Tyndrum hills traverse

[SteadyAway]

As far as I can tell, Summer 2024 in Tyndrum was 30th and 31st July . I had arrived on the evening of the 30th, just in time to enjoy it and I took my chance to traverse the 4 hills of the Ben Lui group on the 31st.
I got a lift to the Forestry Commission car park in Glen Lochy with the aim of a one way traverse over the hills to Dalrigh.

Ben Lui (left) and Beinn a' Chleibh (right) viewed from the start of the walk:

Across the river and then under the railway line:

The route up through the woods is partly path/track but mostly follows alongside burns and is pretty boggy:

Start of path

"Steady" rope not needed today

Short section on track

Burnside route

A bit boggy

At the top of the woods a gate leads out to open ground and I headed straight across to climb the coire wall to the Bealach:

Fionn Choirein

Bealach

Broad ridge of Beinn a Chleibh

Summit Beinn a Chleibh with Ben Cruachan group and Loch Awe back left

Now head back down to the bealach and up the south west face of Ben Lui. Admittedly not it's finest aspect but I would have plenty of chance to take in those better views later as I progressed to the Glen Cornish side.

View from slopes of Beinn a Chleibh across to Ben Lui

Back across to Beinn a Chleibh from Ben Lui

Ben Lui summit

...... obligatory summit evidence

My remaining targets of Ben Oss and Beinn Dubcraigh, funny how they look so much easier when viewed from above:

Dubhchraig left and Oss right

Approach around top of Coire Laoigh

Ben Oss looks bigger from here than from the top of Ben Lui

Summit of Ben Oss with a good look at Ben Lui

Now on to Beinn Dubhchraig, it's on the way home anyway

Dubhchraig

Summit Dubhchraig

Last look back to Ben Oss and Ben Lui

Now all that's left is the walk down to Dalrigh, about 4 miles.
I found to this quite tough going, being boggy in some places and rough underfoot in others. It didn't seem to bother a runner who passed me lower down. Maybe I need to get out more

[campbellski]

I found the descent to Dalrigh pretty awful as well, not helped by the atrocious weather I'd had all day! Looks like you had a good one though.

[SteadyAway]

I found the descent to Dalrigh pretty awful as well, not helped by the atrocious weather I'd had all day! Looks like you had a good one though.

I had been in the area a few times this year and had waited for good conditions. I can imagine that atrocious weather you had made the descent even worse. From a distance I had thought that the descent looked pretty easy, so I guess in my mind I foolishly made it harder. Another lesson learnt