Ben Vorlich / Stuc a' Chroin

Ben Vorlich, 985m and Stuc a' Chroin, 972m

Date: 8/5/1976

Tops and Munros

Companions: group from Edinburgh University Physical Society

Ben Vorlich (M) 985m
Stuc a' Chroin (M) 972m

Distance: 15km

Climbing: 1200m

Time:

Weather:

Munro Tally: M1,2 T1,2

This was the one that started it all! My first Munro! We had done some lesse hill walks in the family, b ut this was the first real Munro. We were quite a big group from Edinburgh University Physical Society, staying at Firbush on the shores of Loch Tay. I can't remember much aboout it, except that I thought the ascent to Stuc a' Chroin was quite tricky. However, within a few months I was climbing in Glen Coe, and realised that these two were a fairly easy start. I still enjoy seeing them on the horizon every time I head north up the M9 from Edinburgh towards Stirling. Maybe I'll climb them again when I've completed the whole set!

The route we followed is shown on the sketch map scanned from my log book which I started a couple of years later when doing the summer MLC training. Although I have never completed the MLC assessment, I have kept my log book going, and it is my main source for the descriptions in this website.

Ben Vorlich (summit)

Some members of our group on the summit of Ben Vorlich.

(photo taken with a Kodak Instamatic, which was the only camera I had back then - the colours have faded a bit since 1976!)

Ben Vorlich from Stuc a' Chroin

Looking back from Stuc a' Chroin towards Ben Vorlich

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Date: 8/5/1976	Tops and Munros
Companions: group from Edinburgh University Physical Society	Ben Vorlich (M) 985m Stuc a' Chroin (M) 972m
Distance: 15km
Climbing: 1200m
Time:
Weather:
Munro Tally: M1,2 T1,2
This was the one that started it all! My first Munro! We had done some lesse hill walks in the family, b ut this was the first real Munro. We were quite a big group from Edinburgh University Physical Society, staying at Firbush on the shores of Loch Tay. I can't remember much aboout it, except that I thought the ascent to Stuc a' Chroin was quite tricky. However, within a few months I was climbing in Glen Coe, and realised that these two were a fairly easy start. I still enjoy seeing them on the horizon every time I head north up the M9 from Edinburgh towards Stirling. Maybe I'll climb them again when I've completed the whole set! The route we followed is shown on the sketch map scanned from my log book which I started a couple of years later when doing the summer MLC training. Although I have never completed the MLC assessment, I have kept my log book going, and it is my main source for the descriptions in this website.