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Meall a' Ghiubhais from the Coille na Glas Leitre Trails car park 23-05-25 #MeallaGhiubhais #CoillenaGlasLeitre #Corbett #Corbetts #LochMaree #BeinnEighe #Kinlochewe #HillWalking #Mountains #photoecosse

View of Baosbheinn with Beinn Eighe, Liathach, and Beinn Alligin behind, from near our holiday cottage, Port Henderson.

#baosbheinn #beinneighe #liathach #beinnalligin #torridon #porthenderson #badachro #westerross #munros #corbetts #scottishmountains #visitscotland

Day out with Moray to Sgùrr an Utha, just north of the main road to Mallaig.
Started off in nice sunshine, but rapidly clouded over. The cloud base was around 800m, so we just escaped, but most of the surrounding hills were in cloud. A few flurries of snow or rain, and not much wind, so a reasonable day.
I’m sure there are spectacular views from the summit, but those will be for another day.
#HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #Corbetts #Glenfinnan #WestHighlands #ScotWinter

Framed by birch trees, looking across a road with a gate to a rocky hill, there is some snow at the top. Blue sky with clouds.

Moray the dog stood on a grassy and rocky hillside, the hills behind him can be just seen through the mist.

Moray the dog stood on a gravel track on a grassy hillside. Behind him there are more rocky & grassy hills, the highest points have some snow cover. Cloudy and dull.

Moray the dog stood next to s summit cairn of rocks with a lot of moss cover. It is hazy, some hills and a loch can be seen behind him.

Meallan nan Uan & Sgùrr a’Mhuilinn from Strath Conon.

An pre-birthday outing for Moray yesterday, summer conditions, a fairly short route picking up 2 Corbetts above Strath Conon. Although apart from the two summit ridges themselves, most of the walking was tedious terrain – boggy tussocky grass and heather – so it made for a longer day than expected. Very little snow on the bigger hills.

11.8km, 810m of ascent, 2 Corbetts.

#Corbetts #StrathConon #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

We're on a grassy and rocky mopuntain ridge, with a coupld o fummits in the middle distance. Moray the dog is stood looking into the view. Blue sky with clouds

We're on a grassy and rocky hillside, looking along a ridge. Moray the dog is stood on a small rocky outcrop. Blue sky with clouds.

Selfie, myself and Moray the dog, we're at the top of a mountain, it is rocky and grassy. Blue sky with clouds.

A hazy view of a mountain range in the middle distance. Mostly grassy in the foreground with some rocky bits. The distant hills have very few snow patches on them. Cloudy, blue sky.

Ben Rinnes is a distinctively shaped hill, always in the view from the Northern Cairngorms, & has always been on my to-do list. Today we did it.

Lovely bright sunshine, but the wind was baltic, and from the south so we had no shelter from it at all, apart from behind the summit rocks. Not a day for hanging around, so we just came back down the same way, total walk 3 hours.

With Moray in the county of Moray.

#HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #ScotWinter #Moray #BenRinnes #Corbetts

A gravel path up through a heathery hillside. Higher up is a rounded summit, then behind that a pointy summit, the top of the hill is white with snow. There are a few rocks in the foreground, with Moray the dog in front of them. Blue sky.

Heading towards a pointy summit with a small rocky outcrop, the ground is mostly white with snow & rocks showing through. But there is a gravel path up which is mostly clear of snow. Moray the dog is stood on the path. Blue sky.

Moray the dog stood on snowy ground at the summit of a hill, there are some rocks showing through, he is next to a concrete trig pillar. In the distance the lower ground is fields and areas of forest, all free of snow. Hazy blue sky.

Summit selfie, Moray the dog and me. We are sat on rocky ground which is covered in snow. I am wearing sunglasses and wrapped up well against the cold wind, with yellow padded jacket and woollen bobble hat. In the background the lower ground is hazy but clear of snow. Hazy blue sky with clouds onthe horizon.

Incomer from mastodon.social.

I'm a #MountainLeader based in #Aviemore, in the #Cairngorms National Park in #Scotland. Been retired from guiding for 5 years, so get out in the hills just for fun now.

