Hill: Meall an Fhudair
Date: Friday 19th February 2010
Company: Myself, Jim and Beinn
Dog friendly: Yes

Click here to see a map of the route undertaken

We parked opposite Glen falloch farm, set off up the landrover track, crossed a bridge over the railway line, and then zig-zagged up the track to a junction of tracks just beyond the pylons.

Looking North towards Crianlarich:


On reaching the junction of paths we took to the grassy lower slopes of Troisgeach. The initial ascent was reasonably steep but it eased off a bit after ascending around 100m. No snow on the lower slopes.

Start of ascent of Troisgeach:


Lots of small knolls during the ascent of Troisgeach. Just a case of picking a line through them.

Ascending Troisgeach:


Ascending Troisgeach:


Was a bit surprised at the lack of snow during the ascent, especially compared with hills further North. It wouldn't be long though before we had plenty of snow to traverse.

Jim:


Surrounding hills:


Most of the hard leg-work is done on reaching the summit of Troisgeach. However, there is still a fair way to go to then reach Meall nan Caora and then Meall an Fhudair.

Looking towards summit cairn of Troisgeach:


Beinn at summit of Troisgeach:


The snow was near perfect for walking on. I thoroughly enjoyed the walk between the tops.

Jim traversing from Troisgeach to Meall nan Caora:


Ben Lui and Ben Oss:


Meall an Fhudair in distance from Meall nan Caora top:


Looking back to Meall nan Caora:


Final ascent of Meall an Fhudair:


We reached the summit around 3 hours after setting off.

Beinn at summit of Meall an Fhudair:


Frozen reservoir:


View from summit:


Jim approaching summit:


Beinn enjoying the snow:


I had expected this hill to be a bit of a boring lump. It wasn't. I really enjoyed it