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Participants: Joe
Weather: Sunny periods and very still to complete overcast and a bit drizzle.
Route: farm tracks, faint and worn paths, open hillside.
Wildlife: Roe deer.
Special Interest: No mobile signal till 2/3rds of way up Beinn.
Chose a route beyond highest fence as suggested and aimed just in front of top craigs. Bit boggy and there was a recent landslip to be navigated round lower down. But it is fairly easy to avoid the crags and near the top a footpath becomes obvious and the way to the top is just to follow it.
- Looking back to Inverlochlarig from slopes of Tulaichean.
Great views all around, especially over to Cruach Ardain, and from here it is very straight forward and a good path all the way.
- Cruach Ardain from Tulaichean top
- Ardain from start of climb from bealach
Met two guys from Paisley who came up the Crianlarich side and had started walking the same time as me.
- Looking over to Crianlarich and route they came up
Got very dull while we were at the top and after a blether, started back as I was getting cold.
- The Paisley two at the top where I left them.
Back down at the bealach there is a faint path going down the slope that follows the side of a burn lower down. Plenty of crags to avoid in this area so wouldn't choose to come up this way.
- Looking back up to Ardain, very rough
Eventually got down to the track after losing the 'path', then a walk back along the farm track to the bridge and car park accompanied by a little drizzle.