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2 Nights on the Ben Lomond Plateau
Sun 20 Mar, 2011 7:30 pm
Went up to the Ben Lomond plateau with my better half the weekend before last. Had a good couple of nights at the two small lakes on the southern part of the plateau. Walking was very easy off track, few navigational challenges, some very nice alpine plants, heaps of cushion plants.
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Sun 20 Mar, 2011 7:32 pm
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Sun 20 Mar, 2011 7:34 pm
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Sun 20 Mar, 2011 7:35 pm
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Re: 2 Nights on the Ben Lomond Plateau
Mon 21 Mar, 2011 4:13 am
Great pics Oll. I love the plateau once you get away from the ski area. Easy to access, and of 7 day trips up there I have only met other walkers once!
Re: 2 Nights on the Ben Lomond Plateau
Mon 21 Mar, 2011 6:47 am
did you stay in established tent sites, or find spots to fit?
Re: 2 Nights on the Ben Lomond Plateau
Tue 22 Mar, 2011 2:06 pm
Thanks doogs. It's a nice area up there. A pleasant change to be able to walk cross-country with excellent visibility and no scrubby impediments! To my surprise we had a couple of people turn up and camp at Youl on the first night. They went off in the direction of Stacks the next morning and we didn't see them again.
I don't really think there are established sites are there?
The first night at Lk Youl was just down on the southern end of the lake where the "beach" and "dunes" are. The second night at Lk Baker I nestled the tent against some rocks on the (approx) WNW side of the lake, in a little grassy area between then scoparia. It provided excellent wind protection from the west wind.
Drifting wrote:did you stay in established tent sites, or find spots to fit?
I don't really think there are established sites are there?
The first night at Lk Youl was just down on the southern end of the lake where the "beach" and "dunes" are. The second night at Lk Baker I nestled the tent against some rocks on the (approx) WNW side of the lake, in a little grassy area between then scoparia. It provided excellent wind protection from the west wind.
Re: 2 Nights on the Ben Lomond Plateau
Tue 22 Mar, 2011 8:59 pm
there much room there for a bigger tent, like a Nallo 4?
Re: 2 Nights on the Ben Lomond Plateau
Tue 22 Mar, 2011 9:13 pm
Drifting wrote:there much room there for a bigger tent, like a Nallo 4?
At Youl certainly. You could pitch a circus tent there... sorta. At Baker I'm not so sure. There may be spots or on the eastern side, but we didn't go to that side so I'm just guessing. A lot of the lower ground around the lake was wet or dotted with small water holes. There were a lot of scoparia bushes, so it was hard to see where there might be flat open areas.
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