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Thinking of heading to Glencoe at the weekend, forecast is dry for a few days and light winds. Are midges likely to be an issue on Aonach Dubh?

In reply to Martin Haworth:

We went up that way a couple years ago, fully tooled up for the midge war. Head nets, repellant, all the kit. 

The horseflies ate us. 

In reply to Longsufferingropeholder:

Forgot to add that a tick bit onto my pack while we were climbing. Must've thought the sweaty back padding was a good meal.  

In reply to Martin Haworth:

Given that it's going to get colder I doubt it.

A bottle of repellent doesn't weigh much though.

In reply to Martin Haworth:

I live in Ballachulish and the nasty wave of midges is definitely over. They're still around but with some Smidge for both and a headnet for the belayer you'll be fine...  Climb fast!

Tim 

In reply to Martin Haworth:Thank you for the responses. Decided to head to the Lakes instead.

In reply to Martin Haworth:

They were still out in the Cairngorms last week