Live with my husband Michael and our dog Moray, a 14yo Australian #Kelpie who loves exploring the hills on days and overnights with me.

New Scot. Enjoying duolingo. Tha beagam #Gàidhlig agam.

Researching my #FamilyHistory.

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#Munros #Corbetts #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #LGBT #Genealogy

On top of a hill, the ground is rocky but covered in snow. There are snow covered hills in the distance. Blue sky with wispy clouds. Moray the dog and I are stood facing the camera, I am wrapped up well against the cold.

Moray the dog and me sat just below a summit cairn of stones, on a grassy and rocky hill. I am wearing a red short sleeved shirt, baseball cap, and sunglasses. There is a ridge of hills at the back. Blue sky with wispy clouds.

A one person tent on a grassy slope, Moray the dog and I are sat in front of the tent, smiling because there are no midges.

Selfie of me and Moray the dog, sat next to a cairn on a hillside with some rocks.

Brown Cow Hill from Corgarff Castle in Aberdeenshire with Moray yesterday. Sounds an unimaginative name, until you remember that many of the Gaelic hill names – Black Hill, White Hill, Grey Hill, Red Hill, Big Hill, Small Hill – aren’t exactly inspiring.
We did have some wildlife encounters – a mountain hare very visible still in its winter coat, and a few red grouse – which were great to see.
#Cairngorms #Aberdeenshire #HikingWithDogs #DogsOf Mastodon #Kelpie #Corgarff #BrownCowHill #Corbetts

A white painted Scottish castle surrounded by white painted walls. It's in a field with frosty grass, and rolling heather hills behind. Blue sky with wispy clouds. Moray the dog stood in front.

An uneven hillside, with heather and peaty hollows, covered in frost. A white mountain hare is runnihng across, very visible against the brownish ground. A hazy mountain with patches of snow at the back.

A small summit cairn on a grassy & heathery hill. In the distance a higher fairly level mountain with snow patches. Motray the dog stood next to the cairn.

A fence, wooden fence posts with wire wide mesh panels, going across the pic. There are 2 gates in the fence, a wide vehies width one and a snarrower pedestrian one. Moray the dog stood next to the fence. The ground is low heathery vegetation. Blue sky with wispy clouds.

Outdoorsy people - has anyone dealt with access issues in Perth & Kinross shire? There's no mention of the (statutory requirement) Access Officer on the council's website. Had to raise a generic complaint and hope it gets forwarded to the right person.

But it's Perthshire, a lot of access issues. 🙄

Locked gates, if anyone was wondering.

#Perthshire #PerthAndKinross #Access #AccessOfficer #ResponsibleAccess #RightToRoam #Corbetts

A double gate (steel frame with steel mesh) across a track, the gates are closed and padlocked.

Picked an easy day for the first new hill of 2025: Meall Tairneachan - the Corbett just across the road from Schiehallion in the Southern Highlands.
The snow is all a memory - we're back to summer conditions. There was a cold wind at the summit, but we were sheltered on the way up and down by the forest and by the bulk of the hill itself.
#HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #Corbetts #Schiehallion

A gravel road across a moorland, there is a forestry plantation in the near distance, beyond that more moorland. Moray the dog is stood next to the road with my rucksack. The sky is hazy cloudy.

Selfie at the summit trig point, Moray the dog and me. I'm wearing a woollen hat and warm clothing against the wind. In the distance more hills. Hazy cloudy sky.

A small patch of ice on a rock, left over from the freeze last week. The rest of the ground is unfrozen vegetation. Moray the dog is say next to it.

A gravel road across a moorland, with rolling moorland into the distance. At the back the silouhette of Schiehallion, a pointy hill. Moray the dog stood next to the road. Hazy cloudy sky.

From earlier this week: Day out with Moray to Beinn Liath Mhòr a’Ghiubhais Lì in the Fannaichs, NW Highlands of Scotland. Great views above the inversion.

