The lairig ghru is the most wellknown highlevel pass in scotland. Lairig ghru via the chalamain gap and white bridge. I have booked some tickets to travel up to aviemore next week, and am thinking about a wilderness walk around the cairngorms. Results for lairig ghru 2017 in braemar united kingdom. The prolific and late dundonian mountaineer, syd scroggie felt that the name lairig ghru was such a case and suggested that the lairig ghru was the lairig ruadh red pass. It cuts through the cairngorm plateau, allowing you to bask in the peaks towering on both sides. For those looking for a more gentle alternative, there are easy, sandy trails wandering among the tall pines and along the banks of the great rivers spey, nethy and dee. Lairig ghru descent mountain biking trail aviemore trailforks. Ive been following the weather for the past weeks at mwis and winterhighland and there appears to be a warming trend. Jun 25, 2017 results for lairig ghru 2017 in braemar united kingdom.
Sunset ride lairig ghru descent mtb scotland youtube. The pass makes for a long day walk, or one of the finest twoday backpacking trips to be had in scotland. Until approximately the 1870s men from rothiemurchus annually, in the spring, cleared the track of rocks that had fallen on to it during the winter. Lairig ghru resultsteel city striders running club sheffield. This guidebook covers more than 100 hikes in scotlands cairngorm mountains, including the 18 munro summits of the region. Lairig ghru is one of the top walks in scotland, cairngorms, and one of the worlds best walk, treks, hikes and climbs. The paths high elevation and difficult route have claimed their share of lives. Walks range in length between 1 and 23 miles and are graded for difficulty. I could head through the lairig ghru or i could head up onto the summits and cross the cairngorms at high altitude. The lairig ghru is a category c long hill race run over 43km between the police stations of braemar and aviemore. Self guided lairig ghru logistics with the help of scot.
We had been hiking and climbing a lot and the weather was marginal with wind in the forecast. They both dissect the high granite cairmgorm plateau which is at about 1,200 metres 3,900 ft. The cairngorms include 4 of the 5 highest mountains in scotlands amidst a massive, subarctic plateau which offers some fantastic hillwalking and mountaineering all year round. The most difficult section is probably the rocky bouldery section before the pools of dee from the aviemore side, though it is just a rough path, nothing hard. The 19mile linear route cuts through the heart of high cairngorm splendour. For any excursion out into the hills during a scottish winter you need to be fully prepared in terms of the possible weather and equipment needed. One route that looks good is to walk up the lairig ghru from aviemore direction, past the devils point and then along towards derry lodge, and then back up along glen derry, past loch etchachan and loch avon, and heading north up the path to bynack stable and back past. I descended until below the snowline then found a dryish, reasonably flat pitch for the tent. The lairig ghru is the best known hillpass in scotland. Best time for the lairig ghru is probably early spring, after the snow is gone but before the midge explosion. Please use the contact us form for any essential messages.
Buy art and edge sculpture online from our online store here. The weather seemed to worsen as we gained the height to the top, this was an effect of the pass acting as a wind funnel focusing the wind, cloud and driven rain directly into our faces. View down the lairig ghru from miadan creag an lethchoin. Ben macdui via faicaill ridge scramble with a descent into lairig ghru. The lairig an laoigh runs roughly parallel to the somewhat grander and far betterknown lairig ghru which lies some 6 kilometres 4 mi to the west. Read our lairig ghru description, browse our lairig ghru photos, find practical information for lairig ghru and join in with our trekking and hiking forums to find out why we think so. After all, youll see more from the valley than up top in a whiteout. It is a spectacular walking route in summer being surrounded on all sides by some of scotlands highest peaks. Expedition from blair atholl to aviemore via glen tilt and.
Ben mac dui overlooks the famous glen of lairig ghru which runs for miles right through the cairngorm range. Lairig ghru, sunday 28th june 2020 runabc scotland. Dec 05, 2014 the lairig ghru gaelic lairig dhru is the most famous mountain pass in scotland. This one is the lairig ghru descent, a fast flowing ribbon of singletrack. Take the higher route on the way up for a super descent down the lower route. We start with the lairig ghru in the heart of the cairngorms. Jul 11, 2017 the lairig ghru is the best known mountainpass in scotland. Time to be confirmed we will be asking our friends and family to sponsor us and money raised for rags to riches romanian dog rescue will be used for a neutering campaign in romania to prevent even more dogs suffering check out the good work they do on their website. Watson in place names of celtic scotland considers ghru to be a corruption of druidh, the name of the stream flowing north from the pass. Mar 16, 2014 skier in the lairig ghru once through the highest part of pass i could see the peaks to the south, their summits still catching the sun. Lairig dhru is one of the mountain passes through the cairngorms of scotland. Guide alex kendall shares one of his favourite and most rewarding walking routes up into the lairig ghru. The lairig ghru was used as a drovingroute as late as 1873 haldane 1952 to braemar and farther south.
