day. Had to be done. |
923 1044 1039 |
Meall nan Tarmachan SE Top Meall nan Tarmachan Meall Ghaordaidh |
2013 May 22 | 15.4km / 1570m / 5h 30m | 6.3km / 670m (T) + 9.1km / 900m (G) Felt rubbish - had slept in car front seat. Not a good idea. Just ticking away... |
985 975 931 |
Ben Vorlich Stuc a' Chroin Ben Chonzie |
2013 May 21 | 27.8km / 1930m / 6h 55m | 14.7km / 1200m (Vorlich) + 13.1km / 730m. Sun!! Pounded up Vorlich, got the Stuc quickly and descended. Did Chonzie on an amazing evening, the Atholl plateaux looking daunting... |
974 | Ben Lomond | 2013 May 19 | 11.9km / 970m / 5h 40m | With Steve, Liam and Neil. Totally non-descript weather, grey all day. Weird. |
917 921 959 1025 |
Beinn a' Churain Sgiath Chuil Meall Glas Beinn Challum |
2013 May 18 | 21.3km / 2000m / 8h | Dropped/picked up by mum and dad in a big race along the Mamlorn summits. Cool to link Glen Lochay with Strath Fillan. Descended Challum with Kev McKeown. |
1047 1078 |
Creag Mhor Beinn Sheasgarnaich |
2013 May 17 | 23.7km / 1380m / 7h 40m | Warm sun - one of the really good days of the spring and summer. Dinner with Pauline Ron and Mark in Killin. |
1076 1004 1038 978 1081 953 |
Beinn Dorain Beinn an Dothaidh Beinn Achaladair Meall Buidhe Beinn a' Chreachain Beinn Mhanach |
2013 May 16 | 27.7km / 2400m / 12h 25m | Must have been the biggest emotional rollercoaster of the summer. Each hill was worse and worse, despite conditions getting better and better. I was really down on Beinn a' Chreachain. Stopped for TLC and admitted defeat, thus began one of the weirdest, most magical mountain moments of my life. Amazing. |
926 1069 1103 1214 1047 1118 1118 1001 |
Meall a' Choire Leith Meall Corranaich Beinn Ghlas Ben Lawers Creag an Fhithich An Stuc Meall Garbh Meall Greigh |
2013 May 15 | 20.4km / 1850m / 8h 35m | It melted pretty damn fast, and I got round these seven in good time with Andy Brown. Definitely pulling away form the starting blocks. Snow was a problem on An Stuc though, and made a rather large detour necessary. |
995 933 942 940 |
An Caisteal Beinn Chabhair Beinn a' Chroin Beinn a' Chroin East Top |
2013 May 14 | 17km / 1600m / 6h 07m | MORE snow - worst May ever, seriously. Climbed these three under a couple feet of powder/slush which fell the day before - hence the rest day on the 13th. Wonder when it'll melt? |
1174 1165 959 1046 946 |
Ben More Stob Binnein Stob Garbh Cruach Ardrain Beinn Tulaichean |
2013 May 12 | 24.4km / 2400m / 8h 40m | So moved on to Crianlarich. More diabolical weather, but I could cope. Did this round a few years ago and my ease of passage today was a sign I have got fitter in time. I'm absorbing stuff that would have done me in a few years ago. |
928 877 1044 |
Meall nan Eun Meall Tarsuinn Stob Coir an Albannaich |
2013 May 11 | 17.1km / 1360m / 6h 30m | Pretty diabolical weather with Struan and Andy Gray. Pretty standard conditions by this point though... realised I was getting sick of these rain-drenched west coast hills. |
1022 1011 941 956 958 925 |
Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Doire (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Coire Altruim (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Broige (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag) Stob Coire Raineach (Buachaille Etive Beag) |
2013 May 10 | 20.1km / 1930m / 9h | The two Buachailles with Pete and Andy. Reasonable weather on Stob Dearg then pea soup thereafter. Buachaille Etive Beag was just ticking for the sake of ticking. Not a bad day though... |
1150 | Bidean nam Bian * | 2013 May 9 | 21km / 1000m / 7h | Bad snow conditions on Bidean made me turn around at 3000 feet. |
967 940 900 953 943 1024 1001 |
Sgorr nam Fiannaidh Stob Coire Leith Aonach Eagach 900m Meall Dearg Am Bodach Sgorr Dhearg (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Dhonuill (Beinn a' Bheithir) |
2013 May 8 | 20.6km / 2750m / 9h 10m | 8.1km / 1450m (AE) + 12.5km / 1300m. Great blast over the Aonach Eagach in the morning (got a break in the weather). Beinn a' Bheithir later, where the wind really came in. Epic, nerve-wracking and hard. Back on schedule by combining these two days. |
959 994 |
Beinn Fhionnlaidh Sgor na h-Ulaidh |
2013 May 7 | 17.7km / 1500m / 7h 40m | SUN! Have never appreciated the heat so much. What a difference. Joined by Lucas and Andy. Superb. |
937 | Beinn Sgulaird | 2013 May 6 | 8km / 910m / 3h 55m | Drier... Just a singleton, nice to relieve the pressure a bit. |
1078 960 892 997 |
Beinn Starav Beinn nan Aighenan Meall nan Trì Tighearnan Glas Bheinn Mhor |
2013 May 5 | 21.7km / 2000m / 8h | Another day starting dry, ending as drenched, numb and cold as I've ever been. A real desperate day, just holding it together, getting through to the end. Missed out Albannaich and Eun, so down a day on schedule. |
980 989 |
Beinn a' Chochuill Beinn Eunaich |
2013 May 4 | 12.8km / 1250m / 4h 10m | Still cold, less wet. My first really enjoyable day. On the way to Glen Etive a mega-front blew in and the world turned to chaos. |
1126 998 980 |
Ben Cruachan Stob Diamh Stob Garbh |
2013 May 3 | 43km / 1630m / 9h 50m | 30km / 350m on bike. 13km / 1280m on hill. Day two - Very cold, heavy rain all day. My second day in and stretched to the psychological limit. Damn. Just finishing my day on schedule was enough of a surprise. |
966 | Ben More | 2013 May 2 | 38.6km / 1150m / c. 6h | 8.8km / 950m / 4h 05m - hill. 29.8km / 200m - bike. First day! Cold and wet... Hmm. |
492 | Meall Mor | 2013 April 21 | 2.8km / 200m / 45m | Quick hill on way home from food drops. A sense of the challenge to come... |
393 401 |
Middle Duncolm Duncolm |
2013 March 29 | 13.2km / 430m / 2h 50m | A quick end of the month hill. I live really close to this one, yet I'd never done it. Wintry scenes. |
1002 1038 |
Beinn Achaladair South Top Beinn Achaladair |
2013 March 17 | 16.2km / 1000m / 6h 30m | Achaladair, more settled than the day before, but wild. Forgot the map - very precise nav with a compass and phone. Oops. Epic, and fun. |
923 953 |
Beinn a' Chuirn Beinn Mhanach |
2013 March 16 | 20km / 950m / 5h 40m | Winter at Bridge of Orchy with Struan. Whiteout on top (couldn't find the cairn but GPS suggested the summit!) Drove to Kingshouse in a snow storm. |
655 770 599 694 |
Stob an Fhàinne Beinn a' Choin Maol Breac a' Bhealaich Maol Mor |
2013 February 28 | 11.5km / 950m / 4h 50m | Solo trip to Loch Lomond-side - the quiet part. Parked by Loch Arklet and made a roundtrip of Beinn a' Choin. What a brilliant area - didn't quite expect it to be so good. Snow on the summits, a great sunrise, the Munros looked brilliant, big blue skies and inversions in the south. Awesome. |
998 991 1012 |
Broad Cairn Cairn of Gowal Cairn Bannoch |
2013 February 9 | 24.2km / 1000m / 8h 30m | With Struan, James, Dougie and Paul. Drove to Braemar the night before (everyone was leathered when I got there). Whiteout on the plateau, fun nav! Managed 2 Munros then thought it best to bail. Creag an Dubh Loch is amazing |
393 400 |
Craig of Monievreckie West Top Craig of Monievreckie |
2013 January 29 | 5.2km / 480m / 1h 40m | Hill bagging above Aberfoyle. Nice to be out - but grim weather! |
884 870 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2013 January 20 | 9.3km / 950m / 4h 10m | Full on winter with Struan. Amazing. Despite Glen Coe the day before, had no avalanche danger, but great riming and lots of folk out climbing. Brilliant. |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
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427 357 |
Dumgoyne Auchineden Hill |
2012 December 31 | 7.4km / 570m / 1h + 55m | Closing up the year on the traditional end-of-year hills. Grey all around, and a bit rough on Dumgoyne. Fun :-) |
906 974 |
Beinn Sgritheall East Top Beinn Sgritheall |
2012 December 29 | 8km / 1180m / 6h 10m | A great, great trip, staying in Kintail. Storms cleared on the hill, great views. |
918 | A' Ghlas-bheinn | 2012 December 15 | 14.3km / 950m / 7h 15m | Did with the old crew: Kev, Mac, Michael, James etc... A high alcohol weekend! |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2012 December 11 | 4km / 450m / 1h 22m | Up Dumgoyne after sunset. Checked out some crags on descent. Interesting... |
1007 | Maoile Lunndaidh | 2012 November 18 | 16.9km / 800m / 4h 50m | My last Monar peak; from Glenuaig Shelter. Amazing wild conditions on top! |
817 945 986 999 1053 |
Beinn Tharsuinn North Top Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich Lurg Mhor Sgurr Choinnich Sgurr a' Chaorachain |
2012 November 17 | 35.3km / 2400m / 11h 30m | Walked in Friday night and climbed these on Saturday. We had winter conditions, although settled enough to make good progress. Bidein and Lurg were hard work, Choinnich and Chaorachain were 'fun' with darkness approaching fast! Walked up to Glenuaig Shelter to stay the night - a great place to stay with lighting, a heater and bunk beds. |
930 920 889 |
A' Chailleach Carn Sgulain Geal Charn |
2012 November 4 | 16.7km / 900m / 6h 15m | Did the two Munros in mist, snow and grey light - not that inspiring, I'd climbed these in summer. Then the sun came out and we had a really incredible day; back over A' Chailleach and over to Geal Charn. It was so good. |
1015 1049 1030 1083 992 993 |
Sgurr na Fearstaig Sgurr Fhuar-thuill Creag Ghorm a' Bhealaich Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais Carn nan Gobhar Sgurr na Ruaidhe |
2012 November 3 | 25.3km / 1600m / 7h 50m | Awesome hills. The first really wintry day - I forgot how cold winter got. Got great views to all the Monar hills (the ones we were going to do) and some misty conditions. Still - gentle hills and no ice axes needed. Found a huge boulder on the descent I just need to come back to. The walk back to the car was amazing - especially Loch a' Mhuillidh + surrounding area. Strath Farrar is amazing - I was a bit sad to leave so soon. But headed to Aviemore afterward to meet Doug, James and Craig. |
957 998 1109 1002 1120 1008 1102 |
Carn Ghluasaid Creag a' Chaorainn Sgurr nan Conbhairean Sail Chaorainn A' Chralaig Stob Coire na Cralaig Mullach Fraoch-choire |
2012 October 21 | 29.6km / 2100m / 9h 30m | A trip alone to Glen Shiel. The easiest 30kms I've ever done. I started off feeling sluggish and under motivated. I met Paul on the hill and we did the first three Munros together - a great boost to morale. The weather went fantastic - golden mountains, bright sun and perfect walking conditions. I went all the way out to Mullach Fraoch-choire and did a long, sunny walk back to the car over the moors. A perfect dusk of bright colours, cool air, hints of mist, and absolute peace. This is why I do it... |
924 938 944 992 978 948 986 |
Sgurr nan Eag Sgurr Dubh na Da Bheinn Sgurr Dubh Mor Sgurr Alasdair Sgurr Thearlaich Sgurr Mhic Choinnich Inaccessible Pinnacle (Sgurr Dearg) |
