This area covers the peaks to the north and east of Crianlarich. Glen Lyon forms the northern boundary while the road from Crianlarich to Aberfeldy is the southern boundary. The Ben Lawers group in the east of this area includes seven separate peaks, all Munros, which are part of an impressive 12km ridge line. The western side of this area is generally lower and not as steep but does still home some a number of Munros. All major peaks above 600m are included in the mountains list. The area to the north is Loch Rannoch to Glen Lyon.
I'd been planning this one for a while. I knew I'd need a lot of daylight hours, as it's a very long walk, but I was keen to do it when there was still snow and ice, as it's notoriously boggy. I posted it on my Meetup group, and six of us went, including a guest of mine, a young friend of the family, whom I've only walked with once before, but I had confidence in her abilities. She is from Switzerland, and is a keen climber. I had walked with all the others in the group. On the Meetup event page I described the walk as Very Hard, and said that microspikes and poles would be required as a minimum. The weather was much better than forecast, and we had a great day, although everyone agreed that it was a tough walk! There was one man on the walk who was very fit and a very fast walker. He kind of took the lead, though always waiting for the rest of us to catch up. There was only one point where he may have gone slightly off course, shortly after Sron Tairbh, where we should have continued up to Stob an Fhir-Bhogha, but instead we kind of traversed along the side of it. However we reached the summit of Beinn Heasgarnaich in good time. The descent from there is where the ground gets very wild, pathless and boggy, and this took a lot of time. We were relieved when we got back to the tarmacced road leading back down to Kenknock. The skies had clouded over quite dramatically from the summit, and we thought we were going to get drenched, but the weather remained good until 10 minutes before we reached our cars, when an almighty hailstorm broke over our heads. In those 10 minutes we were soaked through!
