Day Meet: 11/05/2025 - 1 Corbett, 1 Graham and some wildlife, Meall an Fhudair and Beinn Damhain, near Inverarnan

The circular walk began at NN 3192 1968 the map above shows the route taken. Approx 18 km with 1300 m of ascent, clockwise direction.

Starting around 9:15 am, IH, BR, SP, ArR, CS and HP took an access track through an old oak forest. This was followed until a fork where a right turn was made and the first climb of the day began, Troisgeach, on its east ridge. Fairly rough going but the sun was out and a light breeze made the climb easier.

Figure 1: Top: Ascent of Troisgeach, looking west.  Bottom left: Time for a rest. Bottom Right: Grassy slopes lead the way.

Figure 2: Top: Nice view of Ben Lomond, taken during ascent of Troisgeach  Right: Reaching the summit of Troisgeach.

The subsidiary summit of Troisgeach at 734 m yielded pleasant views all around. A broadly level traverse brought the group to Meall nan Caora where a light lunch was had.

Figure 3: Top: On the way to Meall nan Caora, a nice view NNE to Beinn a Chleibh, (far left), Ben Lui (centre-left), Ben Oss (centre-right) and Beinn Dubhchriag (far right). Bottom: Summit of Meall nan Caora.

Descending to the bealach, the climb to the day's Corbett, Mean nan Fhudair began, with still relatively fresh legs the summit was reached, prompting fine views to Loch Fyne in the West.

Figure 4: Top: Corbett summit of Meall an Fhudair  with Loch Fyne and Beinn Bhuidhe in the background.  Bottom: Looking east back along our route to Meall nan Caora and Troisgeach (mid-ground) with Ben More and Stob Binnein in the distance.

Descending from Mean nan Fhudair  360 m was lost before ascending Beinn Damhain.

Figure 5: Descending from Meall an Fhudair looking south to begin the climb up Beinn Damhain, 360 m of descent…

The Graham, Beinn Damhain was reached at last, with the weather still holding fine.

Figure 6: Top: View near the summit of Beinn Damhain looking north to Ben Lui. Bottom: View north from Beinn Damhain to Troisgeach, the first summit of the day.

The way back from Beinn Damhain was to head for the bridge over the Allt Arnan, on the access road, crossing some moor land and spotting a fox, which was too quick to photograph, the team reached the bridge. After exploiring some of the infrastructure around the bridge, the group followed the track back to the start.

Along the way, a stonechat was spotted, a few frogs and some interesting flowers (and lichen), pleasant company and pleasant weather made for an enjoyable day in the hills.

Figure 7: Top: Bridge of over the Allt Arnan at NN 2973 1814, nice easy ground now.  Bottom left:  Gate under the bridge Bottom right: Interesting walls lining the gorge under the bridge.

Some flora and fauna spotted along the route.

Figure 8: Top left:  Dog Violet.  Top right:  Heath Milkwort. Bottom Left: Wood Anemone. Bottom Right: A colourful collection of mosses and lichen.

Figure 9: Top left and bottom left: A frog on the swampy section near the bottom of the east ridge of of Troisgeach. Right: A stonechat appeared on the way back along the access road.