2012 October 7 | 15.2km / 1700m / 13h 25m | What a trip - first time on the Cuillin. Called mountain rescue on a guy injured high in Glen Shiel, met Cameron and Nath in the Slig. Cameron and I were up at 5am the next morning, drove to Glen Brittle. Eag was fine, Dubh Mor had interesting route finding, Alasdair was just amazing. Abseiled off Thearlaich, the Inn Pinn was immense, the high point of the day. Back at the car in darkness after over 13 hours out. Dropped Cameron in Broadford, got back to the Fort just before midnight, clipped a stag on Rannoch Moor, slept in multiple laybys and crawled into bed at 4.30am after 24 hours on the go. Immense. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2012 October 4 | 3.6km / 400m / 1h 35m | Late night/early morning. Inversions, city lights, moon light, twilight. Awesome |
1344 1220 |
Ben Nevis Carn Mor Dearg |
2012 September 21 | 16.4km / 1550m / 10h 40m | Stephen was on a visit to Scotland, so I took him around Nevis and CMD. A great day - snow on Nevis, the arete, CIC hut and amazing views to the N Face |
1001 1118 1118 |
Meall Greigh Meall Garbh An Stuc |
2012 September 15 | 15km / 1250m / 5h 15m | Cool afternoon with Uncle Steve. A short one around the Lawers Burn. Did An Stuc the direct route - good fun! Got dropped off at Craigmore in time to meet Dave home from America. |
980 1083 1155 1110 1044 1047 1012 998 |
Meikle Pap Cuidhe Crom Cac Carn Beag (Lochnagar) Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach Carn an t-Sagairt Beag Carn an t-Sagairt Mor Cairn Bannoch Broad Cairn |
2012 September 8 | 30.2km / 1400m / 7h 50m | Another big round with Uncle Steve. Did this from Glasgow and back in a day, so long hours all in. Great weather, easy walking on the plateau. Lochnagar is just amazing, really beautiful and it's amazing such a dramatic coire exists in the rolling terrain. I'd only got 2 hours sleep the night before and when we got down to Loch Muick, I crashed. The last miles along the loch-shore weren't pleasant but oddly I drove almost all the distance back to Glasgow. Great weather (big blue skies - almost like winter skies) and a brilliant day. |
1115 1150 1072 |
Stob Coire nan Lochain Bidean nam Bian Stob Coire Sgreamhach |
2012 August 25 | 11.6km / 1350m / 8h 35m | Very much an after-thought to North Buttress. Had stayed in the Blackrock Cottage, so a crowd of us went. Bouldered on the Lost Valley boulders at the end. Picked up by Craig form the Clachaig (oops). |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2012 August 24 | 10.1km / 1150m / 8h 45m | North Buttress with Craig. Wow! Led the 4 pitches. What a route. |
998 1025 |
Beinn Challum South Top Beinn Challum |
2012 August 22 | 13.9km / 1000m / 5h 05m | Didn't expect a fun day, but this turned out to be a really, really nice one. Mixed weather, rough on top. Walked back out Gleann a' Chlachain. |
992 1150 1129 1086 1040 1069 974 982 967 1151 915 921 906 1181 1005 1183 1147 1137 1131 1051 1032 1112 1054 |
Carn nan Gobhar Sgurr na Lapaich An Riabhachan An Riabhachan SW Top An Riabhachan West Top An Socach Mullach Sithidh Mullach na Dheiragain Carn na Con Dhu Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan Stob Coire na Cloiche An Socach An Socach NE Top Mam Sodhail Beinn Fhionnlaidh Carn Eighe Stob a' Choire Dhomhain Stob Coire Dhomhnuill Sron Garbh An Leth-chreag Tom a' Choinich Beag Tom a' Choinich Toll Creagach |
2012 August 18 2012 August 19 |
32.5km / 3150m / 13h 15m 24.7km / 1700m / 9h 30m |
In size, this trip just takes the p***. :-) Went with Struan with the intention of doing the 12 Affric Munros - yet another big mental trip this summer. Weather was good, the hills were long and hard. Got eaten by midges at the Mullardoch dam, slept in the back of the car. Every hill was really hard work, physically and mentally, and a change from the usual to be honest. The remoteness was amazing. Dragged myself over Ceathreamhnan in the evening and slept out in the open on top of An Socach. A good night - apart from the rain! Mam Sodhail was a tough morning climb. I felt a bit sick. Each summit broke down another mental block, and we were not out of water until the end of the day. Was glad to finish up on Toll Creagach and get down to Fraoch-choire where a (finally!) a drink of water made the situation bearable. Went through the pines, onto the loch shore and down the last bit of tarmac to reach the car. These are hard, big hills. No shortcuts here. I was completely knackered from start to end - I started wondering if I ever actually recovered from the Cairngorms?! I'd wanted to do this trip for a long time having been turned back in May by snow and bad weather. Glad to finally do it; a great trip. |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2012 August 9 | 6.8km / 850m / 7h 45m | With Tom - great, great weather. Good to be back. Highlight: Crowberry Tower! |
496 | Slackdhu | 2012 August 2 | 7.4km / 500m / 5h | Rock climbing on Slackdhu. Went to the top + saw a great Loch Lomond sunset |
1245 | Cairn Gorm | 2012 July 28 | 10.3km / 600m / 3h 40m | Cairngorms Day 5: A last push in the drizzle took us to summit #18 and the end. |
927 931 1197 1174 1171 1083 1090 |
Beinn Bhreac West Top Beinn Bhreac Beinn a' Bhuird Cnap a' Chleirich Leabaidh an Diamh Bhuidhe (Ben Avon) Beinn a' Chaorainn Bynack More |
2012 July 27 | 36.6km / 1950m / 12h | Cairngorms Day 4: The day that really finished the round off! We only did one summit with rucksacks on. We'd expected rain and clag but it was windy and cool with big blue skies and piling cumulus. We'd dropped bags 7km from Ben Avon on the opposite side of Bhuird. At the summit tor, we looked back to Bhuird to see dark storm clouds brewing over the summit - I felt the deep fear of commitment. All was fine and good weather returned for Chaorainn and Bynack More. The latter was climbed with gear at Fords of Avon refuge, which is where we slept for the night. |
1037 1309 1155 1182 |
Carn a' Mhaim Ben Macdui Derry Cairngorm Beinn Mheadhoin |
2012 July 26 | 23.2km / 1500m / 8h 15m | Cairngorms Day 3: If we were having doubts on day 2, this day brought confidence back. The big slog over Macdui broke a mental barrier and brought us to new scenery. Beinn Mheadhoin was my 200th Munro and we descended to the Hutchison for a happy night. Perfect length of day, too - not too long! |
1118 1052 1019 918 1113 1157 1258 1291 1213 1004 |
Sgor Gaoith Carn Ban Mor Mullach Clach a' Bhlair Tom Dubh Monadh Mor Beinn Bhrotain Sgor an Lochain Uaine Cairn Toul Stob Coire an t-Saighdeir The Devil's Point |
2012 July 25 | 39km / 1800m / 13h 15m | Cairngorms Day 2: The big day! We climbed the remaining seven Munros west of the Lairig Ghru on a really big - and thankfully sunny - day. Sgor Gaoith and Gleann Einich are mind blowing. The Moine Mhor is very amenable for it's altitude (wouldn't want to do it in fog though). Monadh Mor and Beinn Bhrotain were big hills and we started to get really tired at this point. Dropping rucksacks en route helped a lot, but I hit the wall on Cairn Toul while hauling mine up and over. Devil's Point was last, and we climbed it feeling very drained. A nice guy in Corrour, Steve, lifted spirits and we slept well that night! |
1184 1296 1265 |
Sron na Lairige Braeriach Carn na Criche |
2012 July 24 | 14.9km / 1100m / 4h 45m | Cairngorms Day 1: A hell of a trip with Struan. I left Bute in the morning, drove home, packed and drove to Aviemore. Struan and I went over Braeriach in the evening - stunning sunset on the plateau and camp east of Moine Mhor. |
35 | Dunagoil | 2012 July 19 | 2.2km / 100m / 2h 20m | A great tiny hill on the Isle of Bute. Lots of cliffs, caves and great sea views |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2012 July 17 | 6.4km / 750m / 2h 30m | Finished trip on an epic - Curved Ridge, alone. Wow wow wow! What a route |
926 | Geal Charn | 2012 July 16 | 13.8km / 650m / 3h 35m | Finishing my Southern/Central Highland Munros! Easy hill, sunny day. |
930 920 911 920 942 945 923 |
A' Chailleach Carn Sgulain Meall a' Bhothain Carn Ballach Carn Ban Carn Dearg Carn Dearg SE Top |
2012 July 15 | 24.5km / 1040m / 6h 50m | Last day with Dougie and Struan. They did the first top with me. Harsh weather on A' Chailleach gave way to good conditions on the plateau. A lot like Campsie walking - at nearly 25km it is a long round, especially the walk out at the end from Carn Dearg! I'd thought about climbing Geal Charn (Monadhliath) afterward but thought better of it and went to stay in Fort William instead... |
1006 970 991 1053 1130 1044 1052 1049 915 |
Carn Liath Meall an t-Snaim Sron Coire a' Chriochairein Stob Poite Coire Ardair Creag Meagaidh Beinn a' Chaorainn North Top Beinn a' Chaorainn Beinn a' Chaorainn South Top Beinn Teallach |
2012 July 14 | 29km / 1850m / 11h 05m | Epic day with Doug and Struan - five Munros of Creag Meagaidh area. Originally planned to climb three, but it was going so well and the weather was so good that we just kept going. Initially, muscles were sore from Alder, but that wore off and it turned into a pretty long day. Coire Ardair is so spectacular, I hope to be back soon and explore it more. Beinn a' Chaorainn was a nice hill - triple topped - and I think we did Beinn Teallach just because it was a Munro! Struan descended after the fourth to get the car and Doug and I did the Teallach. Very tiring descent - and went back to stay in Boat of Garten. |
1019 955 1148 1132 922 1034 |
Beinn Bheoil Sron Coire na h-Iolaire Ben Alder Geal-charn Diollaid a' Chairn Carn Dearg |
2012 July 13 | 53.8km / 2000m / 11h 05m | Really cool trip! Had stayed in Culra, climbed Beinn Bheoil as the blanket cloud lifted. Ben Alder was really incredible - so varied and interesting. Enormous and remote. Over 100 stag thundered away from me on Geal-charn and I got over Carn Dearg back to Culra. Tired but the weather was great. A nice cycle out, though I got tired toward the end. I drove to Aviemore and met Struan and Dougie in the Indian. They'd join me for the next couple days walking. |
951 | Meall Chuaich | 2012 July 12 | 14.7km / 600m / 2h 25m | Cycled in from Cuaich - nice hill, did in the evening and cycled to Culra after |
202 | Earn Hill | 2012 July 4 | 1.7km / 60m / 20m | Quick jog from Gourock. Didn't really expect to do a hill, saw a trig and went! |
1076 1004 |
Beinn Dorain Beinn an Dothaidh |
2012 June 24 | 13km / 1200m / 4h 05m | Two Munros with Spad. Amazing hills, I love them. Rannoch Moor looked very green today. We got around these in really good time! |
901 | Beinn an Lochain | 2012 June 18 | 5.5km / 750m / 3h | Amazing, why haven't I been up this hill before? Sunny + warm. Views are wow! |
931 | Beinn Chonzie | 2012 June 16 | 13.5km / 750m / 3h 15m | Wet, grey day, second time up this hill in a matter of months. Nice area |
967 940 900 953 943 |
Sgorr nam Fiannaidh Stob Coire Leith Aonach Eagach 900m Meall Dearg Am Bodach |
2012 June 10 | 10km / 1450m / 4h 55m | Solo walk across the Aonach Eagach - had a 'bad trip' on this ridge a couple of years ago so was happy to do it again and find it really easy! Perhaps the mist had something to do with that... Mostly dry though and a lot of fun. Stayed with Sam in Glen Coe YH the night before, had a night in the Clachaig, and got up early. Sam picked he up at the top of the glen and home for lunchtime. |
943 | Binnein Beag | 2012 May 21 | 13.5km / 850m / 4h 20m | To finish the trip, I finished the Mamores. Long time coming, early morning. |
