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The 2nd image is of the entrance to the
Schiehallion Car Park, name Braes of Foss Car
Park, there is also now an Overspill Car Park
half of a mile up the road as this is a real
popular hike.
The 3rd image is of the Car Park with
Toilets and Pay Machine, about £3 per day,
coins only in 2021.
The 4th image is of the Start of the Trail
from the top end of the Car Park. The large
Notice Board
here gives information on how Schiehallion was
used back in the 1700s to work out the size of
the World.
This is a good Trail all the way up onto the
broad East Ridge where it says Path on the
image right, just over 310m / 1,000ft up to
there, the steepest part of the hike, it is
then a steady hike to the Summit.
Along the East Ridge you go over Small
Stones for about half of a mile, then over
Boulders for about half of a mile, a bit slow
going and sore on the feet, best wear your
boots with the thickest soles and thickest
socks. Large Image of
the Boulder Field.
There is a little easy Rock Climbing onto
the Summit, then some Rocks to walk along to
the Cairn for great views West, not many
Mountains have a Summit like Schiehallion.
I took the bottom pics the night before,
then set off between 4 and 5 in the morning
through Low Cloud, was above the Cloud going
onto the East Ridge at about 2,000ft. The Pics
from the Summit are about 1,500ft above the
Clouds, a first for me, amazing when seen for
the first time. Large Image from the Summit
above the Clouds.
Was going to have a sleep on top so could
get sunny pics on the Trail back down, but
looked like it would be about 4 hours before
the Cloud would clear, so headed back down,
slow through the Boulders.
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