Lochnagar - Jan 25th, 2009

Our plan was to climb up to Meikel Pap, a peak at the top of Lochnagar. It was pouring rain and 3 degrees C as we left the house. I was hoping it would be snow as we made our way up. As we got to Aboyne, it had turned to snow and the road was quite covered. The single track out to the car park at Loch Muick was thick with snow and I was happy to find that my car did well. We walked in heavy snow for the first hour and then the snow stoped but the visibility was not great. As we went up the snow got deeper and deeper and the path across "the saddle" was no where to be seen. We had a nice walk anyway and really enjoyed the day.