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This wasn't quite the walkhighlands route as we decided to take the bikes. We parked up at the parking area mentioned on this site, then set off on the bikes down Glen Locky, a fairly easy cycle for anyone wishing to do the same. After about 6km on the bikes we locked them up against a fence just after Betavaime at the point where the main track is left and starts to climb. Rather than climb Sron nan Eun from the top of the this track, we turned left following the upper track for just under 1k. Here we left it to climb the steep slopes of Sron nan Eun, missing the crags to the eastern side. There is no marker cairn indicating where to leave the track and no path either, not until you get onto Sron nan Eun ridge where the path takes you to Creag Mhor summit. We left Creag Mhor in a nne direction to avoid the crags then turning nnw crossing the valley below to climb up Stob an Fhir-Bhogha and onto Beinn Heasgarnich, there is a path once you start to climb Stob an Fhir-Bhogha all the way to Beinn Heasgarnich. From Beinn Heasgarnich we headed back the way we came to the halfway point of Beinn Heasgarnich and Sron nan Eun, leaving the path to drop down to the 909m point and down its ridge, back to the track and the bikes. All that was left to do now was cycle back to the start.Beware of the bull though just before the last fence. When i cycled through it was lying down and i just thought it was a fat cow but by the time the rest of them came through it was on its feet.
The weather was good to us as the Killin forecast was heavy rain showers in the afternoon and all we got was a light 5mins shower, though as we did the walk looking over to the Bridge of Orchy hills, Ben Challun and Breadalbane it was pouring down. Our guardian angel was looking after us today
- The car park
- The track & Ben Challum
- Alan & Mo
- Climbing Sron nan Eun
- Mo almost there
- Kim & Alan getting there
- The view down Glen Lochy
- On flat ground at last
- Creag Mhor
- The path upto Creag Mhor
- The view down the ridge
- Beinn Heasgarnich
- The view south west
- Ben Challum & the Tyndrum hills
- The summit
- The route from Creag Mhor to Beinn Heasgarnich
- The craggy slopes of Creag Mhor
- Towards Glen Lyon
- Alan plodding on
- The path to Beinn Heasgarnich
- Creag Mhor
- Easy going now
- Having a break on the summit
- The summit photo took by a fellow walkhighlands user