#Fannaichs #ScotWinter #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #Corbetts

Looking across a sloping hillside with patches of snow.Blue sky, but a layer of cloud below us. There is my shadow on the ground with a glory where is appears on the cloud layer. There is also a double fogbow forming an arc around the glory.

Looking across a sloping hillside, it is partly covered in snow. There are snow covered hills in the background, above a layer of cloud which fills the valley. Blue sky with wispy clouds. Moray the dog is stood to one side.

At a hgill top, snow covered uneven ground and a snow covered summit cairn. There are snow covered hills in the distance above a layer of cloud. Moray the dog is stood looking at the view.

Navigating by compass in the mist across a featureless shoulder, peat groughs and patches of sheet ice meant a straight line was impossible.

I've been playing this game for 40-something years, professionally since 2010, but when the mist thinned and my target ridge appeared dead ahead, it's still a wow! moment.

Still got it haha. 🗻

#HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #ScotWinter #Corbetts #Munros #MountainTraining #Fannaichs #Scotland #Highlands

Looking across peat bog terrain, patches of sheet ice, a few small patches of snow. Moray the dog stood looking across. There's a thin mist, but the outline of a pointy hill can be faintly seen, with blue sky above.

Auchnafree Hill from Glen Turret above Crieff with Moray on Thursday. Probably the last day of summer conditions for a while, serious wintery weather coming in over the next few days.

Loch Turret.
Moraines at the head of Glen Turret.
Auchnafree Hill summit, the distinctive Ben Lawers group at the back.
More heather moorland.

#Perthshire #Scotland #Crieff #Corbetts #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

Moray the dog stood on a track above a loch, it's in a glen with green grass and brown bracken vegetation. There are hills at the head of the glen with come craggy bits. Sunny with thin clouds.

Moray the dog on a hillside, it's covered with green grass and brown bracken. In the glen there is hummocky ground, probably moraines, with an interesting pattern of light and shadows. Beyond that the ground rises to hills. Blue sky with some clouds.

Moray the dog stood next to a small stone cairn, we're at the level summit of a hill, the ground is short vegetation, grass and heather. There are hills in the distance including the distinctive shape of Ben Lawers. Blue sky with clouds.

Moray the dog stood on a grassy hillside, there is a drop behind him, then beyond that, rising ground covered with heather. There are some patches of dead heather from muirburn. More hills at the back. Blue sky with clouds.

Beinn Mholach from Drumochter yesterday, a bitterly cold wind but sheltered from the wind it was quite pleasant. Another Corbett for Moray and me.

Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.

Loch Garry;
Two bridges near the head of Loch Garry;
Sit Club;
Beinn Mholach summit.

#Cairngorms #Drumochter #BeinnMholach #Corbetts #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

Moray the dog stood on a gravel path by the side of a loch, there are hills rising all around, mostly grassy and heathery.

A modern bridge and an older more rickety looking wooden bridge, crossing a river in a rocky gorge, with a gravel road between them. The ground is mostly covered in heather. Moray the dog stood in the foreground.

Moray the dog and the lower part of my trousers with boots, we are sat on a grassy and heathery hillside, there is a loch below the hills in the distance.

Moray the dog stood nest to a huge stone cairn, the ground is grassy with boulders. There are hills in the distance in the haze.

Good weather has come back for a while, but still a cold wind. Headed up Càrn Mòr, a Corbett above the Lecht ski centre. The ski infrastructure is always grim, so avoided it and found a landrover track heading up from about a km beyond the ski centre.
Lots of boggy peat groughs, but easy walking higher up.
🧵1/2.
#Cairngorms #CairngormsNationalPark #Corbetts #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

On a gently sloping hillside, low upland vegetation, mostly heather and racometrium moss. Moray the dog stood next to a small cairn and a small patch of gravel. Sunny with blue sky, a few clouds.

On a hillside looking up a gentle slope. The vegetation is upland grassy. Moray the dog stood next to a small boggy & mossy area. Beyond this, a series of wooden fence posts comes in from the left then heads uphill. Sunny but cloudy sky.

