Fairly bog* standard anti-clockwise circuit, except at the end I tagged on Carn Macoul (good views of Loch Dubh) and descended out on the Gleann Lochain ‘path’ (marshy deer track) which seemed preferable to the Glen Ballach bogs. I was relieved to find no problem with the stream crossing at Dalballoch (decaying farm house now used only by sheep) and be back on a nice path about 1km after.

The nine summit peakery haul includes 3 Munros (5 till 1981 when Carn Ballach and Carn Ban got demoted)....

1) A’Chailleach MUNRO 930m
2) Carn Sgulain MUNRO 918m
3) Meall a’Bhothain SUBSIMM 906m
4) Carn Ballach NE top DELETED MUNRO TOP 915m
5) Carn Ballach SW top MUNRO TOP 919m former Munro
6) Carn Ban (Carn Mairg) MUNRO TOP 942m former Munro
7) Carn Dearg MUNRO 945m
8) Carn Dearg SE top MUNRO TOP 923m
9) Carn Macoul SIMM, CORBETT TOP 805m

*The word bog figures frequently in trip reports on these hills; I was fortunate in that higher up everything had been frozen solid