Ardess Lodge and Ben Lomond Bunkhouse

The work all starts here! Ardess Lodge is the base for the National Trust for Scotland ranger service at Ben Lomond as well as home to the Ben Lomond Bunkhouse.

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As well as providing comfortable overnight accommodation for many West Highland Way walkers and other travellers, the bunkhouse enables volunteer parties to come and help the rangers with conservation tasks and projects.

The bunkhouse sleeps up to 10 people in two bedrooms (one 4-bedded and one 6-bedded), and has 2 shower rooms as well as drying facilities!

A white stone building with a large grey slate roof stands at the end of a rough track. There are hills and woodland in the background.

A large, round, metal kiln, with a conical lid, sits on a bare patch of earth. Steam is coming out from the two thin chimneys on either side. A wheelbarrow filled with logs stands nearby.

The rangers run a variety of events throughout the year, including navigation courses, guided walks, wildflower identification days and conservation days.

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A long line of walkers make their way in single file up the side of a mountain. The sun is setting behind them.