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The Bealach Walk

Date ... Sunday, 28 December 2008
Distance ... 10.00 miles
Ascent ... 2100 feet
Time ... 4 hours 50 mins
Weather ... 2ºC, light SE winds, cloudy with occasional light showers
Summits ... None
Start ... Pitlochry - pay + display car parking (NN933584)
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Explorer Nº386 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº52 (1:50,000)


The route map of our walk

The route map of our walk

Loch Faskally

Loch Faskally

Another view of Loch Faskally

Another view of Loch Faskally

Clunie footbridge and the A9 road bridge over Loch Faskally

Clunie footbridge and the A9 road bridge over Loch Faskally

The path through Faskally woods

The path through Faskally woods

Loch Dunmore in Faskally woods

Loch Dunmore in Faskally woods

Craigower (the wooded summit) or route would go behind the summit in the 
	distance

Craigower (the wooded summit) or route would go behind the summit in the distance

Faskally Hydro-electric power station

Faskally Hydro-electric power station

Bl***y h**l Dad you didn't tell me the water was going to be that cold!

Bl***y h**l Dad you didn't tell me the water was going to be that cold!

The footbridge over River Garry

The footbridge over River Garry

The River Garry gorge

The River Garry gorge

Heading through the silver birch woods to Killiecrankie

Heading through the silver birch woods to Killiecrankie

The River Garry at Soldiers Leap

The River Garry at Soldiers Leap

The Pass of Killiecrankie

The Pass of Killiecrankie

The sign on the gate at Old Faskally farm

The sign on the gate at Old Faskally farm

Looking west along Glen Garry

Looking west along Glen Garry

Glen Girnaig, with Carn Liath in the cloud

Glen Girnaig, with Carn Liath in the cloud

Looking west towards Glen Rannock from the ascent to the bealach

Looking west towards Glen Rannock from the ascent to the bealach

Heading over the heather moorland, or route is through the col in the 
	centre of the picture

Heading over the heather moorland, or route is through the col in the centre of the picture

Ben Vrackie

Ben Vrackie

Tim enjoying his run out on the moors

Tim enjoying his run out on the moors

Looking down on Pitlochry from the bealach

Looking down on Pitlochry from the bealach

Ben Vrackie from the descent back to Pitlochry

Ben Vrackie from the descent back to Pitlochry

The path down through the woods to the car park at Moulin

The path down through the woods to the car park at Moulin