Two steep summits

Out again today, this time doing A Dun and A'Chaoirnich - also known as the Gaick Corbetts. They’re a bit of a cycle in front of the A9, and then they are both very steep ascents and descents. Also what makes them interesting is that they have very large flat tops. Like two loaves of bread either side of a loch.

Starting the climb up An Dun, looking across to A'Chaoirnich

As you can see the two hills are quite similar and almost mirror images. Although A'Chaoirnich is 875m vs. An Dun of 827m. Both are quite tiring to climb as the sides are very steep! Check out the contours!

I was pretty lucky with the weather, I was expecting showers, and I saw several go by, but nothing where I was.

The radio was good too. 40m on An Dun was very lively, less so on the second summit but plenty of contacts. I did have a summit to summit with a Latvian summit, which I was surprised to later learn that there are only three SOTA summits in Latvia.

Still more to go in the Cairngorms National Park, so will keep chipping away when I have the time.

On air

Ref	Name	Height	Pts	UTC	QSOs	Bands
GM/CS-069 ✓ GB-0835	An Dun Cairngorms	827	4	08:52–09:14	38	40m20m
GM/CS-057 ✓ GB-0835	A'Chaoirnich Cairngorms	875	4	11:06–11:30	23	40m20m15m

POTA: GB-0835 Cairngorms — 56 QSOs ✓

Contacts

GM/CS-069 38

GM/CS-057 23

40m 36

20m 21

15m 4

61 contacts, 53 stations · 3 summit-to-summit · best DX EC8ADS, 3,330 km on 20m · 1 without a locator not shown on the map

Log

From	UTC	Call	Band	Mode	Sent	Rcvd	km	Ref
GM/CS-069	08:52	G7SXR	40m	SSB	59	55	381
GM/CS-069	08:53	M8VRX	40m	SSB	57	55	349
GM/CS-069	08:53	F4VXB	40m	SSB	55	53	911
GM/CS-069	08:53	G0RQL	40m	SSB	59	59	667
GM/CS-069	08:54	2E0FEH	40m	SSB	55	56	723
GM/CS-069	08:54	MW0CBC	40m	SSB	59	57	582
GM/CS-069	08:55	M9PMB	40m	SSB	57	59	376
GM/CS-069	08:55	M0RWX	40m	SSB	59	57	602
GM/CS-069	08:56	DL9NCI	40m	SSB	55	52	1,276
GM/CS-069	08:56	GM0AXY	40m	SSB	59	57	120
GM/CS-069	08:57	2E0AGB	40m	SSB	55	59	390
GM/CS-069	08:57	EA2DT	40m	SSB	53	44	1,576
GM/CS-069	08:58	PD3RL	40m	SSB	55	42	804
GM/CS-069	08:58	M7FTM/P	40m	SSB	57	57
GM/CS-069	08:59	G4JXP	40m	SSB	57	57	513
GM/CS-069	08:59	M1AOB	40m	SSB	59	57	672
GM/CS-069	09:00	DL2RAB	40m	SSB	53	55	1,387
GM/CS-069	09:00	GM4YMM	40m	SSB	59	57	120
GM/CS-069	09:01	G4NAQ	40m	SSB	59	57	613
GM/CS-069	09:01	G4MSN	40m	SSB	59	57	375
GM/CS-069	09:02	PA3GHJ	40m	SSB	55	55	774
GM/CS-069	09:02	2E0ESY	40m	SSB	59	57	560
GM/CS-069	09:03	M0ZXQ	40m	SSB	59	57	486
GM/CS-069	09:03	DL1CR/P	40m	SSB	55	55	1,019	DM/NS-122
GM/CS-069	09:04	G4ICP	40m	SSB	59	57	632
GM/CS-069	09:04	M0NOJ	40m	SSB	59	56	586
GM/CS-069	09:05	OS8D	40m	SSB	59	55	870
GM/CS-069	09:05	G0VSK	40m	SSB	57	55	483
GM/CS-069	09:06	G4PVM	40m	SSB	59	55	646
GM/CS-069	09:06	ON5JT	40m	SSB	55	55	856
GM/CS-069	09:08	OH3GZ	20m	SSB	57	59	1,778
GM/CS-069	09:09	EA2DT	20m	SSB	59	55	1,576
GM/CS-069	09:09	SP9PND	20m	SSB	55	51	1,742
GM/CS-069	09:10	DK0PT	20m	SSB	59	52	1,393
GM/CS-069	09:11	IK2LEY	20m	SSB	51	41	1,555
GM/CS-069	09:11	IZ5FDE	20m	SSB	53	55	1,817
GM/CS-069	09:12	SQ9CWO	20m	SSB	55	55	1,607
GM/CS-069	09:14	M0BMX	20m	SSB	55	55	756
GM/CS-057	11:06	G4JXP	40m	SSB	57	55	513
GM/CS-057	11:07	MW0CBC	40m	SSB	59	56	583
GM/CS-057	11:10	GW3YQP	40m	SSB	57	55	404
GM/CS-057	11:10	DL9NCI	40m	SSB	55	52	1,274
GM/CS-057	11:11	M0JLA	40m	SSB	57	57	545
GM/CS-057	11:11	G3AML	40m	SSB	57	55	514
GM/CS-057	11:14	EA1DHB	20m	SSB	55	57	1,553
GM/CS-057	11:14	HB9CCZ	20m	SSB	55	54	1,359
GM/CS-057	11:15	EA2DDG	20m	SSB	57	53	1,596
GM/CS-057	11:15	SQ9CWO	20m	SSB	59	57	1,606
GM/CS-057	11:16	EA2DT	20m	SSB	57	52	1,576
GM/CS-057	11:17	ON7ZM	20m	SSB	57	44	938
GM/CS-057	11:17	LA1TI	20m	SSB	57	57	926
GM/CS-057	11:17	EA1BUL	20m	SSB	58	57	1,492
GM/CS-057	11:18	DL8DXL	20m	SSB	52	41	1,325
GM/CS-057	11:19	DL5OAH	20m	SSB	59	52	970
GM/CS-057	11:19	SP6BOW	20m	SSB	57	59	1,687
GM/CS-057	11:20	DM5RE	20m	SSB	53	55	1,227	DM/BM-133
GM/CS-057	11:20	EC8ADS	20m	SSB	53	51	3,330
GM/CS-057	11:26	YL/DC0LA	15m	SSB	55	53	1,925	YL/YL-002
GM/CS-057	11:27	DL8DXL	15m	SSB	53	52	1,325
GM/CS-057	11:28	OH3GZ	15m	SSB	53	57	1,776
GM/CS-057	11:30	GM4AOR	15m	SSB	59	55	23

On air

Route

Contacts