Cairngorms

Dee

From Braemar we follow the Dee, the same river we already had met in Aberdeen. On the left, a tributary flows across the meadows, the river Quoich.

Victoria Bridge

This steel bridge is the first crossing above Breamar and our way to the other side.

Lui Water

Another tributary of the Dee offers us a good place for the night and a nice view.

Carn a' Mhaim

A mountain of 1037 m seen from the Lui Water, fully visible only on the right picture.

Morning

While the photographs above look closer to what we had imagined in terms of Scottish weather, the next day returned to bright sunshine.

Derry Lodge This hut is closed for good and it is a good idea to bring a tent.	Bridge A bridge crosses the Derry Burn not far from the hut.

Luibeg Burn

Another stream, joining the Derry Burn near the Derry Lodge to become Lui Water. The season is dry and there is almost no swampy ground to cross.

Devil's Point With 1004 m a striking lookout high above Glen Dee.	Glen Dee Our next stop for the night on the banks of the upper Dee.

Ben Macdui This is the route from the Dee valley up to Ben Macdui, with 1309 m the second-highest mountain not only in the area but of Scotland and Great Britain.	Summit This doesn't look like the summit of a high mountain, but it is.

From Ben Macdui

The plateaus are a sea of stones.

Glen Dee

The view during the ascent on Ben Macdui from the "edge" of the wide summit plateau. To the left is Carn a' Mhaim (1037 m), in the middle Devil's Point (1004 m), and the point on the extreme upper right reaches 1213 m.

Glen Dee

Rocks A wall of weathered granite.	Lake Loch Etchachan at 927 m above the Hutchinson Memorial Hut and the northeastern flank of Ben Macdui.

Loch Etchachan

Seen during our descent from Ben Macdui. The valley in the background leads to Loch Avon.

Loch Etchachan

Loch Avon

Bigger but lower at 725 m this lake is also know as Loch A'an and gives birth to the river Avon.

Shelterstone Crag

Two pictures of the same rock, harboring some good climbing routes.

Loch Avon

From its northeastern end and close to the outflow of river Avon.

Loch Avon

Scots Pine The Cairngorms NP still contains some beautiful old trees such as these in the Glen Derry.	Forest Scattered trees in the Glen Lui.

Bridge

The way as we arrived and as we left, two photographs of a bridge across Lui Water not only on different days but the left in the afternoon and the right in the morning.