Creag Gharbh
13 October 2007
The plan was to hill walk elsewhere but the weather forecast for the
weekend wasn't very good with low cloud and some rain so I settled for
some Graham bagging.
The start of this walk was the South Loch Tay Road around 1.5
kilometres from the village of Killin at the bridge over the Achmore
Burn. There are very few parking spaces at this location. I left
my car and walked along the tarred road, on the east side of the burn,
which climbed steadily through the forest. Eventually I cleared the
forest at a communication tower and the road continued along the edge
of the forest and onto the Scottish Hydro Electric dam at Lochan
Breaclaich.
At this point the tarred road ceased but a rough track continued and I
walked along it for just under two kilometres to a 'U' bend. From
here it was a relatively short climb over some rough terrain to the
summit cairn of Creag Gharbh.
It was rather windy on the summit so after taking a few photographs of
Loch Tay and the surrounding mountains, the tops of the higher ones
being cloud covered, I found some shelter for a bite to eat with views
of Loch Tay.
After my snack I took a more direct route back to Lochan Breaclaich
and re-traced my steps along the tarred road to the start of the day's
walk.
Time taken - 3 hours.
Distance - 12 kilometres.
Height climbed - 630 metres.
Photographs taken on walk can be viewed here:
http://www.caledoniahilltreks.com/gallery07/craig_gharbh_oct07/index.htm
Lindsay
www.caledoniahilltreks.com