Walk: The lowdown on Vane
Argyll & Bute | Arrochar Alps | Half day walk | ★★★★
[East ridge of Ben Vane with Loch Lomond beyond] |
At only 915 metres high, Ben Vane is Scotland's lowest Munro, but like many of the Arrochar Alps it's a feisty one. Steep, craggy sides fall away towards Loch Lomond, navigated by an unrelenting but entertaining hill path with a few easy scrambles to keep you on your toes. The top cairn is under four miles from the lochside car park and is a great viewpoint for the rest of the range (if you're lucky enough to get a decent day like we did): Ben Lomond and The Cobbler are just two of the celebrity summits visible from here.
[Ben Vane] |
📌 Walk: The lowdown on Vane ★★★★
Start / finish at car park (with charge) on A82 at Inveruglas Pier, G.R.: NN 322099 ///barks.canoe.mild
▶ 11 km / 7 mi | ▲ 930 m | ⌚ Half a day | ⬤ Tough
Features: Loch Lomond; △ Ben Vane (916 m, Munro)
Terrain: Roadside path for first half mile, then tarmac private road (with path to shortcut a long bend near start) and track to foot of hill. Steep hill path for ascent proper, occasionally boggy at first. A few short scrambles higher up are mostly avoidable.
Route & map
Car park & Loch Lomond ★★★★ - start of road to Loch Sloy - leave track for hill path at G.R.: NN 295093 (two options at first - southerly one is longer but drier) - Ben Vane - return by outward route
Route credit: Walkhighlands (modified)
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On our visit
Wildlife: Butterflies and moths, cows and calfs, sheep and lambs; cuckoo heard.
Weather: Sunny, breezy high up, warm enough for shorts.
Chronological photo guide
[Inveruglas] |
[The approach is along a private tarmac road] |
[Views of Loch Lomond soon open up on the ascent] |
[Ben Vane] |
[Crags dwarf parts of the hill path] |
[A' Chrois (right) from the ascent] |
[View back to Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond] |
[Ben Vorlich & Loch Sloy] |
[Summit approach] |
[East ridge of Ben Vane with Loch Lomond beyond] |
[Beinn Narnain (left) and Beinn Ime (right) from the summit] |
[North ridge] |
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