Stuchd an Lochain

Although one of the nearest hills to Edinburgh as the crow flies, Stuchd an Lochain needs a narrow, undulating, twisty, bumpy drive up past the Ben Lawers car park, along the reservoir and down the other side. And then another narrow, slightly-less-undulating, twisty, bumpy drive along Glen Lyon, until we reached the damn at Loch an Daimh. We parked there and headed up the hill on the standard route.

The full circle around the Loch and then over to Meall Buidhe looks great but we're saving Meall Buidhe for a mixed bike/hike at some point (possible from Rannoch Station), so we just did Stuchd an Lochain today. Only took about 3.5 hours - the car is already at 400m at the parking point, so just had another 560m to go. Not quite as challenging as the Aonach Eagach ridge last month but good walking all the same. It's one of these remote-feeling valleys that doesn't have a major road running through it, it was quite interesting as a lot of the forestry looked natural, rather than the densely planted artificial timbre forests that dominate most of the other hills.

Quite misty at the top though, not much to see - but some nice views on the way down. Mixed weather - warm drizzle, cool drizzle, cool and dry and warm and dry. The sun came out after about 1pm so the day turned out quite nice.