Field Notes
A Fortnight in a Shepherd's Hut on Skye
Two weeks above Glen Brittle in late May, with the Cuillin Ridge across the glen and a cast-iron stove burning birch from the croft below.
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scotland
Maps & Routes
Shoulder-Season Route Planning in the Cairngorms
Between the snow and the midges, the Cairngorms offer a narrow window each May for long walks on the high plateau. Planning a route for that window means reading the maps for ground that the maps do not quite describe.
Field Notes
Two Nights in a Bothy on Rannoch Moor
At Loch Chiarain, three peat-dark miles from the West Highland Way, with one box of matches and a slate roof that does not entirely keep out the rain.
Trails
A New Ridgeline Route in the Cairngorms
A small mountaineering club proposes a thirty-one-kilometre traverse across the Cairngorm plateau. Two members walk it in late April to see what it asks.