This Meet was to the superb Mountaineering Scotland hut in Glen Brittle. Skye is my favourite place to adventure in and the opportunity to do this in the company of other Cairngorm Club members was not to be missed. 

On the Saturday people split into different groups, the largest group heading up Coire Lagan to have a look at Collies Ledge (or Harts Ledge as it is also known).

Ewelina Szczeblewska (Evi) and I decided to try a section of the Cuillin Ridge starting at the An Dorus gap, heading north. Most of the decent pictures here are taken by Evi.

Evi in the An Dorus gap. 

Loch Coruisk from An Dorus

We walked up from the Youth Hostel via Coire a Ghreadaidh, which wasn't too bad by Cuillin ascent standards.

The three tops of Mhadaidh.

We then scrambled up to the munro summit of Sgurr a Mhadaidh then the three tops of Mhadaidh. The conditions were a bit damp as it had rained a lot on previous days, which made the scrambling a bit tricky. On a chilly October day there's not much heat around to dry the rock, and although it didn't rain until late afternoon, it remained that way for the day.
 

Top class scrambling all day

We encountered the most difficult part of the trip here. Between two of the tops we crossed a damp slabby section which wasn't very nice underfoot. We got the rope out and crossed it but it was a tad uncomfortable.

Lunch at Bealach Na Glaic Moire

We then arrived at the Bealach Na Glaic Moire and stopped for lunch in one of the bivi shelters which people have constructed. The weather at this point was looking up, the clouds had lifted and the temperature had increased.

The next section was the three peaks of Bidein Druim Nan Ramh. This was more sustained scrambling, and one section is graded 'Difficult' but it has just one exposed move. We got the rope out a couple of times to make sure we didn't fall off though. The exposure on most of the scrambling sharpens the mind.

We got the rope out now and then

Evi abseiling off the central peak of Bidein Druim Nan Ramh

The rain started as we finished the last of the three peaks which was fortunate and we headed off down what I think is called Coire Harta towards the infamous Fairy pools. This descent was not very pleasant with lots of loose scree and larger rocks and boulders moving without much provocation.

Coire Harta, not my first choice for a descent path

The long descent then the long trudge along by the fairy pools was followed by a long trudge along the road to the Youth Hostel where we had parked the car. We had hoped to hitch a lift but the one car that passed us obviously didn't fancy having two soaking wet people on his white seat covers, so we arrived back at the hut in the dark just in time to sit down to Helen's smashing chicken curry and listen to all the other tales of the day's adventures.

Next day the weather wasn't suitable for the rocky ridge so Debbie Fielding and myself had a walk up the Corbett Garbh Bheinn, which was fun too, as we climbed up through the clouds into better weather, always a bonus.

Debbie on Garbh Bheinn