Stuchd an Lochain


This Munro is only a few miles from Bridge of Balgie, near Killin. Its a popular Munro as the car park was completely full and I spotted well over 10 people heading up the hill. I had hoped to climb this with Meall Buidhe but I decided to leave this for another time. Just as well as I felt a bit waeker and slower than the last time out 3 weeks ago. The bottom slope of the hill were wet and muddy to be expected but this dried up as I neared 800m. From there the top of Lochian was easily spotted since the weather was clear. I got to the summit in 1 hour and 40mins and was able to get good views of Loch an Daimh and the dam.

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