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This is the summed total of all the climbing within a route and is a good indicator of the strenuousness of a route.
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An estimate of the time taken based on a derivation of Naismiths rules. Our calculation is based on the horizontal and ascent components of a climb, we do not make a reduction for descent.
Registered users can customise these walking times by specifying their own walking and ascending speeds. They can also add a fixed time period for stoppages.
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The horizontal distance of the route.
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The UK is covered by 204 Ordnance Survey Landranger 1:50,000 scale maps. Maps numbered 1 to 86 cover Scotland but for the highest mountains (Munros) only 23 maps are required. The name given roughly describes the area covered by the map.
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Not a difficult route once you have negotiated the forest. Ben Dubhcraig is rocky on the southern face but this is avoided.
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Head to: Tyndrum
From Tyndrum (A82) travel 2 km East to a car park at junction with minor road, near Lochan nan Arm.
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Ben Oss on the left looking south from the summit of Ben Lui (in the right hand foreground) taken 29th December 2008.
© Duncan Mackison
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Image by Duncan Mackison
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Looking northwards along Allt Coire Laoigh towards Beinn Dorain. (This is the usual descent route for the Lui and Oss routes Ed.)
© Roger Vander Steen
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Beinn Dubhchraig, with Ben Oss behind, seen from Glen Falloch (2009-03-21)
© Kevin Woods
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Image by Kevin Woods
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Ben Oss taken from the south descent of Ben Lui. June 2003
© Mark Devine
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Written by
Steve Macluskie
on 11 Dec 2008:
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Climbed Ben Dubhchraig by itself on a short sub zero heavy ground frosted day. Glad the ground was solid as I could easily walk across what I imagine would be very heavy ground in wetter weather (the ice was a different hazzard). Took the route up through the superb wintry forest and out onto the hillside approaching the mountain up the NE ridge. Returned back through the forest since it looked great in it's winter clothes.
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Craig Dunderdale
on 07 Jun 2005:
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Take Bill Wales advice and bike/walk to Cononish Farm. Initially there is a steep grass ascent but not too hard. On the return journey at the first bealach met from Ben Oss descend North into the Coire. Some useful cairns indicate the way and it's not as steep as you may think. A really enjoyable sunny day which took 5 hrs
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Written by
Bill Wales
on 16 Oct 2004:
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We tried Kathleen Haddows suggestion of taking the right path on crossing the Allt Gleann Auchreoch. This proved to be a wet, but not muddy, route trodden by fisherman and follows the riverbank upstream leaving you to plow uphill through moss and heather. If you want to avoid the mud, deep heather and deer fences, follow the road up Glen Cononish to Cononish Farm where a bridge (NN304283) leads onto the fairly steep, but easy, northern slopes of Beinn Dubhcraig. Head S 3km to the summit ridge. Great views of Oss and Lui on ascent and descent.
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Kathleen Haddow
on 02 Oct 2003:
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If you head up the hill beside the river be warned, The path is really boggy and muddy. We found our own way onto the ridge on the way up and decided to use the path on the return thinking it would be quicker. Big mistake! I've never encountered so much muck ever!!!!!
Also, when you cross the Allt Gleann Auchreoch there are two choices: the left hand path takes you into the mud bath.
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Rob Jeffries
on 28 Apr 2003:
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My only comment here is watch those styles over the deer fences. I climbed these last *summer* and the mud was, without exaggeration, more than knee deep and impossible to avoid in a ~10 foot radius around one of the styles. Furthermore, there was a close-to-Buster-Keaton moment when I raced through the mud, leapt onto the ladder and found that it wasn't attached to the fence. I began to fall backwards, but fortunately grabbed the fence wire and it held :)
I combined these mountains with Ben Lui and Beinn a Chleibh (dropped off and picked up at the end though).
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Disclaimer. The details provided above are an aid to planning an expedition, but all distances, altitudes and bearings must be considered approximate. You must navigate with the appropriate map,
a compass, your navigation skills and common sense, MunroMagic.com accept no responsibility for your interpretation of our route information.
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