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OS 1:50 000 Sheets 56 : NN404045 and NN386069 |
Baggers Album ->Scotland->1c->DubhUamha
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The day started with drizzle falling from low cloud. At 450m I emerged from the cloud into a warm sunny day. The summit of Beinn Dubh and Cruinn a'Bheinn.The distant skyline is the Arrochar Alps. |
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Dubh Summit and Ben Lomond. Not such a dull hill from this side. Comer lurks below the clouds. |
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| Summit of Beinn Uamha. This time looking northward, over Loch Katrine and towards the Crianlarich Hills. Ben More and Stobinian are very clear, behind Stob a'Choin. |
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| And westward over Loch Lomond. |
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Map:
Beinn
Dubh
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Beinn
Uamha
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Two of the little known hills in the Ben Lomond group. I could see many figures on top of Ben Lomond, yet not a foot print on these two. One reason, other than their height, could be that they are very rough hills. Uamha in particular is a steep beast of heather and tussock and gives very frustrating going. Beinn Dubh is guarded by forestry, and some recent unmapped changes may help an ascent. A new forest road contours across the hillside above Frenich. It starts at the pass on the Inversnaid road, just inside the forest. (NN405087). from this road at NN401065 it is easy to get onto the open moor by some power lines. The ascent of Beinn Dubh from here is rough but easy. Uamha is easier underfoot but very steep. On my visit both hills were covered in mist except for the summits which were above the cloud and in very hot sunshine. This inversion gave some fine views over the Loch Lomond basin and the Trossachs. Nothing was visible to the east, there were no 'Pentland Skerries' in the cloud sea. |
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