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Ben Vorlich (Loch Lomond)

Ben Vorlich (Loch Lomond)


Postby StevieC » Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:52 pm

Route description: Ben Vorlich via Loch Sloy

Munros included on this walk: Ben Vorlich (Loch Lomond)

Date walked: 23/09/2012

Time taken: 5 hours

Distance: 14.7 km

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Ben Vorlich from Inveruglas.

Lazy Sunday or hill? Hill it was. Easy walk in, initially along the A82 and then through a gate, under the railway and up a well built road that eventually gives great views of the hills that can be attacked from here. A'Chrois on the left, Ben Vane straight ahead and Ben Vorlich on the right (and unfortunately a lot of electricity generating paraphernalia everywhere).

Head for Loch Sloy dam and about 1km before you reach it look out for a small cairn - it's just north of the 4th pylon back from the dam. This is the start of the path up Ben Vorlich - it takes you almost the whole way up and is pretty easy going most of the way.

At the top there are two "summit" markers. The trig point is not the true summit - there is a cairn a few hundred metres north of it that marks the true summit. God knows what the views are like from the summit - visibility was only a hundred metres or so.

Went back the same way I had come - seems like the only sensible option.

Loch Sloy from Ben Vorlich.jpg
Loch Sloy from the slopes of Ben Vorlich


Ben Vane from Ben Vorlich.jpg
Ben Vane just visible as the cloud base is reached


Ben Vorlich Summit.jpg
The "view" from the summit


Ben Vane.jpg
Looking back at Ben Vane on the way back to the car
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