A pleasant short hillwalk with great views of Loch Lubnaig, the Trossachs and the mountains to the north.
Straightforward hillwalking on open ground, some boggy areas. Livestock so dogs to be under tight control.
None to start.
Ballimore at road end south of Balquhidder.
Land to north-east of ridge: Forestry and Land Scotland. No stalking issues.
Take the minor road south of Balquhidder over Stronvar Bridge until Ballimore at the end of the public road is reached (if walking from Balquhidder this adds around 4 kilometres to the distance). Here there is limited parking for 5 or 6 cars. From here walk over the old stone bridge, onto land belonging to Immeroin Farm, and then immediately up the steep bank on the right to follow a faint path southwest across the field crossing a dip and a small stream. Head for the farm gate in the wall ahead. The gate has a sign for the path to Brig O'Turk and should be climbed before continuing on the rough path ahead.
Almost immediately after the gate, the path splits - take the left hand branch to head uphill keeping just to the right of the fence. Keep following the fence (after the higher gate there is a grassy ATV track just a short way to the right, otherwise just continue directly uphill alongside a small burn for a while.
As height is gained the views back down the glen improve and soon the faint grassy ATV track can be picked up. This winds its way just east of the main ridge for a short while before heading over lumpy ground to Lianach to pick up the broad ridge. Loch Lubnaig can be seen ahead to the east.
The climb is gentle and straightforward on short grass with a few boggy patches that are easily by-passed. Keep to the left hand side of the fence that runs along the wide ridge for a time, until a stile at the corner of the fence is reached.
After the stile the route aims SE ahead up steeper ground on a vague path. Most of the length of Loch Lubnaig can be seen down on the left and now the peak of Ben Ledi comes into view ahead (Benvane can also be combined with an ascent of Ben Ledi by following the ridge). Soon the summit cairn is reached with great views in all directions.
The descent is by re-tracing the outward route back to Ballimore.
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