Friday 4th October 2013
A pleasant circular walk around Loch Morlich
Distance: 6.5km; Ascent: negligible; Sunny; with Lynsey, Isabel and Olivia
It was our last full day in the Cairngorms and as the weather was nice we decided to head out for a bit of a family walk. We set off from the beach car park shortly after 11:30am and wandered down to the beach before picking up the red waymarks of the Loch Morlich Trail.
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| Abhainn Ruigh-eunachan |
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| Creagan Gorm & Meall a'Bhuachaille |
Soon we crossed the Abhainn Ruigh-eunachan to reach the south shores of the loch with good views back over the water towards Creagan Gorm and Meall a'Bhuachaille. A few hundred metres further on we stopped for a picnic lunch and to enjoy the autumn sunshine down by the loch.
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| Meall a'Bhuachaille |
Continuing along a mixture of generally good paths and tracks we soon reached the western end of the loch, where we crossed the River Luineag just downstream of the loch.
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| Looking up the River Luineag towards Loch Morlich |
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| Spider near Rothiemurchus estate entrance |
Soon we joined the Old Logging Way on the north side of the road, which brought us back to our starting point and the nearby sunny sandy beach, surrounded by pleasant pine woods with views of the Cairngorm peaks.
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| Loch Morlich beach |
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| Pinewoods at Loch Morlich beach |
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| Looking into the northern coires from Loch Morlich beach |
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| Pine tree on the sandy Loch Morlich beach |
Crazy weather.
ReplyDeleteApart from temperature it could have been spring.
Had a superb bike ride to Ely myself.
I walked past Morvich back in 2007.
The reflections on the water were stunning.
It was my first visit to Loch Morlich, and I quite enjoyed it. The beach was a pleasant surprise. I think I might include it on a future TGOC route (but not 2014 as I plan to be in the hills to the east of Glen Feshie!)
DeleteThat was Morlich.
ReplyDeleteI have fallen foul of the ******g predictive text monster again.