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I did a little different combination - beinn narnain and the cobbler. i believe some guys would be able to do 3 of them (with beinn ime) but ... well, i'm a girl
we left arrochar car park early morning, enjoyed views over loch long, water still, beautiful reflections!
the ascent begins right after crossing the road and is quite steep at first. after passing the forest and leaving trees behind the views to ben lomond and loch long are spectacular! just before cruach nam miseag the path becomes thousand paths and it's hard to find the right one. anyway, most of them got up and so should you
cruach nam miseag is the first 'false top', there is going to be more... after climbing one you see there is another one.. and another one... then the final, real summit showes up and makes great impression. beautiful, rocky, required some (very easy) scrambling. i must say, the top is not what i expected, looking from the bottom i thought the summit is a narrow rock
i could't have been more mistaken -the summit is large, wide and grassy 'belly type'. great views to ben vane, beinn ime, the cobbler, loch long, ben lomond.
i went down the the glen and started climbing the cobbler, which was much easier than it looked like, maybe half an hour walk. from cobbler i went down along the ridge (not down to the glen) -it was long walk, boggy, lots of mud and water, path invisible at some points especially last descent to the weir. would recommend though
more pictures here:
http://around-scotland.blogspot.com/search/label/beinn%20narnain