Ben Lomond (974m) and Ben More (1174m) sit on opposite sides of this area which stretches from Loch Lomond to the western end of Loch Earn. There are two distinct sections, to the north and south of Glen Voil, with the remaining peaks sitting to the south of Loch Katrine. Access to the majority of the hills in this area is commonly from Crianlarich, Aberfoyle or Callander.
Deleted Munro Tops Project. First day of three in the Crianlarich/Killin area to revisit previous Munros or nearby summits and climb anew or revisit to confirm some Deleted Tops. Beinn a Chroin today. Parked on the A82. Crossed the railway line and headed south on the good track alongside the River Falloch. Cloud base down to 500-600m, where it remained for the three days. Made rapid progress up to Coire Earb as the track became thinner. A short pull SE leads to the nose of the north ridge of Beinn a Chroin. Reached here in around 75' at a 15' per km pace. Steeper ground with the track becoming intermittent at times. My first objective was the former Munro at 940m, the eastern summit of the chain of summits on the ridge. I left the track and worked on a bearing to the 940m summit, now fully in cloud and with light rain falling. Reached the small cairn on a plinth of bedrock. Checked the geolocator to confirm I was at the former Munro. All good. Left the summit on a bearing and then picked up the main track to the 'new' Munro at 942m, west long the ridge. Poor visibility throughout. Crossed the 941m spot-height and reached the Munro summit. Similar locator checks. Then on west to the Deleted Top at 938m, which has the best cairn of the three summits. Confirmed this as the Deleted Top grid reference (there is a further 938m point 200m to the SW - not visited). Returned to the Munro summit and then onwards via the clear track to below the old Munro. Re-ascended. Took some food here. 10Kms completed. 2nd 5kms took 2h 36m. Decided to follow the track now rather than the route of ascent and rapidly dropped height down the ridge to emerge below the cloud, still anchored at about 600m. Rain relented and enjoyed the easy kilometres back to the van. 17.55kms. 6h 21m total time. 1083m of ascent.
