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Participants: Joe
Weather: Sunny with odd cloud, little wind.
Route: West Highland Way, open hill, faint path.
Wildlife: Single red deer near Tyndrum.
Special Interest: old mine working two thirds way up hillside with bings of reject rock.
Parked the car at tourist information centre car park in village of Tyndrum. Walked over the the bridge and joined the West Highland Way till it went over the railway line.
- The bridge over the railway, with Odhar behind.
Through a gate and left into a field. Across the burn and
straight up the slope beside the forest. From here did a rising traverse aiming for the northern end of the steep slope near the top.
- the view from above the forest, doing traverse up the slope.
There is a break in it and it allows you to get up onto the ridge without a really steep climb. From there it was an easy walk round the top of the corrie climbing ever more steeply to reach a lochan, following what must be boundary markers. Just double wooden stobs in the ground, quite low down.
- The hill looks very different from the ridge
From the lochan it is the final climb up to the top. Easy this side as no scree. At the top, the views are fantastic all round.
- View over to Loch Lyon climbing up to lochan
- Lochan Choire Dhuibh with Ben More and Stob Binnein in distance
- Glen Orchy and Beinn Dorain
After lunch, sitting sheltered, enjoying the sun, watched a military transport fly past, below me. This was the signal to get going again. Walked down the hill aiming for Tyndrum and working my way down where there is no scree. Reached another lochan. Continued on down to a bare rock face and went left towards the old mine workings. After a nosy round, headed back down to West Highland Way, over the bridge and back to car.
- Military stuff flying low
- remains of the mine
- Almost down and got buzzed by Hawk jet, then this helicopter passed by.
What a fantastic day for a walk. So glad I decided to go out, Isabel in Edinburgh.