Monday, March 19, 2012

Ben Vrackie by Train - Monday 19th March


Guide - Jon
Clients - Will, Suze & Sandra Dee
Conditions - Overcast, warm-ish low down and wintry wind on the summit
This was our first day tour of 2012 - the previous 3 winters we have still been skiing in mid March (either at one of the Scottish ski centres or touring around the Glenshee hills) - today we had no hint of snow or ice on Ben Vrackie and just a few glimpses of snow stripes over on Shiehalion, Ben a Ghlo and the southern Cairngorms when the icy wind intermittently lifted the cloud base. We wandered off back to Pitlochry by way of the Bealach path before stopping for a tasty pub dinner and real Atholl Ale at the Moulin Inn