The Tarmachans, map 378
18th January 2004 & 17th November 2007

Route: 945m=3100' ascent; 9.1 miles; 7 or 4½ hours!

Access: There is some space for parking at the end of the hydro road at NN60513833. However, the best parking is a new area along the rough hydro road, just over the burn at NN60363825. The main parking is the Lawers car park, hidden from view, on the west side of the road, almost opposite the end of the path to Ben Lawers. When travelling up hill from Loch Tay, this parking is on the left through the fence beside a well-camouflaged aquamarine notice for "Lawers National Nature Reserve" at NN60873778, about 10m before the path on the right for Ben Lawers, signed "Nature Reserve". There is a path from here across the burn and up to the hydro road. (The former Visitor Centre has been removed and its associated car park has been turfed over.)
Route: This is a very standard round which currently includes three Munro tops as well as the Munro. The former Munro top Creag na Caillich was declared a Corbett top in September 2015, but that's no reason for not including it. If the prevailing SW wind is blowing, the clockwise direction puts the wind behind you on all of the ridge except the final descent.
There are excellent paths all round with one minor bit of easy scrambling and some exposed steps. There are miniscule cairns on most tops.
NB Note the unusual topography of the path when leaving the summit of Meall nan Tarmachan. This makes it potentially difficult to find the way down in mist & snow.
Map: An unhelpful page turn may be required on the 1:25000 map in high winds; perhaps the 1:50000 would be a better choice.
Weather 18/01/04: Deep snow down to low levels, low cloud, some rain, very strong winds. Had to circumnavigate summit rock of Meall Garbh to climb it from NE in very high wind.
17/11/07: 9°C at car; total cloud cover; cloud level at 750m; drizzle all day; strong S winds.