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The path turns up alongside a stream to a damp hollow (perhaps peat cuttings) at 480m. It continues up south, to left of the stream as a groove in the deep heather, but it’s easier to follow the stream itself. At the stream top, turn up right. Low heather and moss lead to the small cairn on Meall Clachach. (Meall Clachach means stony hump, but there aren’t any stones.)

Turn just south of east over a nearby knoll. Down behind it you’ll find a line of old iron fence posts. A path is forming along the old posts. There’s a 50-metre stretch on soft ground, with drier ground down to the right. The fence posts eventually turn away south, but keep ahead for another 400 metres to the lopsided cairn of Sron a’ Chlachain (called Creag Bhuidhe on some maps). A small path forms for the last 50 metres or so.

The small path continues down east, along with a broken wall, to another lopsided cairn. (Coming uphill from Killin, this cairn appears to be the summit.) The path continues down steeply beside the broken wall, then dodges on rocky steps down a break in a low crag. Below, there’s a slight rise over a knoll, and a very steep descent where the path is carving itself deep into the hill – a random diversion into the bracken will help prevent further erosion.