1105 1115 |
Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin Stob Coire Easain |
2012 May 20 | 15.5km / 1200m / 4h 40m | Better mountains than expected! I loved these, classic hillwalkers hills. Harsh winter of the day before had turned to warm spring within a day. |
1054 951 1112 1032 1051 |
Toll Creagach Toll Creagach West Top Tom a' Choinich Tom a' Choinich Beag An Leth-chreag |
2012 May 19 | 20.4km / 1150m / 7h 20m | At first, I attempted the Mullardoch Round of 12 Munros. Then was met with full on winter conditions on the hills! Instead I attempted the five Affric Munros, in the end I managed two but turned around not without a fight. Cornicing, silent whiteout, avalanche debris - this had it all and it's May!? I enjoyed pushing it to the limit and keeping in control of my safety. But that's it for winter... |
153 | Dunglas | 2012 May 15 | 4.8km / 100m / c. 1h | Short walk with dad. Checked out the climbing with guidebook in hand. Chossy! |
841 959 994 |
Beinn Fhionnlaidh East Top Beinn Fhionnlaidh Sgor na h-Ulaidh |
2012 May 12 | 19.9km / 1500m / 6h 30m | Finishing my Munros in Section 3 - two fairly reclusive peaks between Glen's Coe and Etive. Fhionnlaidh was wonderfully craggy and Sgor na h-Ulaidh felt like winter on top. A beautiful drive home topped off the trip. |
1002 1038 978 1081 |
Beinn Achaladair South Top Beinn Achaladair Meall Buidhe Beinn a' Chreachain |
2012 May 5 | 20.4km / 1150m / 6h 10m | Great spring weather, beautiful mountains with Uncle Steve and Graham. I'd never done these hills from Achaladair farm and the wood of Crannach was beautiful - the highlight perhaps. The old pines still breathe, as I only wish more of Scotland did... |
879 | Ben Ledi | 2012 April 28 | 7.8km / 750m / 2h 25m | The last gasp of winter. Early morning alone on an unclimbed local one... |
975 1070 1129 1061 |
Carn Liath (Beinn a' Ghlo) Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain (B. a' Ghlo) Carn nan Gabhar (Beinn a' Ghlo) Airgiod Bheinn |
2012 April 1 | 22.1km / 1300m / 7h | Beinn a' Ghlo a month after the last time with Uncle Steve - who finally did his first new Munros 17-ish years after the first ones. (That's nearly as much as I'm old.) Dull-ish weather, but a really, really good day, and drinks and a chippie in Pitlochry before going home. |
918 967 937 851 1019 989 914 |
Ruadh-stac Mor A' Mhaighdean Beinn Tarsuinn Meall Garbh Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair Sgurr Ban Beinn a' Chlaidheimh |
2012 March 24 2012 March 25 |
44.6km / 3150m / 2.5 days | The Fisherfields - a two (and a half) day trip with Struan, Doug, Ian, Craig - where do I begin?!! Shenavall, climbing on boulders with Struan, dropping the map (sorry Craig), the big views on Ruadh-stac Mor, the bigger views on A' Mhaighdean, sleeping under the stars on A' Mhaighdean, hopping along pinnacles on Beinn Tarsuinn in the morning, crossing ******* freezing rivers *three* times, walking out in calm dusk, the long drive to Edinburgh, in bed at 2am and feeling physically sick when the alarm went off at 5am. Thanks guys - what a trip. |
1061 1129 1070 975 |
Airgiod Bheinn Carn nan Gabhar (Beinn a' Ghlo) Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain (B. a' Ghlo) Carn Liath (Beinn a' Ghlo) |
2012 March 4 | 22.1km / 1330m / 8h 20m | Finally did Beinn a' Ghlo, in it's entirety! Spring is back, the mountains looked great. Did it with Steve, Dougie and Struan., and we went up Airgiod Bheinn (great hill) so I could do the one Munro I'd missed out on first. A cold day but very sunny, so all the mountains were in view and looked beautiful. |
1008 963 |
Beinn Dearg Carn a' Chalamain |
2012 February 11 | 35.4km / 1270m / 10h 50m | A bothy night with Kev, Beinn Dearg in the morning. I did Chalamain alone - spot on navigation and settled weather. 35km is some way to walk in winter! |
931 | Ben Chonzie | 2012 February 8 | 12.8km / 750m / 3h 25m | Climbed alone, white snow and white cloud at the top! Last SMC Rgn. 1 Munro |
427 426 496 |
Dumgoyne Dumfoyn Slackdhu |
2012 February 3 | 9.3km / 700m / 6h | Doing the three Strathblane Tops with Tom - and this time the weather was pretty good. Got to Slackdhu for nightfall and walked back to the distillery in the dark |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2012 February 1 | 3.7km / 400m / 1h 10m | Dog walking on a sunny evening |
981 1041 1004 968 1029 |
Meall na Aighean Carn Mairg Meall a' Bharr Meall Garbh Carn Gorm |
2012 January 29 | 18.6km / 1380m / 7h 20m | With Dougie and Struan - did my last Munros of SMC Region 2 - everything from Orchy to Tay! The walk wasn't so exciting. We had snow about 500m and cloud above 600m, so a lot of compass bearings took us slowly from top to top. It was a big confidence boost to navigation. A drink and chips at Fortingall and then a long drive home via. Lix Toll and Callander after getting Sunday night fuel at Aberfeldy. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2012 January 26 | 3.8km / 400m / 2h 40m | Short morning out with Tom. Snow falling, wind blowing, a lot of fun. |
1024 | Sgorr Dhearg (Beinn a' Bheithir) * | 2012 January 21 | 10.2km / 900m / 5h 10m | Beaten back 300m from the top, crawling. The most intense winds I've seen. |
1245 1176 1309 |
Cairn Gorm Stob Coire an t-Sneachda Ben Macdui |
2012 January 14 | 18.7km / 1070m / 7h 05m | An amazing day (again) But genuinely one of the best. Sparking white, alpine mountains, cloud below 3000 feet and a golden winter sunset. With Andrew (on his first winter walk!) trudging over the stunning Cairngorm plateau. |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
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935 1046 979 |
Beinn na Lap Chno Dearg Stob Coire Sgriodain |
2011 December 27 | 20.2km / 1230m / 10h | With some guys from the club - last of the year. Started out late and went up Beinn na Lap under threatening skies. Weather and darkness closed in on Chno Dearg. Careful navigation got us to Sgriodain and hard graft got us to Tulloch! |
1076 | Beinn Dorain | 2011 December 22 | 9.9km / 900m / 4h 30m | Wet, windy day with Mackenzie, on his first visit to Scottish hills from Wales. |
936 914 941 |
A' Bhuidheanach Bheag Carn na Caim South Top Carn na Caim |
2011 December 17 | 17.7km / 850m / 6h 10m | With Struan and James S., Snow and cloud (whiteout, nearly!) on the plateau. Tougher than expected, but navigation confidence got a huge boost. |
841 | Ben Vrackie | 2011 December 10 | 11.6km / 850m / 4h 05m | Stunning clear weather - went on my own from Pitlochry, staying with Dave |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 December 4 | 3.6km / 400m / 1h 10m | ...and the snow arrives! Whoa. Took Rosie (the dog). Looking forward to winter... |
516 | Black Mount | 2011 November 26 | 6.1km / 270m / 1h | Walk/running a wee hill above Elsrickle, (nr. Tinto). High winds. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 November 22 | 3.6km / 400m / 55m | 25 minutes up - getting up before sunset on this beautiful evening. |
361 | Conic Hill | 2011 November 21 | 4.6km / 350m / 2h 15m | Cloud on the wee hill with Steve. Alright weather, amazing forest at the bottom |
985 975 |
Ben Vorlich Stuc a' Chroin |
2011 November 13 | 14.5km / 1400m / 4h 15m | An alone, on-the-whim trip to two Munros close to home. Lots of mist, but breaking through above the cloud on Vorlich, 50m below the summit! Amazing! |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 November 7 | 3.6km / 400m / 1h 05m | A quick up and down after the Lawers hills. Immense inversion and twilight. |
926 1069 1103 1214 1047 1118 1118 1001 |
Meall a' Choire Leith Meall Corranaich Beinn Ghlas Ben Lawers Creag an Fhithich An Stuc Meall Garbh Meall Greigh |
2011 November 7 | 20km / 1700m / 6h 35m | An incredible day on the Lawers Range! I started at Lochan na Lairige and got over the mountains with surprising speed. The weather was warm, calm and settled. All the mountains were on show - there aren't many days like this. At first I wasn't sure how I'd get back to the car, but when the morning went so well, I decided to finish the group and take my chances on getting a lift back. And this happened - I got back to the car and drove home, but not before Dumgoyne. |
948 | Beinn Bhuidhe | 2011 November 5 | 21km / 950m / 3h 55m | Fyne's Beinn Bhuidhe - finally climbed! Went alone, good weather, a great day |
917 | Tryfan | 2011 October 23 | 3.1km / 600m / 4h | Immense climb up Tryfan's North Ridge. Climbing straight up 2000 feet. Wow! |
923 1065 1085 898 |
Crib Goch Crib y Ddysgl Snowdon Y Lliwedd |
2011 October 22 | 11.7km / 1100m / 5h 25m | In Wales - for the first time, ever - for a Walk Highlands meet with Mackenzie and all the rest. Did the Snowdon Horseshoe in good weather and high winds which turned out to include perhaps the most scrambling I've ever done. |
884 | The Cobbler | 2011 October 20 | 10km / 900m / 5h 10m | First snow on the Cobbler. Climbed pinnacle solo, roped, in bad conditions! |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 October 7 | 3.6km / 400m / 50m | Looking for the first winter snows from Dumgoyne - Stob Binnein had snow! |
1010 976 993 |
Ruadh-stac Mor (Beinn Eighe) Coinneach Mhor (Beinn Eighe) Spidean Coire nan Clach (Beinn Eighe) |
2011 October 2 | 17.1km / 1300m / 7h 25m | The final day in Glen Carron/Torridon. Woke to low cloud which cleared to magnificent blue skies at the car park. Amazing weather all day. I saw the Triple Buttress for the first time and the second Munro was my #150. Incredible. |
915 983 1055 927 1023 |
Stuc a' Choire Dhuibh Bhig (Liathach) Stob a' Choire Liath Mhor (Liathach) Spidean a' Choire Leith (Liathach) Am Fasarinen (Liathach) Mullach an Rathain (Liathach) |
2011 October 1 | 9.5km / 1450m / 6h 15m | A classic Scottish mountain. We'd hoped for better weather than light mist, but the rock was dry and the scrambling fun. Struan and I leaped over the pinnacles past the bottle necks of walkers. A lot of fun and an amazing mountain. Rain came in at the end of the day but couldn't stifle the joy of having done Liathach. One of the best mountains. |
876 887 926 |
Beinn Liath Mhor Far East Top Beinn Liath Mhor East Top Beinn Liath Mhor |
2011 September 30 | 14.6km / 1050m / 6h 10m | A wild first day with Bealach M. C. - staying at the Inver Croft hut in Glen Caron. We climbed this Munro from the glen. Planned Sgorr Ruadh too, then the weather came in rough and wild. We surrendered like drenched rats. |
923 1044 1026 1000 916 |
Meall nan Tarmachan SE Top Meall nan Tarmachan Meall Garbh Beinn nan Eachan Creag na Caillich |
2011 September 24 | 13.8km / 900m / 5h 35m | The Tarmachan Ridge with Graham, Kaeryn and Craig. I did half the ridge in February but did the lot today! The whole thing would be great fun in thick winter conditions - as for today, it was sunny with a bit of rain and good views to surrounding hills and moors. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 September 2 | 8.3km / 400m / 2h 30m | Going alone to do some filming. Not inspiring weather, and beat the rain back |
997 935 999 |
A' Chailleach Toman Coinnich Sgurr Breac |
