Route starting and finishing in Lochgoilhead that circumnavigates Ben Donich.
moderate
Distance 17.7 km
This walk starts and finishes in Lochgoilhead.
From the village you go start on the walk to the Donich falls and then up on to forestry commission track starting to go round Ben Donich. There is then a section of marked but rather marshy ground between the end of the Forestry track and the descent into Glen Croe. This is a little steep but there is a path of sorts which descends down to take you back onto Forestry roads again.
From there it's plain sailing on Forestry tracks all the way round the hill and back down via Gleann Mor descending towards lochgoilead.
At pole straights there's the option to walk back in on the road (which is marked on this route) or you can stay on the forestry track and complete the loop either by coming down via the Donich falls again or by coming down a path known locally as the "zig zag path"
From the village you go start on the walk to the Donich falls and then up on to forestry commission track starting to go round Ben Donich. There is then a section of marked but rather marshy ground between the end of the Forestry track and the descent into Glen Croe. This is a little steep but there is a path of sorts which descends down to take you back onto Forestry roads again.
From there it's plain sailing on Forestry tracks all the way round the hill and back down via Gleann Mor descending towards lochgoilead.
At pole straights there's the option to walk back in on the road (which is marked on this route) or you can stay on the forestry track and complete the loop either by coming down via the Donich falls again or by coming down a path known locally as the "zig zag path"
Difficulty
moderate
Technique
Stamina
Highest point
392 m
Lowest point
4 m
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Coordinates:
OS Grid
NN 20015 01606
DD
56.173008, -4.900790
DMS
56°10'22.8"N 4°54'02.8"W
UTM
30V 381990 6226961
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Coordinates
OS Grid
NN 20015 01606
DD
56.173008, -4.900790
DMS
56°10'22.8"N 4°54'02.8"W
UTM
30V 381990 6226961
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Difficulty
moderate
Distance
17.7 km
Duration
5:04 h
Ascent
494 m
Descent
503 m
Highest point
392 m
Lowest point
4 m
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