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Ben Vorlich

Ben Vorlich


Postby Johnoneill1916 » Sun Jul 06, 2014 5:10 pm

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

Date walked: 06/07/2014

Time taken: 4.05 hours

Distance: 16 km

Ascent: 943m

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Fraoch's second Munro and still not managed to acquire any volunteers/victims. Set off from the car park at Inveruglas and headed past Sloy Hydro and up the access road past the substation towards the dam. Turned right at the small cairn to mark the path. Steep going from this point on until near the summit where it ridges out. Far more gentler near the top making it an easy stroll to the trig point and past this to the summit. Good day for a walk with only a couple of drizzly showers and about 30 seconds of hail. Visibility was largely good but there was times when the cloud level fell. Only met 1 person coming down the hill and 1 coming up, thought this was a little unusual considering it was such a good day. :crazy:

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At the Trig Point

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Wee pose at the top

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At the summit

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Wee pose on the way down

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Fraoch and Loch Sloy
Last edited by Johnoneill1916 on Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Ben Vorlich

Postby simon-b » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:26 pm

It looks like a nice hill, John. I'm thinking of climbing this one next month.
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Re: Ben Vorlich

Postby Johnoneill1916 » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:33 pm

Its a nice straight forward one to tick off your list 8) Theres a few decent ones around Arrochar and Loch lomond :D
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