The Stank hill run from Loch Venachar

A short run with all the climb in the first section of the route. From the car park head up the hill on the forest road. You are soon out of the trees on this run and it's not long before you have the first views of Loch Venachar to your left. On this one it's always worth a look back at the view as well.

The road is easy to follow and usually in very good condition. We say usually as the tree harvesting traffic can sometimes take it's toll on this road. The route carries on uphill until about when you arrive at the little fishing lochan called The Stank - strange name indeed. There is a road to the left of the Stank that takes you to views over Lake of Montieth - one of Scotland's few lakes, but this is an out and back excursion.

After the Stank you have a little more gradual uphill before you start the downhill at . There is a forest road heading off to the left which gives a lot of nice views, but this is a dead end so only consider if you are interested in a short out and back.

The downhill ends when you reach the shore of Loch Venachar and the tarred road. A right here takes you alongside the loch all the way back to the car park. Very few cars on this private road so does make for some nice running. The road takes you past the Scout camp, the sailing club and The Ripples centre.

Although we have used the Invertrossachs car park you can use Callander car park which would add on both the out and back. There are also two small car parks at the start of Loch Venachar adding a short length on tarred road to your run.