Route: Ochils 500 (United Kingdom)

This is a 40-mile round of the Ochils taking in the 35 named peaks above 500m put together by Jack Bloodworth and run by him in 11 hrs 47 mins on 11th August 2018.

While Jack's round came about through time lost to injury leading him to downscale from planned attempts on Tranter's Round and more, it has resulted in an attractively accessible 'baby' or 'warm up' round (to quote his own modest adjectives for a hefty excursion!) as well as a clearly worthwhile '12-hour' challenge in its own right.

The 35 peaks are:

1. Craig Leith 
2. Mid Cairn
3. Bengengie Hill 
4. Colsnaur Hill 
5. Big Hunt Hill 
6. Kidlaw Hill 
7. Brairdennon Hill 
8. Greenforet Hill 
9. Mickle Corum 
10. Little Corum 
11. Sauchanwood Hill 
12. Core Hill 
13. Burnfoot Hill 
14. Burnfoot Hill (2) 
15. Wether Hill
16. Bald Hill 
17. Middle Hill 
18. Skythorn Hill
19. Cairnmorrish Hill
20. Scald Hill 
21. Ben Shee 
22. Inverdownie 
23. Bentie Knowe 
24. Whitewhisp Hill 
25. Saddle Hill 
26. Tarmangie Hill 
27. King Seat Hill 
28. Andrew Gannel Hill 
29. Grodwell Hill 
30. The Law 
31. Ben Cleuch 
32. Ben Buck 
33. Craighorn 
34. Ben Ever 
35. Wood Hill

The challenge is to complete the peaks in any order, in under 12 hours. The starting and finishing point is at Alva glen car park by the sign which says “Alva Scouts Centenary 2012”. Why not take a before and after picture by the sign?

Here are two blogs from the creator of the round (Jack Bloodworth):

Ochils 500 Round Part 1 – The background and lead up

The Ochils 500 Round Part 2 – The attempt