Ben More and Stob Binnein from Glen Dochart

Around 6km east of Crianlarich, on the southern side of the A85, a track entrance marked by a Forestry sign for 'Ben More' provides the starting point for this route.

There is space to park beside the entrance or just beyond the fence, from where the route begins and finishes.

From the roadside, follow the track southwards through forestry, much of which has now been felled. After around 500m, the track reaches a junction 1. Turn left (east) and look for a suitable line heading southwards through the trees and felled ground to reach the open hillside 2.

Continue uphill over increasingly steep grassy slopes, aiming towards Sròn nam Fòirsairean on Ben More's northern shoulder. At around 750m, a deer fence marks the upper boundary of the forestry land. Cross this, hopefully using a stile, and continue climbing towards the broad upper slopes of the mountain.

Sròn nam Fòirsairean is quite steep but easily negotiated, above which the gradient gradually eases and the terrain becomes a mixture of grass and patches of loose gravel.

Continuing towards Ben More, there is one further short, steep section before the ground eases into a gentle slope leading towards the mountain's broad summit 3, marked by a large cairn and trig point. A hollow dug out around the trig point provides some shelter from the wind.

Ben More is the highest mountain south of Glen Dochart and the fourth most prominent mountain in Scotland. Its summit is a superb viewpoint, with vast views stretching in all directions.

From Ben More's summit, head southwards towards Bealach-eadar-dha Bheinn, initially crossing fairly level ground on an obvious, well-worn path.

The path soon reaches an abrupt, short rocky step. This requires only some straightforward clambering down, but comes as a bit of a surprise on an otherwise straightforward hillwalk. Below this, the path twists and turns down Ben More's broad, grassy southern shoulder, with patches of loose gravel underfoot.

Continue descending to Bealach-eadar-dha Bheinn 4, the grassy col separating Ben More from Stob Binnein, having lost around 300m of height.

From the bealach, follow the obvious path southwards up Stob Binnein's northern shoulder. The ascent is fairly continuous, with the path twisting and turning over grass and gravelly ground as it gains height towards the summit.

A surprisingly small cairn marks Stob Binnein's summit 5, but the views are extensive and magnificent, particularly looking back towards Ben More.

From Stob Binnein's summit, continue southwards along the obvious path, following the mountain's broad southern crest towards the minor summit of Stob Coire an Lochain 6.

From here, turn east-north-east and descend grassy slopes towards a bealach, where the remains of an old wall and some iron fence-posts provide useful landmarks.

There are two options from this bealach. The more direct return is to descend into Coire Chaorach, aiming for the Allt Coire Chaorach. Alternatively, for a more rewarding route with better views, continue following the old wall and fence-posts past a lochan and climb onto Meall na Dige 7, before turning downhill towards the same burn.

Once in the corrie, follow the Allt Coire Chaorach downstream over pathless but fairly easy ground to reach a small dam 8. Cross the burn just below the dam and pick up a track leading back towards the forestry. Follow this downhill through the trees to reach a track junction 9 by a turning circle and bridge.

Keep on the main track and follow it for around 2km to rejoin the outward route at the earlier junction 1. From here, retrace your steps through the forestry to the roadside on the A85.