Strone Hill
Route: Strone Hill, Kilmun
Date walked: 31/07/2021
Time taken: 2.5 hours
Distance: 7.75km
Great little hill found in Killin.
Was looking for hills to do around the Argyll and Bute area as I’m down in Dunoon a lot for my partners family. Came across Strone Hill when looking at a map of various hills in the area.
The start of the walk was pretty nice with a decent path. Once you reach the forestry path when you take a sharp left turn up it’s a very narrow path but still very manageable.
Then you get hit with a steep section which is a little killer to say the least. From there it’s pretty much a very mild climb to the top with some bits that flatten out.
Overall the walk was good and on the way down it was a matter of flying down the hill, took us no time to reach the bottom. No issues with midges surprisingly.
You can even see Ben Lomond on a good visibility day in the distance. It was a great walk and was a great wee reminder to why I miss being in the hills. First hill in over 10 months, so plenty of practice is needed before I head of for my Munro bagging again.
Was looking for hills to do around the Argyll and Bute area as I’m down in Dunoon a lot for my partners family. Came across Strone Hill when looking at a map of various hills in the area.
The start of the walk was pretty nice with a decent path. Once you reach the forestry path when you take a sharp left turn up it’s a very narrow path but still very manageable.
Then you get hit with a steep section which is a little killer to say the least. From there it’s pretty much a very mild climb to the top with some bits that flatten out.
Overall the walk was good and on the way down it was a matter of flying down the hill, took us no time to reach the bottom. No issues with midges surprisingly.
You can even see Ben Lomond on a good visibility day in the distance. It was a great walk and was a great wee reminder to why I miss being in the hills. First hill in over 10 months, so plenty of practice is needed before I head of for my Munro bagging again.
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bparker7
- Activity: Mountain Walker
- Pub: My local
- Mountain: Sgor Gaoith
- Place: Glencoe
- Gear: 100% my walking sticks
- Member: Tutor in NNAS and Hill/Moorland Trained by Mountain Training Scotland. Waiting to do my ML
- Ideal day out: Ideal day out is a good challenge, not so much into ridge walking yet.
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- Distance: 7.75 km
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