Last week-end saw me take in one of the Crianlarich Munros, Cruach Ardrain. This was a day-breaker walk starting at 5am because I was concerned that the weather would deteriorate in the afternoon. Starting from the hotel, I picked up good forest tracks until I entered the forest. Thereafter I endured very marshy terrain until I found a stile out of the forest into the field-like open hillside. Turning left I headed up the broad ridge until I came to the bealach. The final stretch was very steep but I gained the summit at 8.15am. The visibility was very good but no sunshine. My descent route was pretty much the reverse of the ascent. I finished at 11am and was exhausted; this was one of the hardest walks I've ever done. To be honest, while it was nice to do something different, Cruach Ardrain isn't a walk which I'd be in a hurry to do again. It wouldn't fall into memorable epic walks IMHO. In the afternoon, the rain stayed of until 5pm so I got the tarbet ferry across loch lomond.
Mountains around Tyndrum:
Ben Lui:
Ben Lui:
Coming off the ridge:
View back along the ridge:
View from the summit:
Beinn Tulaichen:
Ben Lui, Ben Oss - what are those peaks to the left?
Ben More and Stob Binnein from Cruach Ardrain:
Arklet waterfalls:
Cruach Tairbiert:
Ben Lomond from Tarbet:
