Although the normal route up is still technically closed, both the Ben A'An and Ben Venue car parks were full of cars with walkers heading up both routes.
Having not walked this one in a while, I'd forgotten how steep the first section of this was. The path had a lot of scree making it slightly slippy. Looking back, there were great views over Loch Achray and Duke's Pass in the background.
- View back towards Loch Achray
Soon the summit came into view as the path began to level out before the final steeper 'stepped' section towards the summit. Despite stopping regularly to take in the view/take photographs, we still reached the summit in just over an hour.
- Ben A'an
If I can put my 'moany' hat on for a second: the one downside to the great weather and short climb was how busy the summit was. I think being spoiled by being the only people at the summit of Ben Chonzie the day before made the business and noise of Ben A'An slightly different!
- Summit, lots of people!
This really must be one of the most rewarding walks in Scotland for so little climb.
- Lucky with the weather!
The descent to the car took less than an hour and all in was a cracking day out in the sun!
