Hill: Leagag
Date: Friday 3rd March 2023
Company: Myself and Ann-Marie
Distance: 8.3km, Ascent: 290m
Time: 2Hrs 20Mins
On Friday morning, Ann-Marie met up with myself
near Aviemore from where we travelled to Bridge of Gaur, at the west end of
Loch Rannoch, for an ascent of Leagag.
As well as being a Marilyn,
Leagag is one of twelve new 'Grahams' having a height of between 600m and
610m. Leagag was my second closest-to-home unclimbed Marilyn. My
closest-to-home unclimbed Marilyn, Burach, is also a new 'Graham'.
Route:
We
initially parked on the verge next to the start of the track but were
politely approached and told there is a small car park at the nearby hall.
We therefore moved our vehicle to the hall car park before commencing the
walk. If doing this hill, please use the hall car park.
Beyond the
gate, we followed the good quality track featured in the next photograph.
Track from Bridge of Gaur towards Leagag:
It had been
my intention to follow this track for approximately 0.5km further than we
did. However, on seeing an ATV track heading-up the hill, we opted to take
the ATV track heading directly towards Leagag.
Following an ATV track
up the hill:
Beyond the
ATV track we followed a deer track heading towards Leagag.
Ascending
Leagag:
The views
beyond Leagag were dominated by the hills north of Glen Lyon including the
Munro, Meall Buidhe and the Corbett, Cam Chreag.
View towards Meall
Buidhe:
As far as
Marilyns go, Leagag is a nice one, providing good views down to Loch
Rannoch.
Leagag NW Top:
We bypassed
the NW Top of Leagag en-route to the summit and ascended the NW Top on our
return.
Looking towards the summit of Leagag:
At the
summit we stopped to take a few photographs before returning back to the
car.
Loch Rannoch from the summit of Leagag:
Cam Chreag
from the summit of Leagag:
Descent
from Leagag:
During the
walk out I took a photo of what I thought was the remains of an old
building. On checking the 1:25000 OS map, it is/was a sheepfold i.e. a sheep
enclosure, not the remains of a building.
Sheepfold:
Great to get a hill done, albeit not a very big one as I am somewhat
struggling currently with pain in both feet - a combination of hallux
limitus and extensor tendinitis. The joys of getting old!