Easiest Munro

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OK Gang. I am just a beginer and don't like shere drop.

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OK Gang. I am just a beginer and don't like shere drop.

So what do you recomend as a good munro to do to start off with and

built up

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my confidence.

Ben Lomond, up the tourist path. I'll clarify that I've not done many munros so Ben lomond was
my easiest.

Andrew

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OK Gang. I am just a beginer and don't like shere drop.

So what do you recomend as a good munro to do to start off with and built up my confidence.

Ben Lomond, up the tourist path. I'll clarify that I've not done many munros so Ben lomond was my
easiest.

Certainly easy up the tourist route, but if you decide to make it a circular walk, the descent off
the summit to the Ptarmagan is a bit steep.

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You know her as well!

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OK Gang. I am just a beginer and don't like shere drop.

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Hi Margaret,

why don't you start with some Corbett's ? The Cobbler (Arrochar Alps) is a nice one. You can allways
do Ben Lomond the next day. Don't start with 'easy' hills with gentle green slopes, they will kill
your appetite for more Munros. Try to find easy Munros with breathtaking scenery. Sgurr na
Banachdich and Bruach na Frithe (both in the famous Black Cuillin on Skye) are perfect for you on a
sunny day. They will certainly start your Munro-virus.

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my confidence.

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Hi Margaret,

why don't you start with some Corbett's ? The Cobbler (Arrochar Alps) is a nice one. You can
allways do Ben Lomond the next day. Don't start with 'easy' hills with gentle green slopes, they
will kill your appetite for more Munros. Try to find easy Munros with breathtaking scenery. Sgurr
na Banachdich and Bruach na Frithe (both in the famous Black Cuillin on Skye) are perfect for you
on a sunny day. They will certainly start your Munro-virus.

bye bye from Theo

I am not sure if the above answers your question, but if you are lookijng for "easy" and presumably
accessible ones, do not start on Skye! The Cairnwell is the most accessible and an easy one but
pretty horrible location. Try something with a good path, Lomond is fine if "there and back" is
okay for you.

Robert

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I think that the Inn Pinn on Skye would be a reasonable starting point. There are one or two places
where it is just a shade exposed, but you should be ok. You may wish to use a rope to give you that
extra bit of reassurance. Good luck.

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OK Gang. I am just a beginer and don't like shere drop.

So what do you recomend as a good munro to do to start off with and built

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my confidence.

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Hi Margaret,

why don't you start with some Corbett's ? The Cobbler (Arrochar Alps) is a nice one. You can
allways do Ben Lomond the next day. Don't start with 'easy' hills with gentle green slopes, they
will kill your appetite for more Munros. Try to find easy Munros with breathtaking scenery. Sgurr
na Banachdich and Bruach na Frithe (both in the famous Black Cuillin on Skye) are perfect for you
on a sunny day. They will certainly start your Munro-virus.

Recommending Ben Arthur to someone who doesn't like sheer drops is rather trollish behaviour.
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I think that the Inn Pinn on Skye would be a reasonable starting point. There are one or two places
where it is just a shade exposed, but you should be ok. You may wish to use a rope to give you that
extra bit of reassurance. Good luck.

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Beinn Dubhchraig (pictures at frieth.demon.co.ukindex.htmlOpen ↗ ) is one of the
easier ones, with no steep ground. On the other hand, it's a bit of a walk to get to it, with a few
deer fences to negotiate.

Simon

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Recommending Ben Arthur to someone who doesn't like sheer drops is rather trollish behaviour.
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There is no sheer drop during the walk up to the col and going around the top to reach it. There is
a sheer drop at the end of the walk but there is no need to stand on the edge if you don't like
that and you can still enjoy the perfect views staying away from the edge. Getting up the north
summit hardly needs the use off your hands. For me (from the Low Countries) it was more like a
stroll in the park.

Theo

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I am not sure if the above answers your question, but if you are lookijng for "easy" and
presumably accessible ones, do not start on Skye!

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Robert

I don't advice her to do the whole ridge. Sgurr na Banachdich is an easy Munro with some very
light scrambling and the sheer drop is just at the end. But then again : you don't have to stand
on the edge.

I myself suffer from a mild version of vertigo so I know what I'm talking about.

Theo

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OK Gang. I am just a beginer and don't like shere drop.

So what do you recomend as a good munro to do to start off with and

built up

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my confidence.

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I think that the Inn Pinn on Skye would be a reasonable starting point. There are one or two
places where it is just a shade exposed, but you should be ok. You may wish to use a rope to give
you that extra bit of reassurance. Good luck.