2011 August 21 | 18km / 1000m / 8h 15m | Dougie and myself went over these two Fannaichs. Started late so we missed the other 3. Weather was much better than forecast. They are great mountains, though they didn't quite match An Teallach! Counted 120 deer in the corrie. |
954 960 1040 1030 1060 1062 |
Sail Liath (An Teallach) Stob Cadha Gobhlach (An Teallach) Corrag Bhuidhe (An Teallach) Lord Berkeley's Seat (An Teallach) Sgurr Fiona (An Teallach) Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill (An Teallach) |
2011 August 20 | 15km / 1450m / 7h 50m | Incredible day with Bealach M. C. - what a mountain! Like nothing else I've seen. Dougie, Craig, Tommy and I did this in high winds and periodic rain. We went anti-clockwise around Toll an Lochain, bypassing the main tower then onto the pinnacled Tops. An awe-inspiring mountain, one of the best. We walked over the Munros in thickening clag back to the Smiddy - a cracking club hut. The exposure can be mind bending - a big-mountain experience. |
884 870 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2011 August 17 | 10.5km / 950m / 5h 45m | With Sam and co. on a day with fairly nice weather. Did the pinnacle and the North Peak - next summers plans coming together! |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 August 16 | 3.4km / 400m / 1h 15m | Dumgoyne - again! 25th time, alone and at night. Glengoyne parking sucks! |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 August 8 | 8.3km / 400m / 1h 55m | Went up Dumgoyne alone. First hill I drove to - thank you driving licence :-) |
1184 1296 787 |
Sron na Lairige Braeriach Creag a' Chalamain |
2011 August 6 | 21.8km / 1350m / 7h 25m | Warm, still day with Michael, Pete and Bill. A long day trip, but on such a spectacular mountain. Midges on the summit, although the view south was mind blowing. Could see West Coast ridges Stob Binnein to the Fannaichs - wow! |
979 987 1001 1036 956 990 1027 1002 1067 929 869 879 |
Ciste Dhubh Sgurr an Fhuarail Aonach Meadhoin Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg Saileag Sgurr nan Spainteach Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe Sgurr na Carnach Sgurr Fhuaran Sgurr nan Saighead Beinn Bhuidhe Sgurr na Moraich |
2011 July 30 | 26.5km / 2700m / 13h 10m | An immense day in Glen Shiel! Back with the mountaineering club after what feels so long away. Could see for miles in every direction, all of Affric, Knoydart and Skye. Walked over the Brothers and Five Sisters of Kintail in a mammoth day starting at the front door of the Cluanie Inn and ending at the bar of the Kintail Lodge Hotel. I was fascinated to climb and see Ciste Dhubh having done it once before on an extreme winter night with Michael. The ridges were quiet for a Saturday, but the Sisters were beautiful and the final descent harsh. Back at the hotel just in time for fish and chips. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 July 23 | 2.8km / 350m / 1h 50m | Up for sunset with Steve and Pete. Chatting to the Gibsons! A good night |
884 870 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2011 July 23 | 17.6km / 1000m / 6h 25m | Brilliant weather on the Cobbler. Went alone, took train up. Threaded the needle, tried the South Peak, and home for 4pm. |
35 | Dunagoil | 2011 July 8 | 1.7km / 70m / 1h 05m | Last day of the holiday, nice way to round off, one this small ancient fort. |
179 59 109 104 |
Sight Hill Castle Cree Quien Hill Hill of Ascog |
2011 July 7 | 29.2km / 460m / 4h 35m | This day was very much about picking up the dregs and finishing off Bute's 30m Tops. Sight Hill was difficult, Castle Cree very nice, Quien Hill a sting in the tail and Hill of Ascog one for the tick. Left one last Top for the end of the holiday - a nice one too. |
147 | Creag na Buidsich | 2011 July 6 | 7.4km / 170m / 1h 20m | So I found time for one more - great sea and sunset views. |
227 215 195 179 127 81 105 |
Torran Turach Badlia Hill Muclich Hill Black Hill Torran Turach Corval Hill Barlia Hill |
2011 July 6 | 35.7km / 650m / 5h 35m | The walk the broke the camels back. ;) Finally did the northern summits on a humid day with rain threatening throughout. The Kyles of Bute and Tighnabruaich are lovely but the heather and bracken, non-stop all day was painful! Note: don't wear shorts next time. Very painful, legs cut to pieces. Very tired on the cycle out too, but got back to Port Bannatyne for a curry - made me feel a whole lot better! Time for one more, I think... |
123 74 149 |
Suidhe Bhlain Barr Buidhe Torr Mor |
2011 July 5 | 4.3km / 300m / 1h 10m | Maybe the nicest part of Bute (depending on taste) - the far south. Great sea views to Arran and other lands from these small tops that are right on the edge of the sea. Well worth it - although hard going in the thick vegetation. |
123 | Birgidale Hill | 2011 July 4 | 16.4km / 200m / 1h 30m | And another to finish the day off - cycled almost to the top. Saw an eagle. |
162 137 143 143 |
Barone Hill Kerryfearn Hill Barmore Hill Blackpark Hill |
2011 July 4 | 15.0km / 300m / 2h 35m | The hills above Loch Fad are some of Bute's nicest - Barone Hill especially. I enjoyed these, although the long heather and grass wore thin later on. Good evening views across the centre of Bute. |
132 | Common Hill | 2011 July 3 | 1km / 20m / 9m | One final one for the peak-bagging... Hardly a hill - it's behind the golf course! |
157 | Suidhe Chatain | 2011 July 3 | 1.3km / 150m / 30m | Great evening walk from Kilchattan. Cool hill, great views! |
256 236 236 278 269 256 |
Kilbride Hill The Lyeing Hill Cnocanallt Windy Hill Kames Hill Muirton Hill |
2011 July 3 | 17.8km / 480m / 3h 10m | Climbing all the 30m prominence tops of Bute! A fun trip, on holiday for a week. Bute has little (none!) in the way of mountains, so I located the summits and went ticked them off, Munro bagging-style. I started with Windy Hill and co., some of the first hills I ever did, back in 2000. A beautiful day on these rolling hills. |
1100 1234 1221 1220 1179 1344 |
Stob Coire Bhealaich Aonach Beag Aonach Mor Carn Mor Dearg Carn Dearg Meadhonach Ben Nevis |
2011 June 28 | 23.3km / 1500m / 12h 10m | Day 4: The last day and a surprisingly tough one. Cloud on Aonach Beag gave way to increasing sunny skies. Aonach Mor was a nice (rucksack-less) walk and the descent from the Aonachs was much easier than expected. Walked up CMD feeling elated, then Nevis burst into view. Wow - what a place. A walk around the arete brought us to Ben Nevis summit and a walk completed. It wasn't over yet - the dash to the train station is yet another story! |
977 1177 1105 1079 1106 1116 1080 1094 963 |
Stob Ban Stob Choire Claurigh Stob a' Choire Leith Stob Coire Cath na Sine Caisteal Stob Coire an Laoigh Stob Coire Easain Sgurr Choinnich Mor Sgurr Choinnich Beag |
2011 June 27 | 13.4km / 1500m / 9h 10m | Day 3: Following the tough Mamores day, we had an easier time going across the Grey Corries. A 12 o'clock start ensured we didn't traverse the Aonachs before bed (a wise choice) and a fun day slid by into a superb high level camp below Aonach Beag. Got to bed early, ready for the end. |
990 1099 1001 1032 909 981 975 982 1041 1056 1062 1130 1010 |
Stob Choire a' Mhail Sgurr a' Mhaim Sgor an Iubhair Am Bodach Stob Coire a' Chairn South Top Stob Coire a' Chairn An Garbhanach An Gearanach Na Gruagaichean NW Top Na Gruagaichean Binnein Mor South Top Binnein Mor Sgurr Eilde Mor |
2011 June 26 | 20km / 1700m / 13h 10m | Day 2: A big day. Statistically not the biggest I've done but with the problem of heavy packs on the route. The Devil's Ridge was a lot of fun, the weather on the Ring of Steall was okay. Na Gruagaichean was a very hard climb in wind and rain, leaving us completely tired on the way to Binnein Mor. We needed a lot of patience to see the Munros through. To complete the wider glen traverse, we needed to get to Meanach bothy for nightfall (miles away). We left out Binnein Beag, the logical outlier. Hellish climb over Sgurr Eilde Mor then descent to Glen Nevis in the gloom. It looked like Mordor - such an empty place. The river was almost too deep to cross (Mick and Mackenzie's epic came to mind!) but we got across in thigh-deep waters and settled in for a nice night with chicken curry but no fire! |
939 917 910 999 |
Mullach nan Coirean Mullach nan Coirean SE Top Mullach nan Coirean East Top Stob Ban |
2011 June 25 | 17.9km / 1300m / 5h 05m | Day 1 of Glen Nevis trip. Train up, cycled down Glen Nevis, and an early start on the Mamores before the big day. Cloudy on the Mullach, which then cleared on Stob Ban to a stunning twilight scene across Nevis and co. Awesome! Camped below the Devil's Ridge |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 June 16 | 17.9km / 1300m / 5h 05m | Cycling WHW, plus a hill. Planned Conic Hill too, then Steve had a car crash... |
729 727 |
Ben Venue Ben Venue East Top |
2011 May 29 | 12km / 700m / 5h 30m | Pt. 2 of the day - Ben Venue, which turned into a longer walk than expected. Weather changing all the time, great views. McD's at end! With Sandy and Tom. |
454 | Ben A'an | 2011 May 29 | 3.4km / 350m / 2h 20m | Sun, wind, rain on this wee hill I haven't seen in a while. w/ Sandy and Tom |
1102 1114 |
Beinn Eibhinn Aonach Beag |
2011 May 21 | 27.5km / 1050m / 8h 30m | With the mountaineering club: cycled in, extremely wet and windy on the summits, river crossings, atmospheric views, great downhill cycle out. |
933 | Fionn Bheinn | 2011 May 1 | 8.9km / 800m / 3h 10m | A wind-down walk with Colin before home. Nice hill, superb views. |
761 914 887 866 986 922 |
Carn na Feola Beinn Dearg Stuc Loch na Cabhaig Na Rathanan (Beinn Alligin) Sgùrr Mòr (Beinn Alligin) Tom na Gruagaichean (Beinn Alligin) |
2011 April 30 | 20km / 1950m / 9h | The penultimate day across Torridonian giants with Colin, Faye, Jim and Gerry. Beautiful weather with wind to keep us cool, scrambling to keep it fun and huge views across Torridon and the ocean. It was spectacular, the Horns of Alligin especially so! The south side of Liathach had been set on fire during the day, creating incredible scenery. A magnificent first time in Torridon. |
933 | Maol Chean-dearg | 2011 April 29 | 8.7km / 750m / 2h 55m | A quick evening run up this Munro above Coulags bothy. Amazing landscape! |
928 913 |
Moruisg Sgurr nan Ceannaichean |
2011 April 29 | 11.3km / 970m / 4h 55m | A great day and my first time to Glen Carron. The sun was out, wind was blowing and could see all around - most notably to Torridon and Fisherfield. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 April 22 | 4.3km / 450m / 2h 50m | Fun afternoon with Steve and cousins Holly and Phil. Warm, windy, very hazy. |
357 | Auchineden Hill | 2011 April 18 | 4.7km / 180m / 2h 15m | Night walk with Steve + Ali. Warm night, hazy views, desolate landscape. Cool. |
858 884 870 |
The Cobbler South Peak The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2011 April 17 | 9.6km / 1000m / 7h 10m | An amazing day across the three peaks of The Cobbler - and a small dream fulfilled. Great weather with Steve - we scrambled to the summit of S Peak, abseiled off, went around the other two peaks and descended in the evening. |
