Ben Lomond (view from summit shown) is situated about 22 miles North West of Glasgow and while Sauchiehall Street ends in Glasgow, you could be forgiven that it extends to the summit on a good day. However, don't let that put you off. It's a great hill and has a very good path to take you all the way to the top. The climb to the summit via the Ptarmigan direction is good and the last 200 ft to the summit provides a small degree of exposure but nothing too testing. The challenge is probably getting parked at the car park down below! I remember an English family coming up the reverse route and in order for us to get past, they moved off the path - this incurred the wrath of a Scottish man and his young son - "You'll make the path 5 feet wide, if you walk off the path!" While he had a minor point (erosion on hills is a problem), I felt embarassed for the family and later on I jokingly told them that if they wandered off the path, they could make the path 100 feet wide! Some people need to get a grip.
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