Ben Chonzie –
Strathearn
💧 Water sources: Yes – streams and burns in the glen
🚴 Bike & Hike: No
🏕️ Wild camp: Yes
🏊 Wild swim: Yes – river pools in lower Strathearn
A broad, rounded Munro with a long approach on estate tracks followed by a gentle but often boggy ascent to a wide summit plateau. One of the more straightforward Munros in the Southern Highlands, but conditions underfoot can be slow.
(Munro) Ben Chonzie 931m
Lat, Long 56.453396, -3.992455
OS Grid Ref NN773308
8 miles | 4–5 hours | bog**** | hike***
no deer stalking
Conditions: very boggy plateau terrain, long estate track approach, gentle gradients but slow going underfoot
Access notes: commonly started from Glen Lednock (Comrie side), clear track leads most of the way before leaving it for the final ascent onto the open hill
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