SGIATH A’CHAISE GM/SS-095

Sunday 27th March 2011

This is the start of British summer time so having lost an hours sleep a shorter journey was planned to Glen Ample to coincide with the Sota UHF fun day.

Forecast looked ok.Fighting back a heavy cold i decided to go for it and got packed up and ready to go by 0815,not too far into the journey i was stopped at a road block on the A81 due to tree felling and had to detour through Killearn(why no previous warnings or diversion signs?)following on through Callander and parking up at a large parking bay beside Loch Luibnaig which is the same start point as a previous blog for Beinn Each.After booting up i started my walk at 0930 for the walk up Sgiath a’ Chaise NN583169. 645M/2,116FT.

A nice track leads through a fairly steep stretch of forest which gave me the chance to sweat my cold out,soon through the trees and onto a fine path which heads up Glen Ample.Spring is definitely here as the route was  littered by frog spawn all the way along the path,after passing a new sign post for the neighbouring corbett  Beinn Each on the right hand side,i struck off up the hillside on my left which was mainly heather and tussock ground.The first top is soon reached which is named Creag a’Mhadaidh and from here it is a straight forward line of sight walk in to the summit of Sgiath a’Chaise.The summit itself  is nothing to write about but nice views N & S.The W. is dominated by Ben Ledi and Ben Vane with Ben Each,Ben Vorlich and Stuc a’chroin holding up the views to the East. 

    This poor wee chappie had come to a grizzly end at the foot of Sgiath a’chaise

 

    Looking east towards Beinn Each (far right)

    And Ben Vorlich an Stuc a’chroin to the Left

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Set up the beam using an old iron fence post as a mast support and managed 2 summit to summit contacts on 70cm which were TAI/P on GM/SS-015  and Bobby GM7GAX/P on GM/SS-027.The same stations were worked on 2M as well as IOB/P (also on SS-027) FMF/P on GM/SS-037,COX/P on GM/SS-025 and PKT/P on GM/CS-017.Also managed a WOTA station in Cumbria on Wandope LDW051.Thanks to RAM and XXP for alerting on sota and to all the other stations worked on the day.

View North towards Loch Earn







 

 

 

 

 

















Met this guy taking the easy route down,he landed on the main Glen Ample path in front of me.He had flown in from near Killin and found himself with a long walkout.I got chatting to him and found out he was fully equipped with a Yaesu vx-3 and was using 144mhz to keep in touch with members of his party scattered around the Scottish countryside. 



Another good day on the hills had and found myself home for 1630 in time for dinner.

Distance driven was 76 miles.

sota points GM/SS-095 = 2 Points

70cm contacts=2        145mhz contacts=16



73   Graeme..    2M0GIL