Walk st146 Ben A'an and Meall Gainheich from Loch Achray

This 5¼ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Ben A'an Forestry Commision Car Park & will take about 4 hrs to complete.

Vital Statistics:

Length:	5¼mls (8.5km)
Ascent:	2,117ft (645m)
Time:	4hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk st146:

Ben A'an Forestry Commision Car Park - Loch Achray - The Trossachs - Woodland - Ben A'an - Meall Gainmheich - Ben A'an Forestry Commision Car Park - Loch Achray.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0
Munros

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Corbetts

0
Grahams

0
Murdos

0
Donalds

1
Scottish
Marilyn

1
Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Meall Gainmheich at 566m (1858ft). Meall Gainmheich is classified as a Scottish Marilyn (712th highest in Scotland, 833rd highest in the UK).

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Ben A'an at 454m (1490ft). Ben A'an is known as a Scottish Bridget.

You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

(worth a look if you're new to go4awalk.com & have never seen one of these before.)

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL46 The Trossachs - Callander, Aberfoyle & Balquhidder & Strathyre

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 57 Stirling & The Trossachs

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk st146 Ben A'an and Meall Gainheich from Loch Achray

In no particular order . . .

Halfway up Ben A'an

Photo: Billy Watson (4)

Loch Achray

Photo: Peter Kemp (6)

Loch Katrine from Ben A'an

Photo: Stuart Donaghey (2)

Ben A'an summit just before the final climb

Photo: Helen Walker (2)

Lock Katrine from the summit of Ben A'an

Photo: Matthew Kaine (1)

Ben A'an

Photo: Ken MacDonald (1)

Ben Venue from Loch Achray

Photo: Peter Swan (18)

Moody view of Ben A'an across Loch Achray

Photo: Helen Walker (3)

Loch Katrine from Ben A'an

Photo: Billy Watson (6)

Ben A'an Summit

Photo: Billy Watson (5)

Ben A'an summit with Loch Katrine in the background

Photo: Helen Walker (1)

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