In September 2025, Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland (OATS), Mountaineering Scotland and British Mountaineering Council (BMC) held a collaborative path maintenance event in Glen Brittle. Representatives of each organization, together with 11 volunteers, worked for three days on the footpaths leading up to Coire na Banachdich and Coire Laggan, clearing blocked cross-drains and water-bars and […]
“We looked out early next morning and shouted with joy when we saw the high Cuillin clear to their tops and the great peaks piercing a sky still aglow in the blue of a rising sun.” (Ben Humble’s Walking Wisdom in Skye). After such changeable weather this summer how lucky we were with the weather […]
Fantastic to see the Cuillin in all their glory on the Saturday of our latest management committee meeting – a dusting of late-season snow against a backdrop of blue sky! We were impressed with the new external and internal paintwork and will turn next to tidying up some of the decor in the bedrooms. It […]
We enjoyed what might well have been the last proper day of summer on the Saturday of our September trustees’ meeting at the hut – brilliant sunshine allowed for some Cuillin activity, as well as sea swims. Sunday was, however, a different kettle of fish with rain lashing at the windows – but at least […]
Great to be back at the hut in August for a trustees’ meeting and to carry out various maintenance and checks on the hut. We hope you find everything to your satisfaction, feedback is always welcome to help us continue to provide the perfect base for your mountaineering adventures. Of course it is not all […]
The Trustees met at the hut in April and welcomed new bookings secretary Dave Paterson (Strathaven CC) to his first on-site meeting. We were also delighted to elect Les Watt (Rucksack Club) to the management committee. The hut is now operating normally following the lifting of restrictions on numbers due to the Covid situation. Maintenance, […]
