OS Map of Meall Tionail

Final Stretch

The last section of the ascent of Carn a' Chlamain backed by Glen Tilt and Beinn a' Ghlo.

23-Sep-18 • Russell-Davies • flickr

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Tarf Water Rainbow

A brief rainbow while looking toward the wilderness around Tarf Water and beyond from the summit of Carn a' Chlamain.

23-Sep-18 • Russell-Davies • flickr

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Carn an Righ & Beinn Lutharn Mhor

The Munro's of Carn an Righ and Beinn lutharn Mhor taken from Carn a' Chlamain across Glen Tilt and southern Cairngorms desolation.

23-Sep-18 • Russell-Davies • flickr

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Tarf Hotel Bothy

14-Aug-18 • Paweł Błaszak • flickr

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Carn a Chlamain Dec 2011 #15

Carn a Chlamain summit

10-Dec-11 • swami666 • flickr

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Carn a Chlamain Dec 2011 #16

Beinn a Ghlo from Carn a Chlamain summit

10-Dec-11 • swami666 • flickr

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Carn a Chlamain Dec 2011 #14

Carn a Chlamain summit

10-Dec-11 • swami666 • flickr

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escape from tarf bothy

craig & i trekked into tarf bothy in the middle of the grampian mountains in march. there was full snow cover all the way to the main road at blair atholl & crampons were nearly donned to negotiate the treacherous ice in the car-park. with a fear of getting cold we were each carrying a 10kg bag of coal and the hike into the bothy was a 9hr epic. we saw no one. our aim had been a bold attempt on an sgarsoch in winter from the south- one of the remotest munros and sited in real tiger country. we never made it. craig had buggered his ankle on the long march in. as i stared at the glittering, snowy slopes of the munro twinkling in the moonlight , tantalisingly close, from the door of the bothy that night i dreamt of a solo moonlit ascent across untrodden snow fields. craig however luckily talked sense into me- no margins for error on that planned trip if anything should go wrong(getting lost/injured)- we were literally miles & miles & hours & hours from any possibility of alerting rescue so i would have been over 24hrs from help and unlikely to survive in those conditions. just as well he talked me out of it too! we woke the next morning to find a front had moved in and the clear, cold skies of the night before had given way to cloud that was down at the level of the bothy (400m/1300') and we turned tail and retreated to civilisation over the munro of carn na chlamein. this photo was taken on the climb up to the summit of that munro from the northern side where tarf bothy sits in empty country. it was white-out conditions & i was out front navigating by a compass with craig following behind over my shoulder checking my bearing with his compass. By

06-Mar-02 • johnalbiston • flickr

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