168 251 |
Salisbury Crags Arthur's Seat |
2011 April 10 | 4.0km / 300m / 3h 25m | Still tired from the Grey Corries, Dougie and I went up Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh in warm weather. A great, spring day, everyone out in the sun. |
977 1177 1105 1079 1106 1116 1080 1094 1007 |
Stob Ban Stob Choire Claurigh Stob a' Choire Leith Stob Coire Cath na Sine Caisteal Stob Coire an Laoigh Stob Coire Easain Sgurr Choinnich Mor Beinn na Socaich |
2011 April 9 | 27.7km / 2000m / 10h 40m | Incredible day on the Grey Corries ridge with Dougie and James. I took the train up in the morning, arrived at the Spean Valley in the sun and peace and quiet. We met up and went for breakfast at Spean Bridge. The weather was sunny and warm and we ended up with tans or burn, although a wind generally kept us cool. Even with most of the snow gone, the ridge was beautiful and a lot of fun to walk. A classic, with bigger mileage than I'd anticipated! |
827 1051 1029 1045 986 953 |
Creag Bhreac Glas Tulaichean Carn an Righ Beinn Iutharn Mhor Mam nan Carn Beinn Iutharn Bheag |
2011 April 7 | 27.7km / 1500m / 8h 45m | A brilliant spring day with Colin and Faye. Hail showers blew themselves out and we did most of the route beneath sunny skies. Views were enormous in all directions to many mountains, most spectacularly the main Cairngorm range which still holds a lot of snow. We had very little by comparison and the axe was left in the car. Loch nan Eun and the walk-out down Gleann Taitneach (classic U-shape valley) were beautiful places for the end of a very fulfilling day. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 March 29 | 3.6km / 400m / 1h 45m | Dumgoyne at night with Steve - 20th time! Wind on top, stars out. |
778 974 |
Ptarmigan Ben Lomond |
2011 March 27 | 12.6km / 1000m / 6h | Great weather, chilled, fun, plenty rock climbing and cookies! Went with Steve, Graham and Richard. Shorts and t-shirt - spring is here! What a superb day! |
975 1070 |
Carn Liath (Beinn a' Ghlo) Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain (B. a' Ghlo) |
2011 March 20 | 18.5km / 1000m / 6h 50m | 2nd time on Beinn a' Ghlo - 2 Munros this time! No views again, which is a shame but I didn't feel so bad about leaving the last summit till next time! |
1174 1165 |
Ben More Stob Binnein |
2011 March 6 | 12.2km / 1300m / 6h 10m | Cold weather on these high peaks above Crianlarich. My third time on them and first approaching via. Benmore Glen. Minimal views but a good time. |
918 1126 1009 998 980 |
Meall Cuanail Ben Cruachan Drochaid Ghlas Stob Diamh Stob Garbh |
2011 March 5 | 14km / 1450m / 8h 05m | Awesome day on the Cruachan Horseshoe with James. Warm cloudy weather all day and snow in the corries. The ridge was superb and the cloud opened up on the last summits to put us above the clouds - always a great moment. Met a couple of great guys en route and did the ridge with them. |
923 1044 1026 |
Meall nan Tarmachan SE Top Meall nan Tarmachan Meall Garbh |
2011 February 27 | 9.4km / 750m / 5h 35m | Fun day above Killin with Sam and Darren. The mountains were snow covered, the sun was out and the views breathtaking. High winds all day on top! Snow is consolidating and we had a lot of fun climbing, scrambling and bum-sliding. |
841 | Ben Vrackie | 2011 February 20 | 10.9km / 750m / 3h 55m | A quick walk up from Pitlochry. Mental wind on top. Finished at the Moulin Inn. |
975 | Carn Liath (Beinn a' Ghlo) | 2011 February 19 | 18km / 850m / 7h 50m | Walking in fresh snowfall all the way from Blair Atholl. One summit of three. |
653 802 |
Beinn Bheag Beinn Bhreac-liath |
2011 February 12 | 14.8km / 800m / 5h 45m | Nice day alone above Tyndrum. Weather was calm, misty with snow above 500m. For once, I used compass bearings! Didn't do second hill for lack of time |
1041 1056 1062 1130 |
Na Gruagaichean NW Top Na Gruagaichean Binnein Mor South Top Binnein Mor |
2011 January 22 | 13.5km / 1150m / 6h 35m | Sun, snowy ridges, knife edge ridges, rock, ice and monster cornices on the Mamores ridge, with James, Iain, Dougie, Craig and Tommy. A magnificent range. Can't wait to come back and to think I might not have made it as well! Was also the end of a weekend of brilliant fun. |
1076 | Beinn Dorain | 2011 January 21 | 11km / 1000m / 6h 20m | Shifting cloud and snow on Dorain with Dougie. Good times. |
941 955 929 |
Carn Dearg Sgor Gaibhre Sgor Choinnich |
2011 January 20 | 22.7km / 1000m / 7h 45m | Two Corrour Munros with Colin. Weather was great with powder snow, blue skies and inversions. We considered doing three but ran out of time. Still an immense start to the years Munros. |
496 | Slackdhu | 2011 January 14 | 6.9km / 400m / 2h 10m | Warm and wet day! Snow is gone, lots of wind, lots (and lots) of rain. |
426 578 |
Dumfoyn Earl's Seat |
2011 January 9 | 13km / 650m / 5h 20m | Awesome day with Mackenzie - little wind, snow to sea level and vast blue skies. Mackenzie's 100th Scottish HuMP before moving to Wales. |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
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357 | Auchineden Hill | 2010 December 31 | 4.4km / 190m / 1h 40m | 100th hill of 2010 with Dad, just in time for New Year! Superb. |
852 956 |
Sgurr a' Choire Riabhaich Sgurr nan Coireachan |
2010 December 28 | 9.9km / 950m / 8h 55m | Success! Epic of a day, and Kev's 200th Munro on his birthday. Exposed bits, nervous, fun and scary bits. Descent in the nick of time. One to remember. |
463 | Crichton's Cairn (Cort-ma Law) | 2010 December 20 | 2.9km / 250m / c. 1h 30m | Above the clouds the whole way, in a winter paradise with dad. |
963 | Sgurr Thuilm | 2010 December 12 | 9.8km / 900m / 3h 50m | Magnificent solo climb at sunrise. At least that's one done! A real highlight. |
852 956 |
Sgurr a' Choire Riabhaich Sgurr nan Coireachan * |
2010 December 11 | 7.7km / 850m / 6h 50m | Attempt at Kev McK's 200th Munro. Stayed at Corryhully bothy. Didn't summit because the situation was becoming dangerous, but I did a Top! |
496 | Slackdhu * | 2010 December 1 | 4.4km / 400m / 3h 25m | Snow - tonnes of it! No summit but amazing weather on a sunny winter day |
496 | Slackdhu | 2010 November 19 | 5.4km / 400m / 2h | 17th time. Summit in 44:08. Good weather, fun cliffs |
674 | Curleywee | 2010 November 13 | 3.5km / 440m / 1h 50m | Mackenzie's 'Leaving Scotland' trip. Great night in White Laggan bothy |
1022 1011 941 956 |
Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Doire (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Coire Altruim (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Broige (Buachaille Etive Mor) |
2010 November 7 | 11km / 1050m / 6h 30m | With Dave, Dougie and Colin. Stayed at Lagangarbh, so the hill was on the doorstep, literally. Amazing views from Stob Dearg, then a lot of cold weather at S.n.Broige. Snow fell at the end of the day, though great fun and good to finally do all the Tops in one. |
1072 1150 1115 |
Stob Coire Sgreamhach Bidean nam Bian Stob Coire nan Lochain |
2010 November 6 | 13.5km / 1350m / 7h 05m | With Dougie and Colin (Bealach MC). Finally did these after a long time of wishing. Lost Valley was immense, got some good weather then low cloud. Great time staring over vertical cliffs of S.C.n.Lochain - wow! |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2010 October 23 | 8.3km / 400m / 3h | Solo night walk w/ stunning moonlit views and first snow visible on B. More |
895 956 1047 1078 |
Meall Tionail Stob nan Clach Creag Mhor Beinn Sheasgarnaich |
2010 October 16 | 48.2km / 1970m / 9h 50m | Creag Mhor and Heasgarnich in a day with public transport! Almost impossible if it were not for taking the bike from Tyndrum. Big mileage day, but a fraction was actual walking. Went alone, among beautiful autumnal mountains, but shorts and t-shirt all day, mid-October! |
933 975 917 |
The Cairnwell Carn a' Gheoidh Carn Aosda |
2010 October 9 | 11km / 630m / 4h 30m | Easy but fun day out with Sam and James. With a lot of sun (better than expected), we went around the 'easiest Munros in Scotland' and I found them surprisingly good. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2010 September 25 | 8.3km / 400m / 4h 25m | Bouldering on a crag below the hills. Dumgoyne for sunset, down in the dark |
2230 | Jahňaci štit | 2010 September 14 | 9.5km / 800m / 6h 55m | Amazing, and tough mountain to end the Tatra trip. Epic and beautiful. |
2038 | Veľká Svišťovka | 2010 September 13 | 8.4km / 700m / 3h 50m | To Zelene pleso Hut. Heat and hangover gave way to a beautiful walk. |
2499 2503 |
Rysy NW Top Rysy |
2010 September 12 | 14.1km / 1100m / 8h 20m | Mind-blowing - All seven of us made it to the summit of Poland, 2499m and the top of Rysy, 2503m. Had great weather among these summits in the sky. |
1987 | Kasprowy Wierch | 2010 September 10 | 9.1km / 100m / 6h 45m | Cable car to the top restaurant (pizza) then descent on foot. Easy but v. wet |
2096 2122 2096 2005 |
Ciemniak Krzesanica Małołaczniak Kondracka Kopa |
2010 September 9 | 15km / 1300m / 8h 20m | Started traversing this ridge to get to Kasprowy Wierch, but whiteout and a bad navigational error had us descending early. Weather got better towards the end, though. And the mountain huts are just fantastic... |
1653 1879 2064 |
Grześ Rakoň Wołoviec |
2010 September 8 | 15km / 1400m / 8h 20m | First day on the Tatra Mountains of Poland and Slovakia, with the Bealach Mountaineering Club. Wet, cold and windy on Wolowiec, just like Scottish winter! Wonderful to see new mountains and a different culture. |
1019 958 957 1064 1068 987 |
Carn an Tuirc Tolmount Tom Buidhe Cairn of Claise Glas Maol Creag Leacach |
2010 September 4 | 19.8km / 1200m / 7h 50m | Around six Glen Shee Munros with Michael and Martin (6 summits) and Samantha and David (4 summits). Weather wasn't as good as hoped although not too bad - no rain but high winds. Finally knocked the six off! The plateau was very Campsie-esque, with a lot of wildlife around. |
744 960 918 930 1078 1028 892 997 1044 877 928 |
Beinn nan Aighenan East Top Beinn nan Aighenan Stob na Duine Ruaidhe Meall Cruidh Ben Starav Stob Coire Dheirg Meall nan Tri Tighearnan Glas Bheinn Mhor Stob Coir an Albannaich Meall Tarsuinn Meall nan Eun |
2010 August 31 | 42km / 2500m / 12h | An enormous day, off the back of confidence built off the Auch Corbetts. Camped this time at Inveroran before cycling down to Loch Dochart then doing a roundtrip of these five Munros. All new ones, too. Aighenan and Starav took a long time to knock off, and the last three were very draining, not helped by doing climbing a lot of Tops. But excellent weather, with sun all day, some high pressure cloud around on the hills and a temperature inversion in the morning. Arrived home absolutely knackered, more so than I've been in a long time! |
653 901 818 884 806 886 |
Meall Buidhe Beinn Odhar Beinn Chaorach Cam Chreag Beinn nam Fuaran Beinn a' Chaisteil |
2010 August 25 | 27.7km / 2250m / 9h 25m | Yet *another* superb day - feeling on top form and going for miles... I worked my way around the five Auch Corbetts alone, since I'd done only one already - the success of this trip was a complete reversal of that Beinn Chaorach trip last September. The weather wasn't as sunny as predicted (still a sunny day however), but the cloud offered cooler temperatures. Almost perfect in every way really... |
