Craigmore hill run

This is a short and tough run with just under of climb within the outward section of this out and back run. The route leaves from the main car park in Aberfoyle turning left and follows the pavement up the main A821 road towards Loch Katrine going over the Dukes pass. When the pavement ends there are two entrances into the first part of the wooded section. You can take the stairs and turn left or stay on the road for and take the track marked by two iron bikes.

The wooded area has lots of tracks so best to either download a map or use the GPX file. Use the direction information to help guide you, but you are basically following the route to Callander over the Dukes pass. This goes past various pieces of art, past the large waterfall and circles round and to the right of the David Marshall lodge. Eventually the path takes you out at the main road where you cross and continue on the path.

You have now left the wooded area and out in the open. After a short distance the path reaches a tee junction. Turn left and follow the path for a short distance (about ) before taking the less obvious path to the right that heads uphill. We have included a picture of the start of the path at this part so you can see how it looks. The path does improve but is narrow and boggy in parts and continues the relentless uphill. Towards the summit the path becomes steeper for a short section with one small false summit before the real end. Lovely views at the top and on the way up so take a breather and enjoy when you can. It is all down hill from this point, though that is a tough as well on this route for the start of the descent.