The Best Trail Running Routes in Argyll and Bute

This route might be short in distance, but you get a lot of bang for your buck. It’s a great training run and one which can be completed when in transit heading north or south on the A82....

Park in the signposted car park just off the A82 at the east end of Loch Tulla. This route can be run in either direction, but I prefer to tackle it anti-clockwise as you get the majority of the climbing out the way early on and have the flattish valley section at the end to cruise along looking back towards Loch Tulla....

This route takes in one Munro, Stob Ghabhar (1090m), but can easily be extended to incorporate Stob a’ Choire Odhair (945m). The loop runs better in an anti-clockwise direction, which capitalises on the views to the north and west....

On this loop, you will take in two Munros, Stob Garbh (980m) and Ben Cruachan (1126m). Once you’re up, you stay up, so this is a route for fairer weather. This is an absolute beauty for the technical runner, with non-stop rocks, boulders, and scree littering the trail....