Meall Greigh

1001m/3284ft

Meall Garbh  

1118m/3668ft

An Stuc

1118m/3668ft

Ben Lawers

1214m/3983ft

Beinn Ghlas

1103m/3619ft

Meall Corranaich

1069m/3507ft

Meall a'Choire Leith

926m/3038ft

Meall nan Tarmachan

1044m/3425ft

date climbed

21/05/08

time taken

13 hours

distance

37km

ascent

2900m

OS Map

Landranger 51

Weather

Fair with generally  good visibility

Starting point : Lawers village

The start of this walk was the car park of the Ben Lawers Hotel. The Lawers Burn was followed all the way to Lochan nan Cat and then onto the south ridge of Meall Greigh. The early part of the route around to Meall Garb and An Stuc was strouded in thick mist but navigation was not an issue with the clear remains of a boundary fence hugging the skyline to guide the way. By the time Ben Lawers was being climbed the skies had cleared so the pleasant easy scrambling to the highest  peak of the day was accompanied with great views. An easy walk along the ridge completed the 5th Munro of the day - Beinn Ghlas. After a quick stop for refreshments it was onto the challenge of the long descent to the belach above Choire Odhar and the climb up Meall Corranaich. A dogs leg detour was needed to bag Meall a'Choire Leith followed by the descent to the NT car park to gather strength for the last Munro of the day - Meall nan Tarmachan. This was thankfully an easy ascent and rapid descent but it was still too late for any cars to be remaining in the car park on my return.  The long haul down to the main road then back to Lawers village was a tiring but satisfying end to a tremendous day. The food in the Ben Lawers Hotel comes highly recommended to stock up the reserves after a tiring day.