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| Name: | Ben Vorlich |
| Hill number: | 17 |
| Height: | 985.3m / 3233ft |
| County/UA: | Perth and Kinross |
| Topographical area: | HS11 Vorlich-torlum |
| SMC/RHB section: | 01B: Strathyre to Strathallan |
| Catchment: | Earn |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y,P600,P500) |
| Grid ref: | NN 62914 18909 |
| Summit feature: | trig point |
| Drop: | 834.3m |
| Col: | 151m NN 5753 2148  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 57 (1:25k) OL46N OL47W 365N 368W |
| Observations: | cairn 125m ESE at NN 63033 18865 is lower |
| Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
| Comments: | col measured to be 151.0m |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1188 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| deurgar | 04/10/2031 | |
| Loop with stuc a croin | Iam_JoshEdwards | 31/08/2024 |
| 1 of 5: From Ardvorlich. Very busy. With Sam. | ChrisR | 07/07/2024 |
| I didn’t feel brave enough to do Stùc a' Chròin as well, but will save for another day. Still a great day :) | PhoebeMoff | 17/06/2024 |
| Parked at Loch Earn. Ben Vorlich, Stuc a Chroin scramble, back over Ben Vorlich | hummusg | 03/06/2024 |
| Parked in a lay-by on the south side of Loch Earn. Good paths to the top. | SootAndShale | 25/05/2024 |
| Parked near gate entrance. Obvious path to the summit. | JAdair97 | 13/04/2024 |
| From Loch Earn south up the standard route, then onto Stuc a Chroin. Soft but not icy snow higher up. With Richard. Parking to west of bridge in layby. | Denise | 06/03/2024 |
| EUHW Day Trip! Met Zac Wilde who is a now a close friend | Bb1knb | 24/09/2023 |
| With Luna | Bingo999 | 01/08/2023 |
| Quick Munro before Jordan and Becca's wedding. Following some food at Calander, camped on the south side of Loch Earn. Started up along Glen Vorlich and into Coire Buidhe, then started the to gain the north ridge of Ben Vorlich. The weather began to close in and visability became very poor, in cloud all the way to the top, and pretty windy from the west. We then dropped down off the north west ridge, and the cloud began to part revealing some amazing views. Followed over to Ben Our, stopping to eat some Bilberries, before having to fern bash back down into Glen Vorlich. | ByronHaywood | 22/07/2023 |
| Straight up the motorway from Ardvorlich to the summit trig, down to the Beallach & scramble up Stuc a Chroin & it's N top. Descent NW, NE then N to skirt W side of Ben Vorlich on good paths. Then picked up smaller path & ATV track to summit of Creagan nan Gabhar. Great views of Stuc scramble from here. Path continues to Ben Our & on over Sron Mhor. Path disappeared here and we descended E, zigzagging to avoid bracken to meet main motorway just above dog gate. According to a very pleasant local, 14000 people climb these munros every year! | Lynnebe | 05/07/2023 |
| From Ardvorlich. Loop of Ben Vorlich, Stuc a' Chroin, Creagan nan Gabhar and Ben Our. | welshyboyo | 25/05/2023 |
| sofia's second munro | sciuro | 08/04/2023 |
| Ben Vorlich and Stuc a'Chroin from Edinample Castle up track to Glenample via Glen Ample, Coire Fhuadaraich and on to shoulder of Ben Vorlich. Follow fence line along Creag Chasain and on to Stuc a'Chroin. Descent towards Creag Dhubh and down shoulder an descent to hydroelectric station and return via Glen Ample. | raymooremanx | 02/04/2023 |
| With Bert from Ardvorlich combined with Stuc a Chroin. Clear day climbed the ridge up well established path with steepening ascent to Trig point summit. Met canadaian lady on her way down. She had lived in Scotland 22 years. went on to Sutc a Chroin and returned via boggy traverse around side of hill to return to car. Black Dunancan Campbells Castle at Edinample together with graver steon of 7 MacDonalds killed by locals reminded us of the tension in the highlands of old. | david.walker40 | 19/03/2023 |
| 1/2 with Stùc a’ Chròin sunny but freezing | PDuncan82 | 25/02/2023 |
| Roadside parking near Ardvorlich House (NN 6322 2321). Good track leads all the way up. On to Stuc a' Chroin N top, Stuc a' Chroin, Creagan nan Gabhar and Ben Our. 10 mile round, with DS. | jonglew | 22/02/2023 |
| Solo. | Desperate Stan | 30/01/2023 |
| Ben Vorlich and Stuc a' Chroin from Ardvorlich. | JasonStark | 03/12/2022 |
| Nice and clear to start with, some clouds appearing to blot out the partial eclipse of the sun, light got a bit dim then brightened before the summit of Ben Vorlich. On up the scramble to Stuc a'Chroin. Low cloud, wet and greasy rock then total lack of visibility until part way down the steep path leading to the water board track. | Cumbrianexile | 25/10/2022 |
