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Ben Lomond Including Ptarmigan Ridge
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Summary for Ben Lomond Including Ptarmigan Ridge |
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Ben Lomond Including Ptarmigan Ridge is a route in “The Lomond” region / range which is located in the Loch Lomond to Loch Tay area of the Scottish Highlands as defined by the Scottish Mountaineering Club. This is a circular route |
May
18
2012
Sunrise
5:02 am
Sunset
9:27 pm
16 hours 24 minutes(s) daylight
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Ben Lomond the Southern Munro
| Distance | Ascent | Time |
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| 11 km/ 6.84 miles | 980 m/ 3215.22 ft | 6 hours plus |
Easy route up scotlands most southern Munro on a wide well trodden path most of the ascent. This is a popular route due the Ben Lomond's close proximity to Glasgow. The route of ascent starts from the car park just beyond the Rowardennan Hotel onto grassy slopes once through forestry area. Descent via the Ptarmigan ridge from Ben Lomond back to Rowardennan is mainly rough grass after the initial rocky descent down a ridge off the top which is steep. The route gets slightly steeper towards the end, but offers excellent view of some waterfalls lower down.
The high lite of Ben Lomond has to be the views of the Arrochar Alps on the west site as well as Loch Lomond without question.
Route points for Ben Lomond Including Ptarmigan Ridge
| Q | Grid Ref. | Bearing | Distance(km) | Description |
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| NS35989861 | 116° | 0.13 (0.13) | Start from the Car Park by the Pier at Rowardennan Heading up Ben Lomond 'Tourist' Path | |
| NS36099855 | 57° | 0.56 (0.69) | Head up the path through the Rowardennan Forest | |
| NS37069913 | 47° | 0.26 (0.95) | Leave the forest head up the hill site passing rock marked with logo for the National Trust for Scotland | |
| NS37589989 | 2° | 0.4 (1.35) | Take the western fork heading upto Sron Aonaich peak | |
| NN37450056 | 336° | 0.44 (1.79) | From Sron Aonaich continue ascending | |
| NN37170250 | 288° | 0.47 (2.26) | Head along the ridge onto the summit of the most southern munro in scotland. Then descend down a path alonf north west ridge | |
| NN367028 | 293° | 0.55 (2.81) | The summit Ben Lomond - 974 ( metres) | |
| NN36250309 | 231° | 0.36 (3.17) | Descend along the broad Ptarmigan ridge which is quite rocky | |
| NN35720224 | 154° | 0.99 (4.16) | From Ptarmigan the 731m point drop down steadily passing a couple of knolls and eventually to some wooded area | |
| NN36220016 | 152° | 0.28 (4.44) | The path which is steep in parts eventually drops down to Ardess | |
| NS35889950 | 179° | 0.46 (4.9) | From Ardess head back along road for about 1km to Car Park | |
| NS35989861 | 174° | 0 (4.9) | Car Park by the Pier at Rowardennan |
Munros covered on Ben Lomond Including Ptarmigan Ridge
Order |
Height | Munro | Meaning | Pronunciation | |
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| 184 | 974 | Ben Lomond | Beacon hill | Ben Low-mond | Add Ben Lomond to your bagged list |
