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I've been wanting to do this as a winter walk for some time, and while the weather wasn't as good as promised (no, really), it was still pretty decent. I parked at the top of Glen Artney beside the no parking sign and was on the off just after 10:00. The first 2.5 miles of the walk are a straightforward amble up a well maintained estate track and then, because the GPX file stolen from
Malky's report told me to, I turned left and plodded straight up to the top of Stob Chalum Mhic Griogair. From there it was a pretty straightforward walk to Meall na Fearna, while doing my best not to scare the two billion deer along the way.
From Meall na Fearna I had thought about taking the South East ridge up Vorlich and then coming off the Bealach between it an Stuc a' Chroin, but it was later than hoped and my knee was starting to play up slightly, so I picked a route following the wide ridge directly south, and down into Gleann an Dubh Choirein. A very straightforward descent, although I suspect in anything but frozen winter conditions it could be very boggy, in fact, most of walk could be a bit on the squelchy side I suspect. By the time I got to the bottom of the Glen my knee was absolutely screaming and so the last couple of miles were slow going, despite the easy terrain along the estate track. I got back to the car about 16:00 and despite the knee not wanting me to change gear very often, I was home about twenty minutes later.
That's all there is, there isn't any more. Not a walk that's going to be seen on the red carpet at the national annual walk awards, but very pleasant none the less. I would recommend this route, not least because despite Malky's description of an approach from the dark side, it's actually an approach from the light side, what with being South facing.
