Ben Lui

Park in the car park off to the left of the A85. A good path leaves this and heads for the river Lochy. The path goes to the right along the bank of the river - head along it, looking for the most convenient place to cross. use the low bridge through which the Eas Daimh flows under the line to join the Lochy. The path continues through a felled area and then through the trees alongside the burn. After 500m a confluence of burns is reached - ensure you cross the Eas Daimh here and instead follow the burn from the Fionn Choire beyond - both burns have paths alongside. Soon after this, in another felled area, cross the Fionn Choire burn to reach and pass through a steel gate in a deer fence. From just beyond this a rough track leads uphill through cleared forest until you reach a main forest track at around 300m. Turn left along this until reaching a bridge over the Fionn Choire; immediately after this turn right onto a path that again heads up steeply through the trees. Some sections are very boggy.The path leaves the forestry at a gate at around 490 metres in Fionn Choire. From here you could make directly for the bealach between the two peaks, but it gives more variety to leave that route for the descent. Instead climb directly to the east - a featureless, initially soggy, pathless and unremitting but mostly grassy ascent that leads eventually to the north ridge of Ben Lui. There are great views looking back over Glen Lochy.From here the climb becomes much more enjoyable; turn right up the still steep ridge, rocky in places, which becomes increasingly well defined. The higher southeastern summit is a short distance further across a dip.To begin the descend down the broad ridge towards it, retrace your steps off the summit to find the top of a path. This leads down a long, broad slope to reach the bealach.From the bealach the zig-zags its way up the ridge beyond to reach the spacious plateau; the summit is marked by a cairn at 916m. The initial descent from the bealach is very steep so care should be taken. Further down the terrain becomes much easier and follows the Fionn Choirein burn directly down to where the path emerged from the forest at the steel gate Retrace your outward route back down through the trees to the start..