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| Author | Topic: goat fell |
| milosz |
posted 1/23/08 3:58 PM
Hi everybody, i found these forum and i d like to ask about Mountain Goat fell on arran.I am in Scotland with my friends but they are without climbing and hiking experiance.We havent got any professional equipment. It is posible for us to go there? Thank u for any guide and information. PLease write on my e mail ciezak@wp.pl How can we get some cheap accomodation. |
| Duncan |
posted 1/23/08 4:56 PM
You don’t need climbing or walking experience to do Goat Fell on the Isle of Arran. It is a relatively smpe (if strenuous) walk to the top. Begin at the exit road from Brodick Castle, just north of the junction of the A841 and the B880. Walk up the road past the Cnocan Burn and take the track on the left behind the kennels. Keeping straight on, follow the signposted Goat Fell path up beside the Cnocan Burn and across the moorland to the boulder strewn east ridge. Reach the summit without difficulty and continue to North Goat Fell along the north ridge, which is punctuated with rock tors whose negotiation provides some entertaining scrambling, paths bypass all the interest. Beyond North Goat Fell easy going leads to the flat summit of Mullach Buidhe and then probably the most interesting scrambling of the day is encountered as the ridge narrows out to Cioch na h Oighe above the crags of the Punch Bowl. From Cioch na h Oighe return to North Goat Fell and descend the steep north-west ridge to The Saddle; hands and care are required near the top. The day ends with a long walk out down Glen Rosa beside the sparkling waters of the Glenrosa Water, reaching the B880 a short distance from your starting point. The Youth Hostel at Lochranza is closed for the winter, but there is plenty of cheap hotels and B & B’s in Brodick since the prices come down in the winter. Try the tourist information at: http://www.ayrshire-arran.com/ http://www.ayrshire-arran.com/ |
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