Drumochter Hills

I'm beginning to run short of easily accessible, southerly (south of Fort William) munros to do. Matt hasn't done the Drumochter Hills, so we set out to do as many of them as possible. Although the spring thaw had begun, there was still plenty of snow on the ground. And with spring comes some sunshine (frequently changing to spells of mist, sleet and snow, then back to sunshine). That's one of the great features of the unpredictable British climate - places are very different every time you go!
We headed up Geal Charn first. As we'd had quite a long drive, we were hungry before we got to the top. We were on an exposed plateau with very high winds and no obvious shelter but the solution quickly became obvious - a snow shelter! The snow was excellent for rolling snowballs, so in about 5 minutes we'd built a shelter against the wind. We sat there eating lunch, forgetting about the ferocity of the wind, but as soon as we stood up, the cold wind was still there!
Shortly after this, we hit the top of Geal Charn, then headed down to a belach, then up A'Mharconaich. A'Mharconaich was fairly uneventful - as we got higher and on to the flat top of A'Mharconaich, the snow became a deep unbroken blanket, and we just plodded along for about a mile along the ridge till we got to the top. After that, continue on ahead and down left flank of the corrie.