📌 Luss Hills, Argyll & Bute
★★★
Beinn Dubh is virtually in Luss’s back garden, and easily accessible from Glasgow. This may be the busiest of the Luss Hills, but even here, you shouldn’t be sharing the path with too many others once the A82 is out of earshot. A horseshoe route around Glen Striddle rewards with some of the best views you could hope for, with Loch Lomond, Ben Lomond and the Arrochar Alps all vying for attention. In good conditions this isn’t really a full day’s walk – consider a minor extension near the end using our stroll along the beautiful Luss Water.
📷 Chronological photo guide
Beinn Dubh from the footbridge over the A82 
Ben Lomond from the ascent 
Beinn Dubh southeast ridge 
View across Glen Luss from the ascent 
Looking back to Loch Lomond 
Beinn Dubh east top 
Looking southwest 
Broad ridge towards the west top 
Coire na h-Eanachan 
Ben Lomond 
Doune Hill 
Descent to Glenmollachan 
Beinn Eich from the descent 
Upper Glen Luss 
The long road back to Luss
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at main (north) car park, minor road on north side of Luss
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 360932
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.102835,-4.639765
🚌🚢 Bus to Luss – or a ferry for the intrepid
🚗 Car park (charge)
📝 Key info
▶ 12 km / 7 mi | ▲ 720 m | ⌛ 4-4.5 hr
Features: △ Beinn Dubh east top (642 m); △ Beinn Dubh west top (657 m, “Torbett”); 🏠 Luss ★★★
⬤ Tough | Grassy paths for most of horseshoe, boggy in places low down. 2 miles of quiet road for return.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start – footbridge over A82 – Strone Wood – Beinn Dubh east top – Beinn Dubh west (true) top – Mid Hill – join road near Glenmollochan – follow back to Luss
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Group of deer near Beinn Dubh east top seen while descending; a few sheep on the hill.
Weather: Part cloudy to start but soon mostly sunny. Temperature just above freezing (but feeling warmer in sunshine) and light winds.
February 2016
