Ben Cruachan & Stob Daimh

Well done navigating your way down in the dark,👏👏

That ridge looks terrifying

Great footage of the 'bad step' and scrambly section, invaluable for assessing its difficulty.

Shame about the detour, painful more on the pride than the feet I bet. We’ve had a moment like that! Some amazing shots especially the drone shots. Nice to see the ridge from that perspective. Helpful! All the Best D& L :-)

Really enjoyed watching this video and well done for making it. This is a serious walk especially in winter conditions! I did it on 26.3.2022, a glorious sunny day and could see the whole route ahead. Some tricky icy areas though to scramble over.
I travelled out on the Glasgow-Oban 975 bus and got off at the Power Station at 1100. Long haul up to Ben Cruachan, stuck to the ridge to Stob Daimh then followed the faint path down by the gorge and was back at the start in 6.5 hours, with over an hour to wait for the return bus. Great day out and achievable by public transport.

One of my favourite walks , but not the way you came down 😂 talk about going the wrong way 👍😅

Did the horseshoe walk in the other direction, maybe 18yrs or so ago. No drone footage or vloggers…just had to read the OS Guide book and take a map. It was a brilliant day out and your vid is a good reminder. The bad step isn’t that bad. I think I did some of on my arse. The bit after that, ascending to Cruachan feels a tad exposed at times…it’s marvellous but relatively safe ridge walk/scramble. My wife was off up the great blocks like a mountain goat…Top tip for hillwalking. Always always take a head torch. We did get benighted on Knoydart but with a head torch it was all ok.

I was thinking about going the same route but stopping at cruachan then come back down same way, is it an okay route to do with the dog?

Great video. Helpful for assessing the difficulty of the ridge walk. Looking to do this walk later in the month. How long would you estimate the walk would have taken you without the detour towards the end?

I just did this walk by myself with my dog today. It was very misty and absolutely pouring down with rain. I Did not see much views so nice to see a video of it in clear conditions, but hey, you cant always have the good weather. The stone slabs between the two Munro's were a bit dodgy in the wet weather but I managed to get me and my dog over them with no issues. I made the exact same navigation mistake you made after Stob Daimh and dropped into the Glen Noe Valley.
I checked the maps afterwards and realised where I went wrong. From the summit of Stob Daimh I had it in my head to turn right to start heading south again but I must have been facing North when I turned 'right' (like you I didn't consult the map in my hurry to get out of the rain but it was so misty I would have saw nothing to triangulate anyway and I didn't bring my compass). Like you I ended up on the track to Sron An Isean and in a moment when there was a small break in the mist I saw the smaller reservoir north of Stob Daimh and mistook it for the Cruichan Reservoir and beelined for it, only realising when I reached it that it was a small dam. I checked my maps, realised my mistake and had to choose between clinbing over the mountains again or circumvent them. The day was getting on and I didn't want to go back up as I would have been poncing about in the dark and so decided to walk through the Glen Noe Valley that was sodden with water to Invernoe. I then circumvented the mountains on a track that led back to Bridge of Awe. I am loath to check how many more clicks I added to my walk but what was meant to be a 6-7 hour walk became a 10 hour walk so it must have been about 10-12 extra clicks. Of course being soaked through has left me with chafing, another school boy error, failing to bring vaseline...say no more on that. Anyway, thank you for owning your navigation mistake, as an amateur walker it makes me feel better that the navigation error I made in torrential rain and misty conditions was the same error made by professional walkers in clear conditions, I don't feel so foolish now. Great footage from the drone BTW.

Excellent video of Cruachan and the not route😅.
Just need to remember when to 'hang a right'
If there is clag.