Start : Grey Mare's Tail car park. Grid ref. NT 18607 14501
(S/E) From Grey Mare's Tail car park, follow the footpath north.
(1) Keep right (E) to cross the footbridge over the Tail Burn.
Follow the path up the steep hillside with the burn on your left-hand side, passing several spectacular waterfalls as you go. You should be walking in a general NW direction.
(2) After approx 2km of uphill walking, you will arrive on the banks of Loch Skeen.
Return via the same route back to Gray Mare's Tail car park (S/E)