Cateran Trail - Ben Gulabin Traditional Cache
Cateran Trail - Ben Gulabin
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Cache is a a Small 400ml Screw Top container, Park at the Spittal Of Glenshee Hotel N56 48.711 W003 27.470 , or N56 49.539 W003 27.152 Roadside gate on the A93 a mile north of Spittal of Glenshee. Roadside parking. Please don't block gate There are fences and gates to negotiate. Only one way to do this one, straight up! Cache is at 2514 Feet(GPS Feet)
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Ben Gulabin is situated just of the the Cateran Trail, it is the highest feature on the Trail. Ben Gulabin is The Mountain that the Celtic Warrior Diarmid Killed a Giant Boar.
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Ensure you have enough food plus emergency rations
Carry a map & compass, survival bag, torch, whistle and small first aid kit. And know how to use them.
In severe winter conditions you must carry an ice axe. You are also recommended to carry crampons.
Learn how to use your equipment, and remember cold temperatures will reduce the life of you batteries.
Leave a copy of your route with a responsible Person, or leave details at the Hotel
Ben Gulabin (2645 feet)is a Corbett, the name given to the distinct list of mountains in Scotland which are between 2500 ft / 762m and 3000 ft / 914m. They get their name from John Corbett, a member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club between the world wars. Ben Gulabin translated is Hill of the Whimbrel (or Beak)
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On both sides of Glen Taitneach you can find, if you look carefully; Encalypta vulgaris, Grimmia donniana, Orthotrichum rupestre, Anoectangium aestivum, Grimmia torquata, Leiocolea bantriensis, Antitrichia curtipendula, Distichium capillaceum, Grimmia curvata, G. donniana, G. hartmanii, Scapania aequiloba, S. scandica, Amblyodon dealbatus, Meesia uliginosa, Dicranum scottianum, Isopterygiopsis pulchella, Kiaeria blyttii, Orthothecium intricatum, O. rufescens, Plagiothecium denticulatum var. obtusifolium, Pterigynandrum filiforme, Schistidium strictum, S. trichodon, Gymnomitrion concinnatum, G. obtusum, Lophozia incise, L. sudetica, Leiocolea alpestris, Oncophorus wahlenbergii, and Conostomum tetragonum. Information from the British Bryological Society
There are also a lot of Lateral Moraines either side of the Glen
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