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Nine of us left the Vale for Loch Awe. Parking at Falls of Cruachan rail station we started out, up under the rail line, through trees, over a deer fence via a style, or through the ‘dog flap’ - a hard pull. Onwards up to Dam wall, climbed up steel ladder to Dam top. Walked across the Dam top for effect, and then stopped for a break.
Jim Milner Gary and I were taking in the both hill while the rest were just doing Stob Diamh so we parted company here and we headed up above Stob Garbh
- summit of Stobh Garbh looking towards Stobh Diamh
- Gary Jim and me heading for Stob Diamh.
then on to Diamh the views over to Cruachan were tremendous.
- me at Stobh diamh with Ben Cruachan in the distance.
The walk along to Cruachan was up my street with plenty of scrambling.
- Jim and Gary with Loch etive behind.
- looking down from the ridge to the dam and Loch Awe
We had great views up Glen Etive to Ben Starav. We stopped for a short break at the top of the very rocky summit of Ben Cruachan. With the rest of the group only doing one top we did not hang around and headed down by the time we got back to the dam I was suffering trying to keep up with the ours and my knees were ready to give up. But I did arrive back at the cars only 5 minutes behind the others.
- very roch on the decent from Cruachan.