The Occasional Munroist - West of Glen Shee
Distance: 29km Height Ascended: 1450m Time Taken: 7 hours 30 minutes Munros: Glas Tulaichean (1051m), Carn an Righ (1029m) and Beinn Iutharn Mhor (1045m) This is my third trip to the Glen Shee area this year. The previous two were in the winter and, for ease of access, those trips were focussed on the munros nearest to the ski centre. Now that summer is here and we're actually getting some good dry weather I felt the time had come to take on some of the longer walks required to cover the more distant munros. This trip is probably the longest single day route (in terms of distance) I've ever done in the mountains. Thankfully the start at Spittal of Glen Shee is fairly high (it's at 350m) and once you get over the first ascent there is not too much reascent between each top. I started this walk at about 8am and, according to the car, the temperature was already 15C. For Scotland, even in summer that can often he as high as the temperature reaches at midday. The sk...