Natalie Minnis - 193074

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Date : 02/09/2017

Duration : 8+ hours

Style : Leader / Supervisor

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Clear - sunny - good visibility

Wind : Moderate Wind

Camping Type : N/A

Nights Camping : 0

Mountains : Beinn Dubhchraig Ben Oss

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There were just six of us on this walk, which I organised through my Meetup group. This was a walk I hadn't done before. The new bridge across the Allt Gleann Auchreoch had just been completed two weeks earlier, and that's my excuse for missing the turn-off to the bridge initially, which added an extra 10 minutes to the walk.
We also took a wrong turn after the bridge, due to my misinterpretation of the guide, which meant that we had to tramp through the forest for a bit, but it didn't take us very far off course.
As the walk-in to these mountains is very long, and with limited daylight, I had to keep the pace fairly brisk initially, and we didn't stop for lunch until we were halfway up the ridge to Beinn Dubhchraig, at an altitude of about 850m. After that it was a fairly easy walk to the summit of Beinn Dubhchraig. Ben Oss loomed very steep up ahead, but everyone made it to the top. It was quite chilly at the summit. Unfortunately I fell flat on my face on the way down, maybe due to tiredness. I wasn't badly hurt and Voltarol helped. Apart from that it was a great day, and we got back to the car park before dusk.

Area : Inveraray to Crianlarich (Ben Lui)

From the Arrochar Alps to Ben Lui, this area is home to nine Munros. Half of the peaks in the area are within the boundaries of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, while the others lie to the west. The three summits of The Cobbler (884m) contain some of the best climbing in the Southern Highlands while Ben Lui in winter looks positively Alpine. Access is relatively straightforward from the A83, A82 or A85.

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