Ben More & Stob Binnein loop from the A85 — Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park

One of those days where you hike in the fog from 400m elevation and then the temperature inversion comes on the second (and final) peak of the day 👌🏻 The greatest gift the mountains can give 😍

Having arrived here yesterday evening after a long drive, none of us were in the mood for a sightseeing tour. Conveniently located from our accommodation, however, is Ben More, a so-called Munro - a thousand-meter peak in the Scottish Highlands and obviously a popular regional tourist destination. So... what's wrong with that? At 1174 meters high, the summit is at Black Forest level, and with a valley floor of 170 meters, we are also very close to the Black Forest valleys. But there was one difference to note: while in the Black Forest you hike up to the summit via many switchbacks, the even more frugal Scots here skip any bends and you struggle 1000 meters up directly. A sporty undertaking in rough nature. The bare summit above the green valley of the Fillan. Sheep and their lambs in the pasture. Grazing contentedly. A few narrow streams rushing down into the valley over a number of cascades. It is unspectacular, but derives its calm beauty from that. The sky plays along. It warms us up until it closes in just before the summit and ruins the reward of a wonderful view over the hilly country, which we fought for with a lot of sweat. What a pity. We would have liked to have had a look over the wide valleys and their lakes. Instead, we go back down into the valley. The 1000 meters of altitude are worth it. We use a narrow path in the northwest, which clings to the slope less steeply, but with a few "moor traps" that ask for attention. A lively stream beautifully furrows the rock. A few trees decorate its banks. Solitary stones assert themselves in the solitude of the valley floor. Large lumps that have been transported there forever in a glacier. Despite the barren landscape, this tour was beautiful. Nice and sporty too, which you shouldn't really expect from a "1,000-meter" peak. The "detour" in the ascent was due to another passion and was by no means an easier climb, but led off the path through the steep terrain.