Key Details
Distance and Elevation
Distance: 7.9 miles / 12.7 km
Elevation: 2739ft / 834m
recommended Footwear
Trail shoes are recommended but road shoes would manage if it has been dry.
Recommended running
An out and back hill run that bags a quiet Corbett in one of the most under-appreciated parts of Scotland.
local coffee fix
I haven’t been to anywhere near by so can’t recommend.
Route details
Park at the Bruce’s Stone car park along Loch Trool and follow a way-marked trail for the Merrick. The route climbs steadily north through some peaceful, tranquil landscape that is very reminiscent of the Trossachs area, green and craggy as you look back over Loch Trool.
It is fairly difficult to go wrong on this route as there is an obvious path all the way to the summit with few potential deviations. Once at the summit there are great views of some of southern Scotland’s best hills, as well as a seemingly alien, craggy, lochan-strewn landscape beneath the eastern side of the Merrick. Return via the outward route for simplicity. If you didn’t mind a pathless section you could drop down alongside these lochans and follow a slightly rougher path along the ridge to make a loop back to Loch Trool rather than an out-and-back.
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