Participants - Neil and Ben
Where - Ord Ban, 428m/1,404', Sub-2,000' Marilyn, Map 36, NH 892085
Ord Ban sits immediately above the car park at Loch an Eilein, south of Aviemore. I had walked round the loch in the past but that was before I was climbing the Sub-2,000' Marilyns so I had never got round to climbing the hill. There was a stile over the fence at the back of the visitor centre/toilet block but Ben was never going to get over that. Fortunately, the fence was loose enough to enable us to get him through it at its foot. A path headed off to the right but we just went straight up the grassy slopes through some nice birch trees.....
Higher up, the grass gave way to heather but by that time we had located the path again and the going was easy. This next picture is looking to the Corbett, Meall a'Buachaille and the one after is looking towards the Glen Einich hills.....
I think that it only took about 20 minutes to reach the trig; here is Ben getting his now traditional summit picture taken with Cairngorm in the background.....
On the way down, there was a nice view across Loch an Eilein......
and Ben enjoyed a dip in it when we got back down.....
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