496 | Slackdhu | 2010 August 20 | 7.2km / 400m / 2h 40m | Nice day on the Campsies. Found a very nice bouldering crag on descent |
814 1046 |
Meall Dhamh Cruach Ardrain |
2010 August 15 | 12.2km / 1000m / 5h 45m | Hot day with Dougie. Slipped into the afternoon before taking the train to Glasgow. A top notch Southern Highlands day. |
897 980 998 966 1009 1126 |
Beinn a' Bhuiridh Stob Garbh Stob Diamh Sron an Isean Drochaid Ghlas Ben Cruachan |
2010 August 14 | 16.3km / 1700m / 11h 20m | A fantastic day out with Dougie. My first time across the ridge linking Ben Cruachan to Stob Diamh. Also did a new Corbett, Beinn a' Bhuiridh and new Munro Top, Drochaid Ghlas. The weather wasn't as good as forecast, but it was warm with minimal wind and not a drop of rain. Tried doing all the Cruachan Tops but ran out of time - two still to do, good reason to go back. Finished in the dark, and all in all a fantastic day. |
153 | Dunglas | 2010 July 29 | 3.7km / 100m / c. 1h 40m | Cool walk with dad, back here after 11 months. Rock climbers were out. |
946 1046 |
An Cabar Glas Leathad Mor (Ben Wyvis) |
2010 July 25 | 13.5km / 920m / 4h 20m | A very wet day with Michael Kerrigan, Pete and Dorota. Minimal views, mist and wind, which is a bit of a shame since it's probably a great hill. |
251 | Maodal | 2010 July 22 | 2km / 250m / 1h 05m | Up with Steve for the geocaching. Sunset was among the best I've had. |
729 697 491 |
Uisgneabhal Mor Teileasbhal Sron Scourst |
2010 July 22 | 12km / 950m / 5h | Justifiably ranks among the best days so far. Good weather on Harris is hard to come by, but when it does it's nothing short of spectacular. These summits aren't high in altitude by come as nothing short than true mountains. |
1004 1213 1291 1258 1113 1157 |
The Devil's Point Stob Coire an t-Saighdeir Cairn Toul Sgor an Lochain Uaine Monadh Mor Beinn Bhrotain |
2010 July 6 | 43km / 1550m / 11h 50m | Amazing day out with Pete Swales. Weather was between cloudy/sunny/raining with a fair dose of wind, but the actual day was fantastic. Great to be in the high mountains after a lot of flat long distance walks in June, and the first time I've used a bike for the approach. Great fun and nice to mix things up a bit. Incredible Cairngorm peaks all around too. Will need to come back for some more of the giants - MacDui, Braeriach, etc... |
496 | Slackdhu | 2010 June 29 | 6km / 400m / 2h 22m | Nice weather, great views. Went alone, having fun with exposure on the cliffs |
361 460 586 597 |
Conic Hill Gualann Binnein nan Gobhar Beinn Uird |
2010 June 18 | 22.7km / 1150m / 8h 10m | Did the Drymen - Rowardennan stretch of the West Highland Way over the tops, and climbed some hills I'd wanted to do for a while, attracted by their obscure nature. A tough day with long stretches of moor, but not bad anyway. The camping at Rowardennan however was superb! |
156 | Dumgoyach | 2010 June 17 | 25.5km / 300m / 8h 25m | Attached to the West Highland Way. Nice forest on this hill, but limited views |
725 628 569 507 |
Lowther Hill Cold Moss Hods Hill Beld Knowe |
2010 June 7 | 39km / 1500m / 13h | On the Southern Upland Way. We went through the Lead Hills first from Sanquhar, then up onto Lowther Hill then down the other side. Sunny until this point, then it rained hard. The last two tops were a more miserable and knackering before arriving in Brattleburn Bothy. |
421 580 |
Manquhill Hill Benbrack |
2010 June 6 | 32.1km / 800m / 12h 20m | On the Southern Upland Way. Benbrack's Striding Arch is inspiring and brightened up the otherwise dull weather. |
320 184 |
Craig Airie Fell Hill of Ochiltree |
2010 June 4 | 40.4km / 830m / 13h 40m | On the Southern Upland Way. Sunny and hazy all day - the space on top of Craig Airie Fell was a welcome break after miles closed in the forestry. |
943 953 900 940 967 |
Am Bodach Meall Dearg Aonach Eagach 900m Stob Coire Leith Sgorr nam Fiannaidh |
2010 May 25 | 8.5km / 1250m / 12h 25m | Stunning day above Glen Coe. Great weather, dry rock, crazy scrambling and big exposure. Climbed following a cold camp in Glen Etive, then headed up in the morning and spend all day on the ridge in good weather. Got a taxi back up Glen Coe. |
996 1100 1099 1108 |
Stob a' Ghlais Choire Creise Clach Leathad Meall a' Bhuiridh |
2010 May 15 | 12.8km / 1200m / 6h | Climbed with Colin while staying at the Blackrock Cottage. Went up Sron na Creise, a superbly exposed scramble - would do it again. All Slackdhu scrambling experience went towards this one. Blasted by hail on Creise and Clach Leathad then had the long walk down Meall a' Bhuiridh. |
945 1090 |
Stob a' Choire Odhair Stob Ghabhar |
2010 May 14 | 16.2km / 1200m / 6h 30m | Recording from virus, but was fine. Weather: changeable with sun then showers. Blasted by heavy snow on Gabhar's Aonach Eagach. Awesome. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2010 May 9 | 3.7km / 400m / 2h 35m | Up Dumgoyne in time for sunset with Ian. Nice to be out again. |
1087 1049 924 |
Beinn a' Chlachair Geal Charn Creag Pitridh |
2010 April 24 | 28.2km / 1300m / 8h 05m | Into new mountain regions with Bealach MC. Went up the summits alone but met the others on Munro #3. Hazy weather although no rain and even some sun. |
923 953 1081 978 1038 1002 1004 1076 |
Beinn a' Chuirn Beinn Mhanach Beinn a' Chreachain Meall Buidhe Beinn Achaladair Beinn Achaladair South Top Beinn an Dothaidh Beinn Dorain |
2010 April 11 | 31km / 2700m / 12h | Great solo trip over the five Bridge of Orchy Munros in sunny weather, sunburn included. I took the train up Friday evening, stayed in the Orchy Hotel bunkhouse then headed off at 5.30am. With 31kms being the longest single solo trip I've done, I'm not sure where the energy and persistence came from, but it was a great day and these are were the most ideal conditions I could have asked for. To climb the five Bridge of Orchy Munros in a day is a small dream of mine fulfilled. |
496 | Slackdhu | 2010 April 7 | 6.8km / 500m / 3h 10m | Sunny, spring day on the Slackdhu crags alone. Pure bliss, all day. |
251 | Arthur's Seat | 2010 April 5 | 3.4km / 250m / c. 1h 30m | Unexpected but huge fun, with Mackenzie. Very windy! |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2010 April 2 | 8.1km / 400m / 3h 45m | Night walk after rock climbing. Cold and windy. Snow on the Campsies. |
975 1011 991 |
A' Mharconaich Beinn Udlamain Sgairneach Mhor |
2010 March 20 | 16.3km / 950m / 6h 15m | Out above the Drumochter Pass with Pete and Kev McK. I did two new Munros, having already climbed A' Mharconaich in June. Occasional showers, *lots* of sun, and a great time! Brilliant, brilliant day. |
538 | Creag Choinnich | 2010 March 13 | 2.4km / 200m / 36m | Quick run up from Braemar. Beautiful day and stunning forests. |
818 | Carn na Drochaide | 2010 March 13 | 20.6km / 550m / 7h | Planned Ben Avon, but changed plans. Good views, nice Corbett |
654 715 690 719 933 |
Ben Glas Stob Creag an Fhithich Meall nan Tarmachan West Top Meall nan Tarmachan Beinn Chabhair |
2010 March 6 | 12.8km / 1300m / 10h 20m | Great weather, climbing with Samantha Munro and Michael Kerrigan. Followed the west ridge to the summit - more like a series of bumps than a ridge. The up's and downs were exhausting but I gained myself three much-wanted Tops, and managed the summit after 7.5 hours! The spring warmth, great weather, great views and company made it all worth it. |
506 573 579 563 534 551 |
Turnhouse Hill Carnethy Hill Scald Law South Black Hill East Kip West Kip |
2010 February 27 | 16.2km / 750m / 7h 10m | A wintry day on the Pentlands. This was my first time here and we had our fair share of snow, wind and cloud. Very little precipitation however. These relatively small hills felt far bigger in the latter reaches of the walk, in part due to tiredness but since the glen had a strikingly Highland feel. Felt very remote for hills so close to the city and they were very reminiscent of the Cairngorms. |
496 | Slackdhu | 2010 February 19 | 4.8km / 400m / 1h 55m | Cracking weather, remembering Mick + confirming I still love this place |
917 921 937 959 |
Meall a' Churain Sgiath Chuil Beinn Cheathaich Meall Glas |
2010 February 13 | 16.8km / 1250m / 8h 40m | I did these hills in Oct '09, but repeating wasn't a bother even though the hills are quite undistinguished. Snow on the ground and nice weather (sunset and no wind on Meall Glas) made for a great day out. Went with Bealach MC. Good views to the Crianlarich Hills and Ben Lui. |
570 | Meikle Bin | 2010 January 31 | 10.8km / 530m / 4h | Walking in the wee hours, lit by the Moon and by city lights |
998 1025 |
Beinn Chaluim South Top Beinn Chaluim |
2010 January 28 | 11.9km / 950m / 6h 35m | With Mackenzie and Samantha. Weather or mountain wasn't so good, the company was awesome. Almost whiteout on top. |
1115 892 |
Stob Coire nan Lochain Aonach Dubh |
2010 January 23 | 8.1km / 1070m / 7h 40m | Spectacular day above Glen Coe. With beautiful weather and sharp, exposed ridges this place just blew my mind. |
1068 | Glas Maol | 2010 January 17 | 6.3km / 450m / 3h 40m | Nice winter day above Glen Shee. Superb weather, then whiteout.. |
427 543 578 |
Dumgoyne Garloch Hill Earl's Seat |
2010 January 10 | 10.3km / 750m / 5h 40m | First peaks of the year! A beautiful sunny day in the Campsies and my first time on Earl's Seat in months. Triggered a small avalanche on the descent which got the adrenaline fair pumping. |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
357 | Auchineden Hill | 2009 December 31 | 4.9km / 180m / 2h 05m | Beautiful winter day to finish the year with dad. 100th hill of 2009 |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2009 December 30 | 8.1km / 370m / 2h 25m | Like a winter Munro... snow, wind, hammering spindrift. The works. |
937 909 |
Beinn Sgulaird Beinn Sgulaird North Top |
2009 December 28 | 8.5km / 930m / 6h 40m | Good weather then cloud. Snow conditions were tough and I summited alone at sunset. Descended in the dark. A tough one. |
1001 1024 |
Sgorr Dhonuill (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Dhearg (Beinn a' Bheithir) |
2009 December 27 | 13.8km / 1200m / 10h 35m | Brilliant day on snowy mountains. Tough gully climbing, sharp ridges, wonderful sunset then walking by moonlight. This had it all |
496 | Slackdhu | 2009 December 22 | 4.6km / 420m / 2h 20m | Soloed yesterdays route in snow. 50k vertical metres this year! |
496 | Slackdhu | 2009 December 21 | 4.9km / 450m / 2h 10m | Snow on the Campsies, climbing steep ground. Great fun! |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2009 December 19 | 6.7km / 800m / 6h | Full on winter on the Buachaille. Rough weather, but fun walk. |
884 | The Cobbler | 2009 December 12 | 9.4km / 900m / 5h 25m | 10th Cobbler with dad, after so long. It's good to be back... |
496 426 427 |
Slackdhu Dumfoyn Dumgoyne |
