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Lochnagar via the Black Spout

By SPP Reporter

Published: 08:30, 26 September 2013

Lochnagar via the Black Spout

The signpost close to the start with Lochnagar just visible in the distance.

Heather-clad hillside in Royal Deeside.

Looking back down the path on the way up.

Meikle Pap and a rather dark Lochnagar behind.

The loch and the cliffs above. The gash of the Black Spout stand out on the far side of the corrie.

A closer view of the Black Spout, which emerges close to the summit of Lochnagar.

John next to the recue team equipment box in the corrie.

Avalanche probe poles and the loch below.

Looking down on the loch from under the cliffs.

A view of Meikle Pap from the corrie below.

Looking back up to Meikle Pap as John walks through the corrie.

John makes his way up the Black Spout.

The dark cliffs of the Black Spout.

The Path down to Loch Muick from Lochnagar's summit.

The Falls of Glassalt.

The lower reaches of the path to Loch Muick.

Loch Muick from its eastern shore.

Peter treks through the woods on the way to Lochnagar.

A rainbow appears over the loch in the corrie.

Peter scrambling up the Black Spout.

Peter at Lochnagar's summit trig.

John at the top of Lochnagar.

The signpost close to the start with Lochnagar just visible in the distance.

Heather-clad hillside in Royal Deeside.

Looking back down the path on the way up.

Meikle Pap and a rather dark Lochnagar behind.

The loch and the cliffs above. The gash of the Black Spout stand out on the far side of the corrie.

A closer view of the Black Spout, which emerges close to the summit of Lochnagar.

John next to the recue team equipment box in the corrie.

Avalanche probe poles and the loch below.

Looking down on the loch from under the cliffs.

A view of Meikle Pap from the corrie below.

Looking back up to Meikle Pap as John walks through the corrie.

John makes his way up the Black Spout.

The dark cliffs of the Black Spout.

The Path down to Loch Muick from Lochnagar's summit.

The Falls of Glassalt.

The lower reaches of the path to Loch Muick.

Loch Muick from its eastern shore.

Peter treks through the woods on the way to Lochnagar.

A rainbow appears over the loch in the corrie.

Peter scrambling up the Black Spout.

Peter at Lochnagar's summit trig.

John at the top of Lochnagar.

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