A fine day for the Carn Mairg group to the north of Glen Lyon - I did it the "wrong way round" as I realised when I met everybody going the other way! Steven Fallon recommends going anti-clockwise as I did, to get the views to the west. Anyway, a fairly easy ascent to the first Munro, Meall nan Aighean (3,218') with good views south to the Ben Lawers range (as there was throughout the day) and the rest of the ridge to the west. Then on via a steep rocky ascent to the highest Munro, Carn Mairg at 3,415'. This led to fairly level going across the plateau of Meall a'Bharr with two cairns, to the third Munro, Meall Garbh (3,175') - and finally a pull up Carn Gorm at 3,375', the most westerly of the four with good views to Ben Nevis and the Mamores and Glencoe; and Ben Lawers and Meall nan Tarmachan to the south. Four Munros in a day has to be good going, even though I got lost going down and had to descend through forestry plantations to the road in Glen Lyon...... Munro total now 61.
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