Arrochar Alps Sat 25th July

Sunny day with a nice breeze to keep the flying beasties at bay. Running with Jimmy, after his WHW success, a nice wee run to break him in gently, 12 miles, 2 munros and 5000 feet of ascent. A CW run to the disappearing river in Glen Loin, up Beinn Ime from behind then straight over Beinn Narnain via Bealach a Mhaim.



This was the 1st choice route for the day and with no audible objections we began the long slow jog up Glen Loin to the disappearing river. As we came out of the trees, just before the river, we climbed left up steep slopes into the valley between Vane and Ime. An amble along narrow tracks beside the river towards Lag Uaine until just past the gnarly ridge. Steep climb beside the ridge to pop up on a small col on the eastern side of Ime's two summits. A quick traverse along to the top for a wee break.

Ran off Beinn Ime at an easy pace down to the Beallach a Mhaim then straight across onto the twisting path up Beinn Narnain. Steady plod over a couple of false summits then hopefully the shortest route through the boulder field to the summit plateau.

Left the summit with a scramble through the spearhead for the 3000 feet in a couple of miles descent down the steep twisty path, a series of lumps, bumps and gullies, before the dreaded concrete block filled stream that used to be the Cobbler access path.

We came out onto the forrest road above the car park for an easy jog down via the jaccuzzi to clean the muck off. Days like this are meant for the mountains with views for miles, Ben Lui and beyond to the north, Arran and Ailsa Craig to the south. About 4 hrs 40.