| Repeat with Yeltzbagger on a beautiful sunny day. A bit steep for me in places. | Stevie n Tay | 27/07/2022 |
| With Suzanne | dc96 | 10/07/2022 |
| W/ Helen & Jess | Gav0268 | 10/07/2022 |
| Matthew and I climbed this together. Left house at 07:15 and got there 09:15. Took just under 2 hrs to reach summit. Wind was brutally strong at trig point but less so at cairn. Too dangerous to try Stuc a Chroin with its near vertical rock climb. Dropped into valley heading west totally off route and followed a stream that took us down to loch Ern. It was vey boggy. We came out at a humpback bridge and walked back to the car arriving back at 16:15. It was a 7 hr trek. Matthew estimated we walked about 15k. Disappointed we didn’t manage Stuc a Chroin we decided to climb the 461m Ben Ann. We got there at 18:20 and reached the summit at 19:20, getting back to the car at 20:51. At Ben Vorlich we say a deer (on the road) a buzzard, and an eagle in the woods as we drove back along loch Ern. In total for the day we ascended 1446m (102 m higher than Ben Nevis) walked just under 24.75 km (about 15 miles) and got back to the house at 23:00 after a 16 hr outing . What a fantastic day we had! | Ronh | 18/06/2022 |
| Ben Vorlich and Stùc a' Chròin from Loch Earn. Perfect weather, good views throughout. With Alma Aurea. | meltdiceburg | 28/05/2022 |
| With Allison B and Jane. Lovely day. Carpark very full at 9am.people started early | tallblond | 28/05/2022 |
| My fourth munro! With meltdiceburg. Parked up near Loch Earn then climbed up the main path before continuing over to Stuc a Chroin. Warm, clear, sunny weather and stunning views. | Alma Aurea | 28/05/2022 |
| Friday night adventure. Loop of ben vorlich and stuc a' chroin. 5hrs for the 16km,back at car just in time for dark! | Nicky C | 20/05/2022 |
| Hazy but dry day. Easier walk up than expected. Bit of March sunburn at last. Still technically had Covid (day 9 I think it was) and felt lightheaded at times. | iangpark | 22/03/2022 |
| With Jack From Loch Lubhaig | fellie | 18/03/2022 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/6252249564 | Graham22b | 13/11/2021 |
| Ben Vorlich and Stùc a' Chròin. Walkhighlands route but used Stuc a Chroins descent route for the ascent as friend not comfortable with the scrambling | hummusg | 15/10/2021 |
| Lochearnhead - Glenample - track to about 550m in Coire Fhuadaraich then directly S and up NW ridge to Stuc a' Chroin - North Top - Ben Vorlich - Creagan nan Gabhar - Ben Our - direct descent to where Glenample track enters forest - back to Lochearnhead. | Mark Jackson | 16/08/2021 |
| With CP and Yala | garth87 | 02/08/2021 |
| from parking spot by Loch Earn with a walking group | colinfielding | 16/06/2021 |
| Anti-clockwise circuit from the car-park at Glen Artney Church, taking in Ben Vorlich and then Stuc a'Chroin. Weather: Dry with sunny spells; both Munros clear of cloud all day | geoffh12 | 13/06/2021 |
| 11th time. | russell61 | 08/06/2021 |
| Glen ample from Ardchullarie, up BV, SAC, BE and down. Running. See Strava. | lazy_pete | 15/05/2021 |
| 1 | ryancomet | 20/04/2021 |
| official end of lockdown - with T - what a culture shock - the yuppie population of Glasgow (all of them) - on the hill. | Scmccabe | 16/04/2021 |
| Normal route up Ben Vorlich from Ardvorlich, return via Creagan nan Gabhar and Ben Our. | TRG318 | 02/04/2021 |
| From Edinample, along track by river, skirted Gelnample farm, up through forest to avoid hydro works, joined track up Choire Fhuadaraich, continuing on to NW ridge of Ben Vorlich to summit, descending by path N to Ardvorlich and back along road to Edinample. With JAS. | kdbennett | 20/09/2020 |
| Cloudy hike up Vorlich and Stuc a Chroin. Avoided scramble on Chroin, but then very long and boggy hike back round Vorlich and on adverse camber all the way. | Mountainhikes | 15/09/2020 |
| With Regina, Ben, Tatiana & Skye | Grimpeur1234 | 08/09/2020 |
| A beautiful start to the ascent, we climbed into the clouds at 800m | KFJED | 01/09/2020 |
| From loch earn | Ruth | 01/09/2020 |
| Parked at the side of Loch Earn and followed the tourist path up and down. | JAdair97 | 29/08/2020 |
| Fantastic walk, strong wind, -4° windchill temperature at summit | Alan Bothwell | 28/08/2020 |
| From Loch Lubnaig, Beinn Each, Stuc a'Chroin and Ben Vorlich | Capt Malbec | 02/08/2020 |