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Loch a Choice

Date ... Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Distance ... 7.25 miles
Ascent ... 1850 feet
Time ... 4 hours 0 mins
Weather ... 2ºC, light SE winds, cloudy with occasional sunny spells and dry
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

Ben Vrackie from Pitlochry

Ben Vrackie from Pitlochry

Heading out across the open moor land

Heading out across the open moor land

Looking across to Bealach na Searmoin

Looking across to Bealach na Searmoin

A misty and snowy Ben Vrackie, we had planned to climb upto the summit, 
	but after climbing up from the dam of Loch a Choice for a few hundred metres 
	we decided that the paths were far to icy to make it a safe ascent/descent

A misty and snowy Ben Vrackie, we had planned to climb upto the summit, but after climbing up from the dam of Loch a Choice for a few hundred metres we decided that the paths were far to icy to make it a safe ascent/descent

Approaching Loch a Choice

Approaching Loch a Choice

Loch a Choice

Loch a Choice

Dave taking a shot of the winter sun breaking through the clouds

Dave taking a shot of the winter sun breaking through the clouds

My shot of the sun breaking through the clouds

My shot of the sun breaking through the clouds

Loch a Choice

Loch a Choice

Tim, Holly and Rosie enjoying the snow

Tim, Holly and Rosie enjoying the snow

Dave and the dogs on Bealach na Searmoin looking for a spot for our lunch

Dave and the dogs on Bealach na Searmoin looking for a spot for our lunch

Starting the descent back to Pitlochry after lunch

Starting the descent back to Pitlochry after lunch

Heading back down to Moulin through the woods (recently harvested)

Heading back down to Moulin through the woods (recently harvested)

Post walk drinks at The Moulin Arms Hotel

Post walk drinks at The Moulin Arms Hotel