2009 December 11 | 9.4km / 700m / 3h 10m | Beautiful weather on the Campsies, Glasgow completely covered by cloud. Sunny + warm on the hills and miserable and grey in Strathblane. Well worth staying close to home for these views |
1001 1036 |
Aonach Meadhoin Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg |
2009 December 5 | 8.6km / 900m / c. 6h 45m | Nice walk with Michael and Kevin McK. Snow 700m>-ish. Couple of sharp ridges up high, and descent in darkness. |
979 | Ciste Dhubh | 2009 December 5 | 11.1km / 850m / 6h 50m | Whiteout and sharp ridges in the middle of the night. Holy moly. |
937 690 |
Beinn Sgulaird Stob Gaibhre |
2009 November 29 | 13.1km / 1050m / 6h | This mountain takes no prisoners. Straight up the side all the way to the top! Had rough weather with some sun. |
1001 1024 947 |
Sgorr Dhonuill (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Dhearg (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Bhan (Beinn a' Bheithir) |
2009 November 28 | 11.9km / 1300m / 7h 10m | Mind blowing trip! First winter walk of the season and one of my best days out. Ever. Went with Dave, Colin, Dougie and Iain, crossing beautiful ridges in the snow, above the clouds |
496 | Slackdhu | 2009 November 20 | 4.8km / 400m / 1h 15m | Up in 43 mins, down in 32. High winds and new route today |
357 | Auchineden Hill | 2009 November 15 | 5km / 200m / 4h | Rock climbing at the Whangie w/ Steve and visit to trig point |
808 | Sail Gharbh (Quinag) | 2009 November 1 | 9.1km / 560m / c. 3h | Second walk of the day, w/ U.A.M. Rain, rain and more rain |
776 | Glas Bheinn | 2009 November 1 | 13km / 800m / 5h 15m | Early morning walk with Dougie. No sunrise, but nice walk |
987 998 |
Conival Ben More Assynt |
2009 October 31 | 16km / 940m / 8h 25m | 2nd time up these hills. Plenty cloud, but summit views from Conival. Rough weather and terrain returning from Ben More. |
1039 937 959 917 921 |
Meall Ghaordaidh Beinn Cheathaich Meall Glas Meall a' Churain Sgiath Chuil |
2009 October 17 | 25.4km / 2080m / 16h 35m | Night walk first on Meall Ghaordaidh. Pitch dark, stars, meteors all the way, summiting at 1.20am. Descended, then moved onto Meall Glas and Sgiath Chuil, walking through sunrise and subsequent morning. The day brought clear skies, great visibility, inversions in the valleys - signs of winter. Nothing else like it! |
357 | Auchineden Hill | 2009 October 15 | 5km / 170m / c. 2h | Beautiful weather for an evening stroll with dad. Great views. |
947 987 938 1021 981 902 1010 1004 896 918 |
Creag a' Mhaim Druim Shionnach Druim Shionnach West Top Aonach air Chrith Maol Chinn-dearg Sgurr Coire na Feinne Sgurr an Doire Leathain Sgurr an Lochain Sgurr Beag Creag na Damh |
2009 October 10 | 26.6km / 1900m / 9h 35m | The South Glen Shiel ridge east to west. With Michael. A 4.30am alarm got us walking for six, and we had all kinds of conditions during the walk. The last summits were definitely harder and a front had moved in by the time we were on the last Munro, bringing high winds and heavy rain. But a ridge walk to do again - the mountains are beautiful in this area. The waterfall in Am Fraoch-choire is incredible! Well worth descending alongside even if the guidebooks don't say it. To round off a great day, we got a lift back up Glen Shiel from a walker who we'd met on the ridge. Fantastic. |
958 925 |
Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag) Stob Coire Raineach (Buachaille Etive Beag) |
2009 October 9 | 8.1km / 900m / 4h | Climbed early evening en route to Glen Shiel. Lots of wind, cloud but clear summits. Stob Coire Raineach was my 50th Munro. |
1035 1006 996 |
Gleouraich Creag Coire na Fiar Bhealaich Spidean Mialach |
2009 September 26 | 9.8km / 1200m / 5h 10m | With Michael. Same high winds as yesterday, but with sun and cumulus. Cloud remained on the summits. The surrounding area looked incredible, with occasional widespread views. |
891 1027 |
Sgurr Coire nan Eiricheallach Sgurr a' Mhaoraich |
2009 September 25 | 11km / 940m / 5h 20m | With Kevin McK. Mist above 850m, strong wind, occasional rain. Visited Kinloch Hourn afterwards. Camped at Quoich Dam |
496 426 427 |
Slackdhu Dumfoyn Dumgoyne |
2009 September 19 | 8.7km / 620m / 1h 48m | Late afternoon with sun and a little wind.. Trying to go ever faster. In the end, I cut 37 minutes from my previous best time of 2h 25m. Although I'm adamant that I'm not - not a fell runner ;-) |
1076 | Beinn Dorain | 2009 September 12 | 12km / 1000m / 1.5 days | Camped alone at summit. Sunset, starry skies and meteors... |
818 | Beinn Chaorach | 2009 September 9 | 19.7km / 700m / 6h | A Corbett above Tyndrum with an enjoyable camp afterwards |
153 | Dunglas | 2009 August 29 | 4.8km / 150m / 1h 45m | From Strathblane, searching out climbing routes on the crags |
496 426 427 |
Slackdhu Dumfoyn Dumgoyne |
2009 August 25 | 8.9km / 620m / 2h 25m | Sunny afternoon on the Campsies, with sun, light cloud and a fair bit of wind. Had difficult route finding through bracken on Slackdhu, but then a nice walk with some easy scrambling. |
916 989 1019 851 937 967 918 |
Beinn a' Chlaidheimh Sgurr Ban Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair Meall Garbh Beinn Tarsuinn A' Mhaighdean Ruadh Stac Mor |
2009 August 10 2009 August 11 |
48.4km / 3300m / 33h 35m | Around the Fisherfield Forest with Michael C. in a 33 hour push. A little bit of everything: sun, wind, rain, sunset, night walking, sunrise, scrambling and bivouac. The list goes on. Although dragging on at many points, it was a mind blowing trip into one Scotland's most remote areas. |
612 | Stac Pollaidh * | 2009 August 9 | 4.4km / 550m / 2h | No summit, due to weather and lack of time... Must go back |
987 998 |
Conival Ben More Assynt |
2009 August 9 | 15.3km / 1150m / 8h 30m | With Michael and Martin. The effort of Hope and Klibreck the previous day was noticeable, but the ridges were fantastic... |
961 808 |
Meall nan Con (Ben Klibreck) Creag an Lochain (Ben Klibreck) |
2009 August 8 | 13.3km / 980m / 6h 05m | Afternoon walk with Michael C., Michael K. and Martin. Nice views, good weather, and heavy rain showers the end. |
927 | Ben Hope | 2009 August 8 | 6.4km / 920m / 3h 25m | Beautiful sunrise from summit, with Michael C. and K. and Martin |
690 933 |
Meall nan Tarmachan West Top Beinn Chabhair |
2009 August 2 | 11.4km / 1000m / 5h 25m | Sunny afternoon from Inverarnan with Allan - amazing waterfalls and lots of bog. The last of the seven Crianlarich Munros. |
799 | An Cliseam | 2009 July 20 | 5km / 650m / 1h 45m | Climbed in rough weather during a week in the Outer Hebrides. |
770 1130 916 1029 978 |
Beinn Chuirn South Top Ben Lui Beinn a' Chleibh Ben Oss Beinn Dubhchraig |
2009 July 9 | 26km / 1650m / 10h | Second day in Tyndrum Hills. I left Beinn Chuirn early morning before starting a round of the four Tyndrum Munros. Even though I'd not felt too great in the morning, a brisk walk up Ben Lui shook it off and I went on to complete the hills I'd hoped to do. Oss and Dubhchraig were new hills. |
656 880 |
Meall Odhar Beinn Chuirn |
2009 July 8 | 7.9km / 900m / 3h 25m | First day in the Tyndrum Hills. Climbed Meall Odhar followed by Beinn Chuirn via. it's eastern corrie. Camped on top - cold! |
1130 916 |
Ben Lui Beinn a' Chleibh |
2009 June 27 | 9.6km / 1080m / 4h 30m | Climbed these Munros with the Up A Mountain guys. We climbed from Glen Lochy, but low cloud gave us minimal views. |
1011 941 956 |
Stob na Doire (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Coire Altruim (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Broige (Buachaille Etive Mor) |
2009 June 26 | 11.7km / 900m / 3h 30m | A wonderful walk on the Buachaille Etive Mor while the other guys attempted Curved Ridge. This entire mountain is beautiful with it's views and sharp ridges - I look forward to the day I'm back. |
814 1046 946 |
Meall Dhamh Cruach Ardrain Beinn Tulaichean |
2009 June 25 | 17.6km / 1050m / 4h 40m | Climbed solo mid-afternoon on the 25th, camping on the summit, watching a spectacular sunset with the mountain to myself. Descended in the morning, (26th) then on to Glen Coe! |
974 778 |
Ben Lomond Ptarmigan |
2009 June 24 | 12km / 1030m / 6h 40m | Night climb with Steve. Watched the sun rise over the clouds which were below us ("airplane feel"). Wonderful! |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2009 June 21 | 3km / 400m / 1h | 10th Dumgoyne with Steve. Camped on the summit overnight |
917 975 |
Geal-charn A' Mharconaich |
2009 June 20 | 11.2km / 750m / 4h 10m | A very nice day above the Drumochter Pass, climbing two Munros beneath sunshine and light cloud. |
1174 1165 857 959 1046 946 833 814 |
Ben More Stob Binnein Stob Coire Bhuidhe Stob Garbh Cruach Ardrain Beinn Tulaichean Stob Glas Meall Dhamh |
2009 June 4 | 24.4km / 2300m / 9h | Around four Crianlarich Munros underneath sunshine with great views all around. The route was similar to one I had done in September '08, with some noticeable differences this time. Took it (slightly...) slower and packed lighter than before, leaving me with a lot more strength by the latter reaches of the walk. Also got panoramas from all four summits. In a bid to catch the train, the end of the walk saw me battling through dense pine forests, an interesting end to the walk. |
496 426 427 |
Slackdhu Dumfoyn Dumgoyne |
2009 June 2 | 9km / 620m / 2h 35m | Another nice trip to the Campsies. Hoped for a sunset but got dull cloud, the first cloud in many days. Good leg-stretch however, plus saw a Golden Eagle, a nice bonus. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2009 May 30 | 2.2km / 330m / 1h | Took the bike out to Killearn, stopping at Dumgoyne en route. |
496 | Slackdhu | 2009 May 22 | 6km / 400m / 2h 40m | Plenty scrambling on exposed ground. Beautiful weather |
989 980 966 998 980 |
Beinn Eunaich Beinn a' Chochuill Sron an Isean Stob Diamh Stob Garbh |
2009 May 16 | 16km / 1700m / 9h 20m | Trip around three Munros with Michael. Cloud was down on all summits but we had a mix of rain and sun throughout the day. Having already climbed Ben Cruachan, these three Munros were the remaining of the four in the range that I had to do. A long day out - my longest yet. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2009 May 9 | 3km / 400m / 2h 05m | Evening walk with Steve. Descended by torchlight, back by 11 |
496 426 427 |
Slackdhu Dumfoyn Dumgoyne |
2009 April 30 | 9km / 620m / 3h 05m | An evening walk on the Campsies alone, climbing Slackdhu and with skies clearing, bombing it over to Dumgoyne. Spent time watch the setting sun, wonderful thing... |
496 547 578 504 508 |
Slackdhu Clachertyfarlie Knowes Earl's Seat Owsen Hill Dumbreck |
2009 April 25 | 13km / 630m / 3h 40m | Climbed alone from Strathblane, took a direct (scrambling) route up Slackdhu's escarpment, requiring focus. Went to the highest point of the Campsie Fells, Earl's Seat before by making a round trip of it and descending via. Dumbreck.. A hazy day but with plenty of sun and warmth. |
632 681 632 661 |
Tullich Hill Beinn Bhreac Ben Reoch East Top Ben Reoch |
2009 April 8 | 12km / 1050m / 5h 20m | A solo trip over the Luss Hills, beginning in Glen Douglas and ending in Tarbet. Views were excellent, especially from Tullich Hill, but showers distorted any views from Ben Reoch. Didn't see anyone else all day, just like it always is around Luss... |
