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Not the most exciting hills but good views so I'm glad I got good weather. GPS showed the car was already around 410m so that's the hard part done
14 miles on single track, had to open a large gate on the road to the dam, got parked & set off about 10:40. Sign at the start of the track to Meall Buidhe:
Followed the track round and started up from the cairn. Met a couple later who went directly up & had a miserable time in the bog.
Straightforward grassy/muddy ascent with views back down to Loch an Daimh:
Mud:
Further up, headed for a bealach and the top on the left starts the ridge round to Meall Buidhe:
Cairn:
Great views all round here, Rannoch Moor to Glen Coe:
Met a few others who had been up Stuchd an Lochain before, it's not as wet but was steep at the start. Had a look across the loch:
Great having a car at halfway point, stocked up with more water & headed round on the road. There's a locked gate before the dam, climbed over and walked to cairn at start of path:
Path started off heading west, then straight up. Bit of mud at the start and there was a stream running down the path - scree & muddy grass but not too bad. View down:
Got to the ridge & metal fence posts, looking down Glen Lyon:
Then west again to a top at 888m and from there a couple of kms round to the summit:
Bit windy here & was getting briefly battered by hailstones, top:
End of the rainbow:
Cairn and some views from the top:
Glen Coe hills again, good view of the Buachaille:
Then back along the path, a cairn marks the beginning of the descent back down to the loch:
Nobody else doing the 2 hills today and I was the only car left when I got back. Group of highland cattle had decided to chill out on the single track road, so I drove very slowly past them
Passed a sign in Killin, think there's no through road after 8pm for resurfacing? and Crianlarich-Tarbet closed 10-6 for same reason (loads of unmarked ramps on loch road).
