Dumgoyne and the Earls Seat

Short run this morning, 7 miles with 2500' of ascent. We started beside the Glengoyne Distillery, running up through the fields to the steep climb up Dumgoyne Hill. Over the back and a nice scree run on the way down.

View of Dumgoyne from the back, next time we'll try to access the main scree chute rather than the smaller one that starts half way down.

After Dumgoyne its an undulating run up into the clouds to the cairn at the top of Garloch Hill. Past the cairn the path runs through a series of short ups and downs all the way to the Earls Seat. A short stop at the trig point and then we turn for home, easy running back along the undualting ridge then a fast grassy descent back to the finish.

View towards Loch Lomond from Garloch Hill.
A nice short run, we were 65 minutes out and 30 minutes back, that includes 26 minutes to the top of Dumgoyne, would go quicker on fresh legs.