Locals call it the Dumpling. It is 88m of ascent over about 1.25km of walking, which makes it the least effort-per-view walk anywhere around Loch Lomond and probably the best introduction to the area for anyone arriving with an hour to spare and no boots.
From the top you see almost the entire loch at once — the narrow Highland end running north past Ben Lomond, the wide shallow southern basin with its islands, and the flat carse farmland at your feet. Landscape photographers come here at dawn for exactly this reason, and on a still morning in autumn the loch below fills with mist while the summit stays clear.
The path leaves a layby on Duncryne Road south of Gartocharn and climbs through a small wood before opening onto the grassy top. It is steep in places and gets slippery after rain, but there is nothing exposed and nothing technical. The layby holds only a handful of cars; the village has more room, and walking up from Gartocharn adds fifteen minutes each way.