Moray the dog stood next to a concrete trig point. It's on a small area of short cropped grass. This is raised above the surrounding ground which is short heather and racometrium moss.

Moray the dog stood next to a line of wooden fence posts with a wire fence, which is receding into the distance. The vegetation is thick upland grasses, with heather and moss.

The forecast was for the least bad day in between two storm systems. In the event it was a real Goldilocks day: not too hot, not too cold, not too calm, not too windy, not too sunny, not too cloudy. A bit of mist covering the summits, but it cleared while we were there.

Meall na h-Aisre in the #Monadhliath from #GarvaBridge. There's a lot of water on the ground, it was very boggy until we'd gained some height.

#Corbetts #Scotland #Highlands #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

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A wooden bridge with stone supports crossing a stream which is in space, long exposure to blur the water. The ground either side is grassy with some rocks.

Moray the dog sat next to me, can just see the bottom of my trouser legs and my boots. We are on a slightly sloping hill, the ground is grassy with pale green lichen. The hill top in the distance is slightly misty.

Selfie, me and Motray the dog. We are sat next to a concrete pillar, the summit trig point. The hilltop is mostly grassy, there is a stony cairn next to the trig point. Blue sky and clouds.

View from the summit. There is a concrete pillar trig point, and a bit of iron that looks like a broken fence post. The hill top is grassy with some boulders. In ther middle distance are about 20 wind turbines. Cloudy, with the mist down to the ground in the distance.

Mission: Lorna's Corbetts. Yesterday I helped Lorna tick off Cir Mhor and Caisteal Abhail. This is a big day by anyone's standards, and Lorna needed to do it between boats. No problem! A great effort, (Lorna has already done her Munros so she's no slouch!), the rain held off, and also nice to be joined by Emily, aspirant ML, and my Mountain Training mentee, who was shadowing the day.

#Arran #Scotland #Mountains #hillwalking #Corbetts #corbettbagging #mountainleader #lovemyjob

A woman sits admiring the view of Glen Rosa in the sunshine. The U shaped Glen sweeps dramatically into the distance.

A summit selfie of threevwomen on the top of Cir Mhor. They are grinning and the wind is blowing their hair around.

A view of the perfect domestic of Caisteal Abhail from the flanks if Cir Mhor. The very top is crenulated, with granite tors.

The finest view in Scotland! The pyramid of Cir Mhor, dark, vertical and foreboding, framed by the rock walls of Caisteal Abhail's tors. In the far distance, the ridge and summit of Goatfell is skimmed by heavy cloud.

Beinn Pharlagain, Sgòr Gaibhre, and Càrn Dearg from Loch Eigheach yesterday. Fantastic views towards Schiehallion, Loch Ericht, Ben Alder, Rannoch Moor, Glen Nevis, and Glen Coe. And weather stayed fair.

#beinnpharlagain #sgorgaibhre #carndearg #locheigheach #schiehallion #lochericht #benalder #blackwaterreservoir #rannochmoor #glennevis #bennevis #mamores #glencoe #hillwalking #scottishhills #hiking #hikingscotland #outdoors #scotlandmountains #munros #corbetts #visitscotland

Last minute change of plans. Beinn a' Chuallaich, a Corbett just to the north of Schiehallion. Great viewpoint, crap walking.

#beinnachuallaich #schiehallion #lochrannoch #dunalastairwater #hillwalking #hillwalkingscotland #hillbagging #scottishhills #hiking #hikingscotland
#outdoors #outdooradventures #scotlandoutdoors #scotlandmountains #scottishmountains #corbetts #corbetthills #corbettbagging #visitscotland

First hill walk of the year, Geal-charn Mòr 824m, our local Corbett*.

Everyone else's pics from above the inversion have sunshine and blue skies. We climbed above the freezing fog of the inversion to find ... damp fog. But it's always a decent walk, even without the spectacular views of the bigger Cairngorms hills.

*Corbetts - the Scottish hills between 2500 and 3000ft, in old money.

#Cairngorms #Corbetts #GealCharnMor #ScotWinter #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie