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Cameron Gair
wrote on August 9, 2009:
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Climbed with my son from Car Park on A82 in around 5.5 hrs round trip. Stuck to the Munromagic route reaching Cruach Adrain in around 2 hrs 15 mins and then onto Beinn Tulaichean which was fairly easy before returning by same route. Crossed the rickety bridge and up the boggy path next to the fence at the edge of the cut-down forest to reach the ridge. The walk along the ridge is fairly easy although up and down a bit before a steep climb to join the path which connects Cruach Ardrain and Beinn Tulaichean marked by a very small cairn. Weather poor with wind, rain and low cloud. GPS was useful.
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Kevin Woods
wrote on July 1, 2009:
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Instead of starting from the A82 car park by the River Falloch, an ascent to Grey Height can be made directly from Crianlarich, by starting from the park by the Youth Hostel. A path can be followed out of Crianlarich, where following signs will take you onto the forestry tracks. Following the track upwards - take a right, a left then a cairn will mark a turn off point on the right. A rough path can be followed onto Grey Height. I've used this path several times now and is practical if using the trains. Others seem to be ascending this way as well given the numbers I've seen on it.
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Andrew Blair
wrote on June 15, 2009:
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13/06/09 - Climbed solo from Keilator Farm railway underpass. Skirted forest using track then crossed river via a very 'rustic' bridge. Steep climb to Grey Height almost killed me but was probably down to hangover & lack of breeze. Onwards to Meall Dhamh where I met chap from Strathaven Climbing Club who accompanied me to Cruach Ardrain. Thunder cleared us from summit before we could admire Ben More & Stob Binnein for too long. Continued solo to Beinn Tulaichean where I began to fade on the return leg as a result of the pain from the massive shin blisters I had developed wearing my new boots.
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Kevin Woods
wrote on September 7, 2008:
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Climbed 2008-09-07 with Ben More, Stob Binnein and Tulaichean - made for a long day out. Approaching the summit from Stob Garbh was problematic, to an extent. This side is incredibly steep and although the path runs straight up the rather daunting looking face without many problems, a few moments had me pausing for inspiration. That was, with some pretty huge and steep drops behind. Unless you are comfortable with such exposed moves, it's probably easier to traverse around to the southern slopes and climb up from there. Otherwise, the ridge to Tulaichean was superbly simple - a nice walk.
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Peter King
wrote on July 25, 2008:
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Climbed with Ben Tulaichen in cloud with occasional welcome sunny breaks. Basically followed the "Munro Magic" route which sensibly avoids the start through the forest. Varied the route by heading directly ESE for top of Cruach Ardain from approx NN40102150 (shorly after descent and reascent following Meal Damph) the path is less well used than the "bypass" route but is safe and clear, this avoids back tracking between waypoints 6 and 7 on Munro Magic route.
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Richard Aston
wrote on January 20, 2008:
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I approached these hills from Inverlochlarig in the south, up the glen with Stob Binnein to my right (east) and at the end of the landrover track took to the hillside west, right up to the ridge. This was a much better route than the steep craggy approach to the ridge via Beinn Tulaichean in the south that i had tried previously although i still descended this way after climbing both hills, which i would avoid next time! A good round route.
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Leon Mooney
wrote on October 19, 2007:
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After the endless slog up Beinn Tulaichean, the descent into the col and up the the summit of Cruach Ardrain was refreshingly straightforward. On the few occasions that the cloud shifted (a bit), we saw that we would definitely not have preferred the Crianlarich route. We returned to the col and then picked our way down to the Inverlocharig burn and back to our cars to end a long day out.
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John Gilchrist
wrote on September 1, 2007:
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Looks like clear felling has started in the western section of the forest on the lower reaches of Grey Height. Even more reason to avoid the 'recommended' forestry approach and go instead via the River Falloch, crossing at the ever increasingly ramshackle bridge.
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Neill Kelly
wrote on August 2, 2005:
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Climbed Cruach Ardrain with 9-year old son on 1 Aug from A82 outside Crianlarich, thru forest to Grey Height etc. as per suggestion in my 1986 SMC "The Munros" book. I'd strongly recommend avoiding the forest unless you like 1,500 ft of ankle-deep bog & crawling under branches barely three feet above the ground. The most miserable approach I can ever remember. For our return, we turned left/west at large stile at edge of the forest, quickly dropped some 1,200 ft down open grassy slopes to join the path along River Falloch leading from Coire Earb & An Caisteal. Beautiful day (forest aside!)
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Sandra Macleod
wrote on February 22, 2005:
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Climbed on a fabulous day August 2004. Went late afternoon and had some truly splendid views. The evening sunshine on the surrounding hills was truly memorable. We came up the Meall Daimh route and had the summit in just over 2 hours. With a group so didn't continue to Tulaichean this time. One point to note on descent from the east side is to ensure you drop down off the ridge and head for the firebreak in the forest to get back to the forestry track. It's pretty easy to miss in summer over-growth.
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Stephen Langston
wrote on September 27, 2004:
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Climbed Cruach Ardrain and Beinn Tulaichean on Sept 27th. