Reaching its vast summit plateau requires a long approach walk - this remains a truly wild place - whilst all around the plateau are a vast range of dramatic and beautiful corries. Departs from either the Sugar Bowl car park or Loch Morlich at 8.30am (to be confirmed, weather dependent), please arrive around 8.15am. 12 December 2018. The path follows the left hand side of a stream and initially it appears that you need to find a way across it. Joining details, participation forms and kit lists will be sent out the week before the course. That was the plan anyway; the others were 20 minutes late which really annoyed me as I would happily have slept that extra 20 minutes (I like my sleep! The magnificent walk from Cairn Toul to Braeriach follows the edge of a vast plateau around the Cairngorms' most spectacular corries. First Time Exploring the Cairngorms - 4000s (plus 2), 2nd and 3rd highest - Ben Macdui & Braeriach, Braeriach 4 + 3, + 10 kg firewood, Corrour overnighter, High Level Bivvy: Sgor Gaoith and Braeriach, Braeriach in low viz from Sugar Bowl carpark, Braeriach, Angels Peak and Cairn Toul from Glen Feshie, Cairn Toul, Sgor an Lochain Uaine & Braeriach, Between The Peaks on The Breariach Traverse, Braeriach - Macdui - Cairngorm - Bynack More Circuit. After crossing this pass the route heads for the summit via Braeriach's north ridge, crossing a subsidiary … Our running club is looking for a decent day run in the Cairngorms, and one suggestion is to do Braeriach from the Sugar Bowl car park, via the Chalamain Gap, and then returning via the Lairig Ghru into Rothiemurcus and back to Loch Morlich. It's a route I've never walked before. Braeriach can also be approached from Glen Feshie or Gleann Einich in the W or from Sgor an Lochain Uaine to the S following the western rim of An Garbh Coire. From here a path leads over the hillside to a steep-sided rocky ravine known as the Chalamain Gap, before descending around 100 metres (330 ft) to the Lairig Ghru. Once this section has been successfully negotiated, the path rejoins the outgoing path to the Chalamain Gap in the earlier part of the walk, the latter coming in from the right. A footpath leads down through woodland to a footbridge that crosses a river, the Allt a' Choire Chais, before continuing up the slopes on the other side. If Glen Tilt a fortnight ago was a gentle, pastoral landscape full of wildlife, houses and grazing sheep - these Cairngorms are big, brutal and demanding mountains. “It starts and finishes at the Sugar Bowl car park on the ski road. The most detailed guides for Braeriach How To are provided in this page. Braeriach camp, the next 3(for short!) These are the best ones selected among thousands of others on the Internet. Covers basic concepts, equipment and processing and optimising your images back at base.More information, The Cairngorm National Park was formed in 2003 to protect the unique aspects of the area. Braeriach. Walking can be dangerous and is done entirely at your own risk. ), cutting directly up the eastern … Braeriach on its own can be done sensibly from the Sugar Bowl car park on Cairn Gorm. To save something from the day, however, I decide to follow the path that's just merged from the left - the path from the Sugar Bowl below Coire Cas through the Chalamain Gap. A footpath leads down through woodland to a footbridge that crosses a river, the Allt a' Choire Chais, before continuing up the slopes on the other side. I think beeswax treatment really helps prevent leather cracking -and it's compatible with Goretex and with Nikwax. This objective can be seen from afar, looming ever larger as you approach it, provided that visibility permits.