The famous lairig ghru is an ancient route through the cairngorms which passes between ben macdui and braeriach. From there, its a descent into wonderful mountain scenery, as the glen opens out before you. Walking scotlands lairig ghru by martin rye section. From the high point its sides rise sheer for another 1500 ft to 4 of the 5 highest peaks in britain awesome scenery and a worthy challenge. This is a shorter route covering some of the same ground, traversing the braeriach and cairn toul corries on the outward leg and ascending ben macdui directly from the lairig ghru, and following the shore of loch avon to the saddle to climb cairn gorm for the return. Pay 12 bob, stand on an invisible line and get shouted at three, two, one go. Walks, trails and scrambles 01 by ronald turnbull isbn. Jul 07, 2017 for the adventurous there are the best of the areas rocky scrambles, and the classic throughroutes including the lairig ghru. Ben macdui via faicaill ridge scramble with a descent into lairig ghru during my vacation to scotland with my wife jane, i took a day to do a little solo mission. The third and final ride from just one days biking in the aviemore area. The lairig ghru path again gradually climbs up to its high point of 835m grid ref. It is a very strenuous walk and only for fit and experienced hikers.
It climbs to an altitude of 2733 feet, crossing through the central cairngorms from braemar in deeside to aviemore in speyside, and is described as one of the wildest areas in the country. Wild scotland scot mountain holidays have solved the problem faced by many walkers wishing to walk the spectacular lairig ghru pass in the cairngorms national park by offering a 2 night selfguided package which includes transfers to the start and from the finish of the route. It cuts right through the heart of the high cairngorm splendour. The lairig ghru is the great glaciergouged valley that divides the cairngorm massif roughly from north to south. Walking in the cairngorms guidebook to 100 walks cicerone. Jun 02, 2007 the lairig ghru is the most wellknown highlevel pass in scotland. The walk is described as a true classic, the fell race, well that just looks brutal.
Lairig ghru descent mountain biking trail in rothiemurchus. It climbs to an altitude of 835 metres and crosses through the central cairngorms, one of the wildest areas in the country, and is a true classic walk. Then i walked on past white bridge and the chest of dee, passing several walkers who were obviously on a day trip from the linn of dee 5km away, and headed into the southern end of the lairig ghru. Premier art gallery with stores in braehead, silverburn and the gyle. Ben macdui via faicaill ridge scramble with a descent into lairig. Lairig ghru descent mountain biking trail aviemore. An easier proposition is a 12mile loop which leads to the start of the lairig ghru pass, starting from loch morlich. Enjoy northern walker on your kindle for a few pennies northern walker tweets. The 18 mile route through the lairig ghru was used by drovers, thieves and soldiers. Included are 23 munro summits and smaller viewpoint hills.
The lairig ghru gaelic lairig dhru is the most famous mountain pass in scotland. The first written account of being called the cairngorms is in an 1804 tour book. From the lairig ghru i climbed up to coire ruadh to the east of braeriach to look for wreckage from a raf bristol blenheim bomber that crashed here in 1945. A return visit to the central cairngorms as a joint trip after my phenomenal solo circuit in may earlier this year. The popular towns of aviemore and braemar are linked by an exceptionally fine mountain track, and a journey on foot between the two centres makes for an exhilarating 28mile adventure. Walking scotlands lairig ghru by martin rye section hikers. The lairig ghru is the most famous mountain pass in scotland. The lairig is a famous mountain pass in scotland, stretching from the linn o dee to aviemore, taking in some of scotlands most dramatic landscapes through the cairngorms. Ben macdui via faicaill ridge scramble with a descent into. This guidebook contains over 100 routes for walking in the scottish cairngorms. May 06, 2018 author tranature quiet moments in nature posted on may 6, 2018 may 11, 2018 categories nature, photography, poetry tags cairngorms national park, carpe diem crossroads 8 first snow, carpe diem spring retreat 2018 light of, fpj photo challenge, haiku, lairig ghru, photography, poetry. This one is the lairig ghru descent, a fast flowing ribbon of singletrack heaven. During my vacation to scotland with my wife jane, i took a day to do a little solo mission.
I saw a lot of this wreckage on a trip to coire ruadh in august see my previous blog posting yet another soggy night in the cairngorms and yet more aircraft wrecks, but the debris. Coronavirus status you can buy books and ebooks to plan, enjoy and dream. Its 500 meter deep trench cuts between the second and third highest mountains in the united kingdom. The route and mountain pass partially lies on the mar lodge estate like many traditional routes, the ends of the route through the lairig ghru are like the ends of a frayed rope.
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