Walking Ben Lawers, Rannoch and Atholl

Ronald Turnbull enjoys multi-day treks, through the Highlands in particular, and has made 21 different coast-to-coast crossings of the UK. He has also slept out, in bivvy bag rather than tent, on over 80 UK summits. He writes regularly for Lakeland Walker, TGO magazine and UKhillwalking.com and has written many other Cicerone guides, including Walking in the Lowther Hills, The Book of the Bivvy and Not the West Highland Way. He has seven times won Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild Awards for Excellence for his guidebooks, outdoor books (including Book of the Bivvy) and magazine articles.

Map key

Introduction

Jolly green giants

Trees, please!

When to go

Safety in the mountains

Maps

Compass and GPS

Using this guide

PART 1: Comrie and Crieff

1 Meal na Fearna to Ben Vorlich

2 Beinn Dearg

3 Water of Ruchill

4 Comrie: Deil's Caldron

5 Glen Tarken tracks

6 Ben Chonzie and Auchnafree Hill

7 Crieff, its Knock, and River Earn

8 Glen Almond and the Lochan Slot

PART 2: Killin and Glen Lochay

9 Looking at Loch Tay: Meall Clachach

10 Cam Chreag and Ben Challum

11 Beinn nan Imirean, Meall Glas

12 The Tarmachans

Summit summary: Ben Lawers

13 Edramucky Burn

14 Up and down from the Lairig road

15 Lawers Four from Lawers village

16 The Cat's Bowl (descent)

17 Down via Beinn Ghlas to Lawers village (descent)

18 Glen Lyon: Da-Eig Circuit

PART 3: Glen Lyon

19 Carn Mairg from Fortingall

20 Back of Schiehallion


21 The Black Crag of Glen Lyon

22 Beinn Dearg and the Mairgs

23 Meall Ghaordaidh from Glen Lyon

24 Around Loch an Daimh

25 Beinn Heasgarnich and Creag Mhor

PART 4: Bridge of Orchy

Summit summary: Beinn Dorain

26 Beinn a' Chaisteal and Beinn nam Fuaran

27 Beinn Mhanach, the Monk

28 Dorain and Dothaidh from the back

29 Bridge of Orchy to Beinn Dorain, Beinn an Dothaidh

30 Beinn Mhanach long crossing

31 Rannoch Edge: Chreachain and Achaladair

32 Beinn an Dothaidh from Achallader

33 The Lyon side: Chreachain, Achaladair, Mhanach

PART 5: Perth and Dunkeld

34 Perth and Kinnoull Hill

35 Dunkeld, Birnam Hill and the Tay

36 Tracks to Loch Skiach

37 Craig Lochie

PART 6: Aberfeldy

38 Farragon Hill from Strathtay

39 Aberfeldy: Rob and Rabbie

40 Aberfeldy and the Tay

41 Kenmore and the Tay

42 Falls of Acharn

43 Falls of Acharn to Creag an Sgliata

44 Creagan na Beinne and Ardtalnaig

45 Creag Uchdag

PART 7: Tummel and Loch Rannoch

46 Schiehallion end to end

47 Schiehallion Foot: Limestone and McGregor's Cave

48 Craig Varr and Kinloch Rannoch

49 Beinn a' Chuallaich

50 Black Wood of Rannoch

Summit summary: Ben Alder

51 Walk in to Benalder Cottage

52 Ben Alder from Benalder Cottage

53 Benalder Cottage to Culra Bothy via Beinn Bheoil

54 Benalder Cottage to Culra Bothy via Bealach Beithe (and in reverse)

55 Walk/ride in to Culra Bothy

56 Long Leachas from Culra Bothy

57 Short Leachas from Culra Bothy

58 Ben Alder to Bealach Breabag (descent)

PART 8: Rannoch Moor

59 The Road to the Isles

60 Two Munros and Beinn Pharlagain

61 Meall Buidhe and Cam Chreag

62 Tracks to the Foxes Bog

63 Leagag

PART 9: Pitlochry and Blair Atholl

64 Pitlochry and its loch

65 Ben Vrackie and River Garry

66 Blair Castle to Glen Tilt

67 Glen Tilt and Carn a' Chlamain

68 Old Bridge of Tilt to Dearg, Mheadhonach

69 Bruar Falls and Glen Banvie

70 Bruar Falls and Blair

Summit summary: Beinn a' Ghlo

71 Around Beinn a' Ghlo (with optional ascent of Ben Vuirich)

72 Beinn a' Ghlo from Loch Moraig

73 Carn nan Gabhar north ridge to Glen Tilt (descent)

74 Glen Tilt to Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain by Carn Torcaidh

PART 10: Drumochter

The Atholl Passes

75 Glen Tilt

76 Minigaig Pass to Glen Feshie

77 Minigaig Pass the ancient way

78 Gaick Pass

79 A' Bhuidheanach Bheag by the Crooked Corrie

80 Udlamains and the Sow

Appendix A Route summary table

Appendix B Access (especially in the stalking season)

Appendix C Shops, accommodation and transport