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    • 2012 >
      • Strath Nethy Bridge.
      • Culvert removal.
      • Dulnain Bridge riverside path repairs.
      • Carn Ban Mor.
      • North Corries Rim.
      • Nethy Bridge, walkway and bridge.
      • Meall Dubh, Kinloch Rannoch.
    • 2013 >
      • Creag Bheag; >
        • Creag Bheag North side mountain path.
        • Creag Bheag golf course circular.
      • Sron na Lairige; >
        • Remote Accomodation System, (RAS).
        • Full build path.
        • Light touch work.
      • Lairig an Laoigh; >
        • Light touch, experimental work.
        • Full build contract. Pt1 2013
      • RSPB bog reclamation work.
    • 2014 >
      • ACE Bridge.
      • Coire na Ciste, Cairngorms
      • Northern Corries Rim, Cairn Lochan 2014
      • March burn, Cairngorms
      • Corrie Domhain, Cairngorms
      • Lairig an Laoigh pt2, 2014
      • Chalamain Gap/Lairig Ghru Junction
    • 2015 >
      • FCS Glen Affric
      • Chalamain gap.
      • Dubh Loch
      • Ben A'an
      • Ben Nevis
    • 2016 >
      • FCS Loch Ness
      • Mayar
      • Ben Ledi
    • 2017 >
      • The Snub, Glen Clova
      • Beinn A'Ghlo (return path)
      • Croagh Patrick Survey (Ireland)
      • Ben Nevis
      • Cairn Liath, CNP 1 >
        • year 1.
    • 2018 >
      • Ben Vorlich, Loch Sloy
      • Ben Narnain
      • Cairn Liath 2
      • Ben Lui. Loch Lomond Trossachs NP
      • Ben More 1
    • 2019 >
      • Ben More 2
      • Bruntscar YDNP
      • Cairn Liath 3
    • 2020 >
      • Ben Venue. Loch Lomond Trossachs NP
      • Ben More 3
      • Cairn Liath, Fen path
    • 2021 >
      • Coire na Ciste
      • JMT Quinaig
      • OATS Fairy Pools
    • 2022 >
      • OATS Bridge of Dee to Braemar
      • Old Man of Storr. Isle of Skye
    • 2023 >
      • Quiraing. Isle of Skye
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The site at Sron na Lairige can be divided into 3 main topological areas. The lowest section is through a heavily vegetated and poorly drained area. The available stone was generally of a poor quality and very unweathered.
In the second area, the path went straight through a deep peat scar, the erosion through here was very extensive, with a scar of up to 30m wide. Stone was scarce and drainage was a huge problem.
The area at the top end of the site was marked by extensive boulder fields with wide areas of path braids in between. Vegetation was much thinner here and the soils more typical of the Cairngorm tops. Good quality stone was readily available, but care had to be taken of where the many drainage features were sited to ensure that the surface water was shed away from the path effectively.
Each of these different areas presented their own problems which required differing solutions, but the one thing they all required was extensive and clever landscaping to help this popular access route to Braeriach recover.

Construction phase photos.


The finished path.

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