888 923 960 815 837 824 932 |
Creag an Fheadain Sron Chona Choirein Stuchd an Lochain Meall an Odhar Sron a' Choire Chnapanich Meall Buidhe West Top Meall Buidhe |
2009 March 28 | 22km / 1500m / 9h 15m | A big day around Loch an Diamh. Went with U.A.M. as far as Stuchd an Lochain before Dave and I continued onwards alone, confident we could do a circular route around the loch before darkness. A cold wind on Stuchd gave way to lighter winds beyond, and Meall Buidhe was climbed with a sunset to our backs. Got back just as dark fell, 9 hours after we began. Perhaps I started my long distance routes without realising? |
995 942 940 |
An Caisteal Beinn a' Chroin Beinn a' Chroin East Top |
2009 March 21 | 14km / 1100m / 6h 10m | My original plan was to start long distance routes for the year and do the 5 west Crianlarich Munros, but the weather had other plans. Otherwise it was a nice day, inc. a new Munro Top |
496 | Slackdhu | 2009 March 4 | 7km / 450m / 4h 55m | With Tom, a mix of sun and whiteout and a spectacular sunset. |
1221 1234 |
Aonach Mor Aonach Beag |
2009 February 28 | 10km / 1000m / 4h 20m | Two new Munros with U.A.M. Aonach Beag especially felt wild to my mind with whiteout and cornicing. Rough weather too... |
415 | Cruach Tairbeirt | 2009 January 31 | 7km / 500m / 6h | Finally climbed this one. Beautiful views from the summit. |
357 | Auchineden Hill | 2009 January 24 | 5km / 170m / 1h 55m | With Josh and for part way up, dad. Cold day and nice views |
810 | Meall a' Bhuachaille | 2009 January 10 | 9km / 450m / 3h 15h | w/ U.A.M. Thrilling roundtrip - 110mph winds up top. |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
888 1011 |
Beinn Chorranach Beinn Ime |
2008 December 31 | 6km / 950m / 4h | Another amazing day - cloud inversion, snow, views, some adrenaline and excitement. What a way to end the year! |
357 | Auchineden Hill | 2008 December 20 | 5km / 170m / c. 2h | A good walk, down via. the Whangie. Warm for December... |
703 734 701 |
Beinn Eich Doune Hill Doune Hill East Top |
2008 November 30 | 12km / 800m / 6h 40m | More beautiful snow capped hills. Didn't see a single person all day. Lots of snow, views, fricken cold up top. Venturing further into the Luss Hills.... |
1047 | Carn an t-Sagairt Mor | 2008 November 22 | 25km / 700m / 7h | w/ U.A.M. 20th Munro, snow, long walk. Brilliant weekend |
1076 1004 |
Beinn Dorain Beinn an Dothaidh |
2008 November 2 | 14km / 1200m / 5h | Two snow capped mountains in beautiful weather - this has to be in my top three best walks so far. |
642 657 |
Beinn Dubh Mid Hill |
2008 October 18 | 11km / 700m / 3h 20m | My first time in the Luss Hills and there's a lot to climb. Even better, they're right beside Glasgow. Excellent! |
964 1090 1017 1245 |
Bynack Beag Bynack More A' Choinneach Cairn Gorm |
2008 October 13 | 17km / 1350m / 7h | Two Munros in the Cairngorms. All types of weather throughout the day. First impressions of the main Cairngorms are excellent - they're a vast, vast range and this won't be my last visit. |
792 778 |
Carn Ealasaid Beinn a' Chruinnich |
2008 October 12 | 6km / 350m / 1h 50m | An easy trip from the Lecht. The starting elevation of 650m meant these were climbed quickly but enjoyably. |
810 | Meall a' Bhuachaille | 2008 October 11 | 10km / 450m / 1h 55m | Up my first Cairngorm peak. Awe-inspiring scenery... |
531 | Cort-ma Law (to 518m top) | 2008 October 5 | 6km / 300m / 1h 30m | Didn't go to the top. Very very nice walk in the Campsies |
915 | Ben Vane | 2008 September 26 | 11km / 900m / 5h 20m | Early start, with a beautiful sunrise and cloud inversion |
778 974 |
Ptarmigan Ben Lomond |
2008 September 21 | 12km / 1030m / 5h 30m | A *brilliant* day up Lomond, enjoyable all the way. We had an exhilarating scramble to the top from Ptarmigan |
1174 1165 959 1046 946 814 |
Ben More Stob Binnein Stob Garbh Cruach Ardrain Beinn Tulaichean Meall Dhamh |
2008 September 7 | 19km / 2200m / 8h | A stonker of a trip - tired like I never have been before in the mountains! Did the "brutal" ascent of Ben More first plus the added bonus of climbing Beinn Tulaichean, one of the first mountains I climbed. Ben More and Stob Binnein are ranked (height) #16 and #18 in the UK. A pretty special day for me, taking eight hours. Shattered! |
847 | Ben Donich | 2008 August 31 | 7km / 600m / 2h 15m | Good ascent up the north ridge. Misty and cold but great fun. |
926 | Beinn Narnain | 2008 August 11 | 17km / 1100m / 3h 55m | Narnain - fifth time. Nice train ride though so-so weather |
660 859 |
Suidhe Fhearghas Caisteal Abhail |
2008 July 23 | 11km / 1000m / 4h 50m | Went from Sannox alone on a pretty cloudy day. Caisteal Abhail was the last of my Arran Corbetts. |
874 829 |
Goatfell Mullach Buidhe |
2008 July 20 | 12km / 990m / 7h 30m | Superb walk with dad, climbing the Goatfell massif S to N. As was usual for Arran, had great weather but strong winds |
792 826 675 |
Beinn Nuis Beinn Tarsuinn Beinn a' Chliabhain |
2008 July 19 | 15km / 880m / 4h 55m | Went alone on a great and moderately hard roundtrip over my third Arran Corbett. A lot of bog gave way to an amazing circular ridge walk. |
874 818 799 |
Goatfell North Goatfell Cir Mhor |
2008 July 15 | 17km / 1300m / 5h 30m | Going solo deeper into Arrans mountains. Climbed Goatfell and went on to the airy but easily climbable summit of Cir Mhor. A long day out, climbing rugged mountains. |
874 818 829 |
Goatfell North Goatfell Mullach Buidhe |
2008 July 13 | 11km / 960m / 3h 50m | Climbed Goatfell alone from Brodick and climbed it's tops - I need to learn to scramble! Descended to Corrie after some "top-bagging". :-) |
357 | Auchineden Hill | 2008 July 7 | 4km / 170m | A superb evening walk - unexpected. Beautiful views |
427 543 578 |
Dumgoyne Garloch Hill Earl's Seat |
2008 June 29 | 14km / 650m / 3h 30m | First rain up a hill in nearly a year. Did Dumgoyne then to Earl's Seat, high point of the Campsies. Got a bit of a shock when the cloud came down at the top without a map or compass. |
974 | Ben Lomond | 2008 May 26 | 11km / 990m / 4h 15m | Superb weather, up Ptarmigan Ridge |
1083 | Schiehallion | 2008 May 16 | 9km / 750m / 4h 35m | Nice day out and amazing weather with passing rain showers |
357 | Auchineden Hill | 2008 May 10 | 5km / 170m | A morning out. Hazy day and nothing to see. |
995 942 |
An Caisteal Beinn a' Chroin |
2008 May 5 | 13km / 1050m / c. 7h | With Alex. We had great weather. Sunburn inc. Beinn a' Chroin was my 10th Munro and took 7 years to get there! |
791 | Beinn Airigh Charr | 2008 April 17 | 18km / 800m / 5h 25m | Remote hill, solo. The North-West is an amazing place |
225 | Sithean Mor (Fairy Lochs) | 2008 April 16 | 7km / 250m | War grave in Wester Ross with top ...more insane views |
327 420 |
Meall an Doirein NE Top Meall an Doirein |
2008 April 15 | 12km / 480m | A walk west of Loch Maree, Wester Ross. Beautiful views all around. |
780 943 |
Ben Vorlich South Top Ben Vorlich |
2008 April 8 | 10km / 970m / 5h 05m | With cousin Allan on a dull day below but some amazing winter conditions higher up. Great fun as a result |
848 781 926 |
A' Chrois Creag Tharsuinn Beinn Narnain |
2008 March 16 | 11km / 1100m / c. 5h | Over Beinn Narnains north ridge. Lost an ice axe but although the weather was great with the snow, I didn't allow myself enough time to do the route. |
857 | Beinn a' Chrulaiste | 2008 February 17 | 6km / 570m / c. 4h 30m | Dull weather but pretty amazing views of Glen Coe |
926 1011 884 |
Beinn Narnain Beinn Ime The Cobbler |
2008 February 12 | 15km / 1550m / 6h 30m | Wow! Familiar peaks but stunning weather. My longest route thus far - 10 miles and 1550m of ascent - and felt great afterwards! Reaching new territory physically |
570 | Meikle Bin | 2008 January 19 | 10km / 340m / 2h 45m | Short afternoon walk with dad in the eastern Campsies |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
858 1011 |
Beinn Luibhean Beinn Ime |
2007 December 29 | 10km / 930m / 5h 35m | First real 'winter' day in the hills. Some great cloudscapes were about. Less views but a great walk |
926 | Beinn Narnain | 2007 November 25 | 9km / 920m / 4h 35m | Scariest moment on the mountains thus far |
884 | The Cobbler | 2007 October 21 | 10km / 880m / 2h 40m | Solo on a dull but enjoyable day |
1011 884 |
Beinn Ime The Cobbler |
2007 October 17 | 14km / 1250m / 6h 10m | A bog ridden day of wet and sore feet. 4-seasons-in-one-day kind of day. A new Munro too as well as another Cobbler |
707 | Tinto | 2007 September 30 | 7km / 480m / 3h 15m | A nice day (again) up Tinto with Kim. A fun walk. |
884 | The Cobbler | 2007 September 24 | 10km / 880m / 5h | Really bad weather - Taylor got vertigo so I summited alone |
427 426 496 |
Dumgoyne Dumfoyn Slackdhu |
2007 September 23 | 10km / 600m / 4h | With Alex. Something less substantial then Nevis. Great weather *again*, though windy. We went over the front of the Campsies and climbed three tops. |
427 426 543 |
Dumgoyne Dumfoyn Garloch Hill |
2007 September 2 | 12km / 600m / 4h 10m | Nice walk over the Campsies. The weather is still playing ball and the walk over the plateau was awesome - went alone, would go back soon. |
926 884 |
Beinn Narnain The Cobbler |
2007 August 26 | 12km / 1170m / 3h 50m | Went solo again. Good weather as well as a fast time up Narnain - 90 minutes up 3000 feet! My 5th Cobbler. |
884 870 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2007 August 19 | 10km / 1000m / 3h 50m | First solo hillwalk, excellent weather! I surprised myself with my speed - a sign of things to come? |
1344 | Ben Nevis | 2007 August 9 | 14km / 1320m / 6h 40m | Scotland's highest, would be done before long. Great camp |
974 | Ben Lomond | 2007 July 5 | 11km / 1000m / 6h | With Alex, ascent was okay. Down Ptarmigan Ridge |
884 | The Cobbler | 2007 May 24 | 10km / 880m / 4h 30m | With friend Alex. A lot of (and sometimes scary) wind |
454 | Ben A'an | 2007 April 28 | 3km / 370m / 3h | Incredible weather. My first hill in a long time... |

Alt. | Summits | Date | Stats | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1126 | Ben Cruachan | 2005 August 16 | 10km / 1100m / 6h | Overcast day with Uncle Steve, my biggest mountain yet |
427 426 |
Dumgoyne Dumfoyn |
2005 July 30 | 10km / 550m / 4h 30m | An overcast, midge-infested day in the Campsies. A nice day though over to the plateau and down. |
1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2005 May 14 | 6km / 750m / 6h | Third Munro. Another incredible day, great views. |
884 870 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2004 October 30 | 10km / 1000m / 6h | Second time up this amazing mountain. Nice cloudscapes also. I didn't climb the pinnacle. |
427 | Dumgoyne | 2004 July 30 | 8km / 350m / 4h | A small bump but great views |
884 | The Cobbler | 2004 May 1 | 10km / 880m / 6h | First time up an incredible peak |
946 | Beinn Tulaichean | 2002 August 4 | 10km / 920m / 5h | Second Munro - a nice but hazy sunny day |
974 | Ben Lomond | 2001 September 9 | 12km / 990m / 6h | First Munro at ten years old - sunny day |