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Ben Vorlich With Alt Return

Ben Vorlich With Alt Return


Postby Alastair S » Wed May 04, 2011 4:43 pm

Route description: Ben Vorlich via Loch Sloy

Munros included on this walk: Ben Vorlich (Loch Lomond)

Date walked: 23/04/2011

Time taken: 5.6 hours

Distance: 13.2 km

Ascent: 1036m

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Just a quick report from a couple of weeks ago. This was a Granite City Hillwalkers meet staying at the Ochils Mountaineering Club cottage in Crianlarich. While the weather leading up to this weekend was glorious it had decided to break on the Friday. Saturday morning dawned wet and cloudy. So the planned walk to bag all three of the Arrochar Alp Munro was shelved in favour of just doing Ben Vorlich. With the forecast for the weather to improve latter in the day three of us got under way dead on 10am (from free car park!). Not too much to report - took the standard way up. Disappeared into the cloud around 700m. By way of variation we decided to go back via the southern top. This way gives great views over Loch Lomond - unfortunately we were just in the base of the cloud for the best view. There is a path along the top and for a bit on the way down but it soon peters out. This descent was pretty tricky and if I'd have been going up would have had second thoughts out taking this way. In hindsight we would have been better heading further SW (rather than SSW) towards the transmitter at NN 315102 and then take the track back to the road.

Loch Sloy Dam
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Admiring The View
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Last View Before The Cloud
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Loch Lomond From Ben Vorlich - from the southern slopes of Ben Vorlich
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Ben Vorlich Descent - it was steep!
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Power Line - break in the forest for all the power lines from the Sloy power station.
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Re: Ben Vorlich With Alt Return

Postby rockhopper » Thu May 05, 2011 12:43 pm

Looks like you managed to get out of the cloud long enough to get some nice photos Alastair :D would agree with you on how steep it is 8)
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Re: Ben Vorlich With Alt Return

Postby ChrisW » Thu May 05, 2011 9:38 pm

cloud or no there are some cracking pics there Alastair, I love the 'last view before the cloud' shot and you have reallly captured the slope on the steep descent - brilliant :D
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