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Bog Trotters up in arms over good paths on NevisTuesday, 30 September 2008
Who are these mountaineers? posted by Westcoast Mountainguides @ 18:12 
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Carry 14lbs of gravel with them??? The man is clearly mad or has never carried a winter pack up to the CIC hut. Where do journalists find these nutcases? If there is a problem with walkers going the wrong way from the lochan then surely there is a case for a small, discreet signpost at this junction? The only people who go up the tourist path are, err, tourists, and a signpost would not offend them in the way it might offend the more traditional climber or walker. Alexander Hofmann
Thanks Alexander, Maybe we can employ him as a porter for folk approaching a week in the newly refurbished CIC Hut:-)
Certainly, whilst I would hope that most folk could use a map and compass this is clearly never going to be the case with the majority who climb the 'Mountain Path' as the Tourist Route is now called. A good sign at key points on the path is a sensible idea, I think.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I have used this path down to the Half Way Lochan on several occasions now, after being tempted that way in the dark the first time I used it. To find that the path ends at the Lochan was something of a dissappointment the time.
Climbers have for many years used this route, even before the path was improved but it is now obvious that the stretch between the Lochan and The deer fence crossing of the "Allt" is becoming increasingly eroded, as more folks are tempted this way.
To contain the situation one solution may be to create an improved path down to the Allt A Mhuilinn, perhaps using the flagstone approach being used successfully in sensitive, peat areas of the Peak District, and to create a safe crossing of the burn by the deer fence. Expensive I know, but it would help to contain the erosion that is occuring in this sensitive area?
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