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Helensburgh & West Dunbartonshire Group

We are the Helensburgh & West Dunbartonshire Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking
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Overview

Walkers must book in advance with the walk leader

A walk in the hills above Strath Fillan with excellent views of the surrounding mountains

Saturday, 28 September 2024
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
3:30 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11km / 6.8mi
Ascent:
650m / 2133ft
Type:
circular

Follow a good estate track for 3km and then north onto the open hillside. Follow occasional faint tracks northwards to the summit trig point. Return via the outward route.

Local Grade: B

Terrain: Good estate tracks, grassy open hill with some faint tracks.

Max height: 818 m

Maps covering route of walk: OS Landranger No. 50.

 

Features

  • Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:
NN 35299 29001
Nearest postcode:
FK20 8RX
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Start time:
10:00 am

Auchtertyre walks car park. Turn off the A82 at the Wigwams sign approx 3 miles northwest of Crianlarich. Distance from Helensburgh: 37 miles. Time from Helensburgh: 1 hour. Suggested fuel contribution: £7.00. Please note we will leave promptly at 10:00.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking