We are the Helensburgh & West Dunbartonshire Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Walkers must book in advance with the walk leader
A walk to an isolated loch past a spectacular waterfall before climbing steeply to the summit of Beinn Lochain.
Follow good estate tracks and hill paths to the Curra Lochain and then steeply up the open hillside to the summit of Beinn Lochain. Descend west to the col and then continue to the minor summit of Cruach na Cioba. Descend southeast to pick up the Cowal Way and return to start.
Local Grade: B+
Terrain: Estate tracks and pathless, open hillside with some steep ascents.
Max height: 703 m.
Maps covering route of walk: OS Landranger No. 56.
Drimsynie Estates Office car park on the Carrick Castle road, Lochgoilhead (shown as Corrow on OS map). Distance from Helensburgh: 32 miles. Time from Helensburgh: 1 hour. Suggested fuel contribution: £6.00 Please note we will leave promptly at 10:00.
