My first walk report. I'm sure we're not the first but I couldn't find any similar write ups so here's hoping this inspires someone to try a somewhat different and very rewarding route to this summit.

We launched the boats from the beach by the yacht club. We hit the water right on low tide so there wasn't any current to pull us along and the outwards paddle was smooth and glassy with some beautiful mountain reflections and the sun just rising over the hills behind us.

Arriving on the other side we donned our boots and headed off up the hill. The first part was road then track and very easy going. We were also able to get a good view of our proposed descent line and spotted the handy footbridge for the return to the track.

Shortly before the track ends we headed off up the hill to the right. There's no path but the vegetation isn't too thick and it's a fairly straight forward slog to reach the ridge. We surprised a few red deer and a group of ptarmigan. One fence to climb over.

Once we gained the ridge there were fantastic views to the North and West and also a pretty icy wind that kept us moving. It was very easy going underfoot with minimal vegetation, and the summit caught us by surprise as we thought we still had much further to go.

Downwards, we carried on along the ridge to make a great circular walk. The ground on this side felt less trodden and the descent, while never especially challenging was quite slippy. We followed the ridge to keep the last of the sunshine, then turned down opposite where we'd come up, finding a way through lumpy ground and small streams. Reaching the glen a path developed and took us very handily over a stream and then into rough fields where it led straight to the footbridge.

Feet back on a nice dry track it was then an easy retrace of our steps back to the boats and a return paddle. We had a rising tide this time which swept us happily back up the loch with much less paddling than on the way out. (Of note, do check the tide times as it makes a much longer and harder paddle if you have to fight against the current!)