Grey Corries

UHI WHC ATM 1 Group D at the entrance to The Lairig in Lochaber. James, Rich, Mark, Ruairdh, Will, Kirsty and Alasdair

On Wednesday I set out with Group D on expedition, from UHI WHC on the ATM degree course. At the beginning of Wednesday the weather was dry, but we soon walked up into the cloud, where we started to get wet, and the rain shortly started to add to the moderate wind, so at last we had some interesting conditions to test their navigation. We walked up onto the Grey Corries and over Stob Choire Claurigh (1177m).

We quickly gained height and got into the cloud

The group had some interesting nav to do

Working out how to get to the lochan for a possible wild camp

Between the rocks we found a wild camp at 960m

We woke to better visibility and reduced winds. Stob Ban (977m) here in the distance

Wednesday was mostly wet, so we were grateful to wake up to dryer conditions and reduced wind. We continued on the ridge, over Stob Coire an Laoigh (1116m), then north and down back to the van. This was the first expedition for the Year 1 students on the ATM degree course - a great start to the year.

Good visibility on day 2 to appreciate the Grey Corries