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      • Coire na Ciste, Cairngorms
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      • year 1.
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  • 2019
    • Ben More 2
    • Bruntscar YDNP
    • Cairn Liath 3
  • 2020
    • Ben Venue. Loch Lomond Trossachs NP
    • Ben More 3
    • Cairn Liath 4
    • Cairn Liath, Fen path
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Coire na Ciste, Cairngorms.


This project in the early spring of 2014 was to build a path using stone pitching techniques from the lower reaches of the hill above the car park, up to the area where the Cairngorms Outdoor Access Trust had been running a training site for the previous few years.
The existing trod on the lower sections was through an area of deep peat with very poor drainage, before it emerges onto the more open and exposed upper areas leading to the start of the training site.
The lower sections where particularly suffering from erosion due to an extra highly visible desire line that had been created by walkers following the most direct line back down to the car park. This needed to be removed and the area landscaped in in order for the new path to succeed. This was done by filling in the old scar with peat and vegetation we had saved from lower down and air lifting it to the top of the old path line, so removing the visual line which walkers had been following. With this in place and the top section realigned to guide people down the correct way, it won't be long till the damaged area completely recovers.
Picture
Coire na Ciste as seen from the car park.

Construction.

Stone picking site.
Heli pick up.
Dropping site.
Typical erosion on site.
Typical erosion on site.
Start of X-drain construction.
X-drain construction.
X-drain construction.
X-drain construction.
finished X-drain construction.
Stone pitching.
stone pitching. Sometimes its like a jigsaw.
stone pitching. Sometimes its like a jigsaw.
X-drain.
X-drain.
X-drain.
X-drain.
X-drain.
X-drain.
Cutting tray.
Prepping tray for aggregate.
Sometimes there is something in the way that needs moving.
And if it won't budge then it needs breaking!
Add a bit more force!
and some more!
And hey presto!
Finally out. Blood, sweat and tears!
Upper section. Re-aligning and blocking of old path line.
Upper section. Re-aligning and blocking of old path line.
Upper section. Re-aligning and blocking of old path line.
Upper section. Re-aligning and blocking of old path line.
Upper section. Re-aligning and blocking of old path line.
Above the clouds and looking down over Aviemore.

Finished path.

Picture
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