Ben Chonzie

Walkers describe Ben Chonzie as one of the easiest Munros, with a gradual climb. It is sometimes called boring because of the gentle gradient and the long, monotonous distance.

this is meant to be one of the easiest monros. Gradual climb. People said that it's pretty boring

The standard ascent is an out-and-back on the same path.

This is just an out and back route. So, just heading back the way that we came

Ben Chonzie is a Munro at about 931 metres (3055 feet).

benchonsi which is a monroe it's about 931 meters high or 3055 feet

The full out-and-back walk is about 7.75 miles. One walker took about four hours up and roughly six and a half hours round trip including stops.

the whole walk is apparently 7.75 miles

The ascent crosses Invergeldy Burn over a dam part way up.

so this is invergeldy barn

Loch Turret sits on the broad, flat summit plateau.

so that lock is called loch turret

One walker rated the route about 2 to 2.5 out of 5 for difficulty, with the main challenge being the long distance rather than the gradient.

if i were to rate it out of 5 stars it would maybe be 2 or 2.5

Three paths diverge on the upper slopes: the original ascent path, a ridge path, and a third path on the other side. One walker took the ridge path down after going up the first.

we have arrived at the fortified path and we've taken the middle path on the way down because there's three paths that diverge

Walkers have reached the summit and barely seen the view because the top was in cloud.

this is what the top of the Monro looked like it was so beautiful and we could hardly see anything

A couple of hundred metres from the car park the path crosses a small wooden bridge; the summit comes into view as soon as you turn the corner past it.

as soon as you cross a little wooden bridge a couple hundred meters from the car park you turn the corner and there it is big rolling mound of a hill

The slopes are managed grouse moor; the map shows numerous grouse shooting butts.

on the map there is loads of little indications there's gross shooting butts up here

The summit is exposed and the wind strengthens noticeably once you reach the top.

the wind's going to pick up so i'm going to shed this lure

A land-rover track leads most of the way up. After a small cairn at roughly 700 metres, the route leaves the track and climbs the side of the hill for about 220 metres before a roughly flat final stretch to the summit.

there's a land rover track all the way up to about the 700 meters point and then you start to come up the side of the hill

From the summit on a clear day, walkers identified Ben Lawers, An Stuc and Ben Ghlas to the north, with Ben More and Stob Binnein to the north-west.

you've got ben lowers to the right of that you've got an stick and to the left you've got ben glass

Ben Chonzie is described as a solitary Munro with no neighbours close enough to combine into a longer day.

you can't join them up you can't link them up