An Caisteal

First walk of 2010, a bit late in the winter season but better late than never. We started at the same parking spot as we used for Cruach Ardain, then headed North up the valley to the north/east of Sron Gharbh. Straight out of the parking area, there was snow on the ground, soft snow at first, but after a few minutes of ascending, it turned into the very hard to walk in stuff, with a thin crust on top which collapses a second after you put your weight on it. As we ascended onto steeper ground, the snow turned quite patchy - I guess something to do with the prevailing wind direction and the steepness of the slope preventing snow accumulating.

Eventually after a couple of hours, we made it up Sron Gharbh, the start of the ridge. From there it was another couple of hours (with a few food stops) along the ridge up to the top of An Caisteal. And then back the way we came.