4 down 3 to go...

Today (23rd August) I managed to get back out in to the highlands with Josh and tick another two Munros off the list. We chose Crianlarich as we had five Munros left to climb having done Ben More and Stob Binnien last year. We decided on Cruach Ardrain and Beinn Tulaichean and caught the 06:30 train.

Near the summit of Beinn Tulaichean...

It was 08:00 by the time we were on the land rover track and moving quick up through Coire Ardrain. From here we headed up the steep North East slopes of Grey Height and finally arrived on the top at 09:39. Once here we had a quick drinks break and headed off along the wide and snaking ridge towards Cruach Ardrain. Moving quickly again we eventually arrived at the summit of our first Munro shortly after 11:00. Once here the cloud began to lift revealing all the surrounding Munros and providing excellent visibility all around.

We left Cruach Ardrain shortly afterwards and headed down to the bealach between the two Munros and started heading up the easy slope towards the second Munro, Beinn Tulaichean. We made quick progress and reached the summit at 11:55.Two mountains before midday. We discussed maybe heading over and doing Beinn a' Chroin and An Caisteal but decided to save them for another day. At the summit we had some lunch before retracing our steps all the way back to Grey Height.

From here we followed an alternative path down the North slopes and after trampling through boggy forest we picked up the land rover track and made our way back to Crianlarich village.

So four of the seven Crianlarich hills down and three more to go.

Route profile...

Distance: 16.7km.
Height gain: 1,060 metres.
Munros  - 2, Cruach Ardrain and Beinn Tulaichean.
Time: 7.5 hours.