I even managed to stay awake @Latimer - that's good going for me once it gets to 9pm! Bit emotional but great fun, and the crowd clearly had a great time. Guests were pants IMO, but hey - you can't have it all
This is the walk I mentioned earlier with the memorial - Ben Tirran. It's not too taxing so it would be a good judge of fitness etc. You can adjust it to suit how you're feeling. They don't show it going by The Snub, but you can just choose which side to go up, and if you don't want to do the whole walk, you can easily cut back round instead, or just go clockwise round Loch Brandy via The Snub. It's pretty featureless across the top, once you're beyond their waypoint 5 or so. https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/angus/ben-tirran.shtml Nearby are the two Munros Balgay Hill and I were mentioning- Driesh and Mayar. Again, you can do just one if you want, and there's an alternative way down via the shank between the two hills. If you do one, do Mayar, and go via the Corrie Fee. There's very little ascent until you get to the back of it, but it's a well constructed little path up to the top of the corrie, and then it's pretty simple to reach Mayar. It's a nice high level walk if you do both, and good views if the weather's fair https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/angus/mayar-driesh.shtml As you're nearest the Cairngorms, you could do Cairn Gorm itself. The route shown adds Ben Macdui as well, but you can cut round the top of the corrie, between markers 3 and 4 on their route map, and that gives a fairly straightforward walk via the Corrie Sneachda. The paths are quite clear at that time of year, so it's not difficult in terms of navigation https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/macdui-cairngorm.shtml
Check out the Lochnagar hills too, and also Morrone, which is a Corbett in Braemar. Not difficult, but good views, although the summit itself isn't very bonny. I did it as the circular route shown, but you can just do an 'up and down' if you want. Not difficult. https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/corbetts/morrone Hope that's of some help. Depending on fitness etc, another Cairngorm hill I enjoyed was Sgòr Gaoith. Fairly unexciting, until you reach the plateau and then the views of the loch and the other hills are pretty breathtaking. I cut down after the summit to do a circular route, rather than the one shown, but you could also just return the same way as the ascent. I did pix on one of the threads, but I don't know how easy it would be to find them. I can post a few here later if you want https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/munros/sgor-gaoith
Glad that's of use @Latimer. It's also worth reading some people's walk reports to give you an idea of how tricky or demanding a hill is I was just looking at some bits and pieces, and it occurred to me that there's also Little Wyvis, which might be a good shout. I didn't do it when I was up there some years ago, but it looks very straightforward, so that might be a good idea to test fitness etc. https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/lochness/little-wyvis.shtml
If you're heading up through Glenshee, there's plenty of hills there, but the easy ones [the left hand side/west] aren't too exciting, apart from the one furthest out. All the ski slope workings/paraphernalia ] spoil the look! Some of the ones on the other side are ok, and fairly straightforward, especially with the high start. There's a nice Corbett though, just at the Spittal of Glenshee, prior to the ski slope approach. https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/corbetts/ben-gulabin Not a difficult walk at all, and a nice big plateau you can wander around. The trickiest part is getting parked - there's only a small area just at the track you start from At the other end of the ski centre hills, there's An Socach, which is quite straightforward too. https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/an-socach.shtml and 'just round the corner' at Glen Callater, there's a straightforward Corbett, Creag nan Gabhar, which has good access [car park with a charge now] and is a pleasant high level plateau walk. https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/creag-nan-gabhar.shtml
I meant to say - there's a few photos from that short route around The Snub/Ben Tirran on page 72 of that linked camera thread. Loads of others too, but it would take you ages to look through them all!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Posts
I was just looking at some bits and pieces, and it occurred to me that there's also Little Wyvis, which might be a good shout. I didn't do it when I was up there some years ago, but it looks very straightforward, so that might be a good idea to test fitness etc.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/lochness/little-wyvis.shtml
If you're heading up through Glenshee, there's plenty of hills there, but the easy ones [the left hand side/west] aren't too exciting, apart from the one furthest out. All the ski slope workings/paraphernalia ] spoil the look! Some of the ones on the other side are ok, and fairly straightforward, especially with the high start. There's a nice Corbett though, just at the Spittal of Glenshee, prior to the ski slope approach.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/corbetts/ben-gulabin
Not a difficult walk at all, and a nice big plateau you can wander around. The trickiest part is getting parked - there's only a small area just at the track you start from
At the other end of the ski centre hills, there's An Socach, which is quite straightforward too.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/an-socach.shtml
and 'just round the corner' at Glen Callater, there's a straightforward Corbett, Creag nan Gabhar, which has good access [car park with a charge now] and is a pleasant high level plateau walk.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/creag-nan-gabhar.shtml
I meant to say - there's a few photos from that short route around The Snub/Ben Tirran on page 72 of that linked camera thread. Loads of others too, but it would take you ages to look through them all!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...