Beinn Dearg
Beinn Dearg, Trossachs.
427 metres, OS Map Landranger 57.
Climbed - 10 January 2010, Time taken - 3 hours,
Distance - 6 kilometres, Height climbed 420 metres.
Trip Report Details:
The start of this walk was the unclassified Invertrossachs Road reached from the A81 within the town centre of Callander. A free car park is located 50 metres south-west of East Lodge from where I headed up through the snow covered forest tracks keeping left at any junction. Initially the going was relatively easy as a vehicle had been along part of the track a day or so beforehand. After the point where the vehicle had turned the walk through the deep soft snow was slow and tiring.
I came to the end of the vehicle track but hadn’t noticed any suitable fire break to gain access to the open hillside so I continued along a break in the trees, which may be a path, and crossed a stream. I considered using the side of this stream to get out of the forest but decided to continue further along the gap in the trees. After a while I came to a fire break and climbed it onto the open hillside and into an area of drifting snow.
Once through the drifts I reached a fence and followed it over some rough ground before a steep snow covered climb took me to the summit of Beinn Dearg, marked by a fence post. I then followed the fence line to Ben Gullipen, before descending north-west through the snow avoiding a few rocks before crossing a couple of fences and back into the forest. The going was quite difficult here as I worked my way through the trees following deer tracks. This descent took me to the vehicle track I had used earlier which I followed back to the car park.
Photos taken on walk.
427 metres, OS Map Landranger 57.
Climbed - 10 January 2010, Time taken - 3 hours,
Distance - 6 kilometres, Height climbed 420 metres.
Trip Report Details:
The start of this walk was the unclassified Invertrossachs Road reached from the A81 within the town centre of Callander. A free car park is located 50 metres south-west of East Lodge from where I headed up through the snow covered forest tracks keeping left at any junction. Initially the going was relatively easy as a vehicle had been along part of the track a day or so beforehand. After the point where the vehicle had turned the walk through the deep soft snow was slow and tiring.
I came to the end of the vehicle track but hadn’t noticed any suitable fire break to gain access to the open hillside so I continued along a break in the trees, which may be a path, and crossed a stream. I considered using the side of this stream to get out of the forest but decided to continue further along the gap in the trees. After a while I came to a fire break and climbed it onto the open hillside and into an area of drifting snow.
Once through the drifts I reached a fence and followed it over some rough ground before a steep snow covered climb took me to the summit of Beinn Dearg, marked by a fence post. I then followed the fence line to Ben Gullipen, before descending north-west through the snow avoiding a few rocks before crossing a couple of fences and back into the forest. The going was quite difficult here as I worked my way through the trees following deer tracks. This descent took me to the vehicle track I had used earlier which I followed back to the car park.
Photos taken on walk.