Bluebird Lochnagar 14th February 2026 Following a period of Biblical rain in Aberdeenshire, a hill-walking “weather window” finally appeared February 14th. Nine DHC valentines (Alison, Gail, Ruth, Susan, Graham, Gordon, James, Ken and Iain) headed-out to climb Lochnagar via the popular Glas Alt circuit.  SAIS forecast icy conditions and considered the avalanche risk to be “high” on west-facing slopes, which were avoided.  The most-dangerous part of the day was probably the dr

Cnapan Nathraichian walk 31 Jan 2026 In the end we had 9 intrepid souls who were prepared to brave the weather and attempt this walk – myself, Chris, Gary, Irene, Gail, Ruth, Ken, Susan, and Graham who met us at the Keiloch car park – although in truth the weather turned out to be far better than forecast. The plan was to attempt Cnapan Nathraichean from the west via various tracks and some heather bashing near the top. Despite being amply provided with pdf maps, and even GPX