It was yet another sunny day as we drove up the A9 to reach Pitlochry, and start up the winding, steep singletrack road to the start of the route up Beinn a’ Ghlò. There’s a small car park at the start of the walk, just beside a small area of forestry plantation. From the start of the walk the first hill of the day was clearly visible as a pyramid rising from the lower ground, and while we had a short walk-in to get to it, it provided a very quick climb up to the high level of the ridge. From the first Munro, Càrn Liath, there were good views across Perthshire, and we were left on the fine, gently meandering ridgeline out towards the next two Munros.
The second Munro came after a fairly lengthy walk along the ridge, and a path lead us all the way to the climb up and onto the second of the day’s Munros, Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain, before dropping a fair amount to a bealach joining to the final Munro of the day.
A fairly quick climb from here took us to the level of the bealach between the third and final Munro, and its outlying top. We diverted to visit the top, Airgiod Bheinn, adding a few minutes on to the overall trip, but were rewarded with a view we wouldn’t have had from the main summit, and some unusual rock formations around the top itself, before heading on to the Munro, Càrn nan Gabhar.
From here it was a long but fairly gentle descent back down into the glen; the weeks of dry weather meant this wasn’t anywhere near as boggy as guides warned, but we still ended up traversing our share of mud.