Missed the Stuc yesterday for the first time in 5 years, too many away days coming up. Looking at the reports missed another cracker, See the SHR Site for report & pics.
Plan for today's run was to go up Ben Vorlich. Good run up through Glen Loin to Corriegrogan walking the steep parts and running the rest and then on up the road towards the Sloy Dam.
Turning off the road at the man made culvert just past the main path avoids the lower boggy slopes and keeps the feet dry until the way down at least. The initial climb is a hard slog straight up beside a stream until rocky clffs reached. A quick traverse across to the right picks up the path which takes you on a maze like climb through crags into the heart of the mountain. Large slabs of rock appearing out of the clouds and big drops disappearing back in as well - couldn't see too much, so no panic here!
The slope eases the nearer to the top you get and the path eventually disappeared so turned up hill and found the trig point. Spent a few minutes on top in near silence with visibility down to about 30 yards.
Retraced steps to pick up the same path as on the way up. The day was mainly overcast with a light breeze on the top. Sun came out coming back through Glen Loin.
Met no-one on the way up and only a few people on the way down, Vorlich tends to be less busy than the other Arrochar Alps. Being up there early helps as well.
No comments:
Post a Comment