Your advice is almost as [censored] as your photos!
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Ouch...

lol

Peter

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So what do you recomend as a good munro to do to start off with and

built up

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my confidence.

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I think that the Inn Pinn on Skye would be a reasonable starting point. There are one or two
places where it is just a shade exposed, but you should be ok. You may wish to use a rope to give
you that extra bit of reassurance. Good luck.

Your advice is almost as [censored] as your photos!
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Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Ouch...

lol

Peter

Looking forward to a week in the Lakes next week!

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So what do you recomend as a good munro to do to start off with and

built up

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my confidence.

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I think that the Inn Pinn on Skye would be a reasonable starting point. There are one or two
places where it is just a shade exposed, but you should be ok. You may wish to use a rope to give
you that extra bit of reassurance. Good luck.

Your advice is almost as [censored] as your photos!
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Dear Phil,

Ian is just being sarcastic. He read my answer and he thought : that's [censored]. Well is it ? I come
from Holland (highest point 321m), I suffer from a mild version of vertigo and in 1997 my first
scramble ever was on Sgurr Dearg. I had met a scotsman in the Glenbrittle YH and he took me up,
giving me advice on all aspects of scrambling and I ended that day doing 1/3 of the InPin.(unroped!)
At that point I got to scared and went back down. Madness ? Irresponcable ? I don't think so. It was
a perfect day with only blue sky (25 C) and I wasn't alone. Most important in the hills is to know
your possibilities and not to push it. Even experienced men who push it can fail and I don't advise
Margaret to go alone, on the sharpest edge, in zero visibility. Even a stroll on a grassy, easy
angled Munro (there are a lot) can become hazardous in mist with zero visibility.

I sincerely hope that Margaret will discover the joy of walking, scrambling or climbing Munro's or
just to go around them.

Theo

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Try one where you don't have to drive for hours on end to get to, a short-ish one (meaning don't
attempt two which are close), wait until the weather forecast is decent. Go for one with decent
views, a firm path and you'll be okay. Oh and one which has a pub at the bottom! The first one that
fits the bill (I think) is Ben Lomond, you don't say where you're from, but it's easily accessible
from the Central Belt.

KRO

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For a start, don't do any this time of year if you are wanting "easy".

When the snow has melted, the obvious choice is probably Cairnwell from the Glenshee Ski Centre.
Just walk up the landrover track to the right of the main chairlift. About 40 minutes is enough.
Then go on to do the two adjacent to it for an easy bag of 3!!!

If that doesn't appeal and you want something more like a real mountain then I suggest one of the
following:

Schiehalion from the car park Carn Liath from the end of the road above Blair Atholl Ban Vane from
the car park by the Loch Lomond ferry (long walk-in) Anything from Drumochter Beinn Chonzie from
either side, probably Lednock out of preference

There are a few others I can think of, but these are but some ideas.

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my confidence.

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Beinn Dubhchraig (pictures at frieth.demon.co.ukindex.htmlOpen ↗ ) is one of
the easier ones, with no steep ground. On the other hand, it's a bit of a walk to get to it, with
a few deer fences to negotiate.

Simon

Also very boggy IME. Hint: when walking in from the old bit of road (Dalrigh?) and across the
railway look out for a sort of earthwork in the forest stretching away from you rather than
following the burn. It gets you onto a much better path. Many people don't spot that until then get
down and they wonder why the natural path down Dubhcraig is different from the one up it. Or was
that just me?

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Margaret I understand Theo's point of view, but I really don't think you would be comfortable in
some of the places he suggests, if you are not very confident about exposure. I know you can choose
how near "the edge" you go, but it's the general ambience that matters too.

Course, so much depends on the conditions at the time.

Here's my two-pennorth.

How about Meall nan Tarmachan, which is above Killin, near Loch Tay. About as accessible as a range
of hills can get, because you start from the Ben Lawers visitor centre car park, well above sea
level. Then you can ascend Tarmachan pretty easily, with enough steep bits to hold the interest, and
superb views across to Lawers and over Loch Tay. Moving on from the first summit, you can traverse
to a nice knobbly little top called Meall Garbh, where you can test your head for heights in total
safety, because while it's smaller than many summits, there's really quite a bit of room up there.

There's a short, narrow little ridge leading onwards from there, but no compulsion at all to go on
to it, because you can leave Meall Garbh down its much gentler south-eastern slopes, and finish your
round on an easy 4WD track that contours back to the car park.

Paul Leigh Lancs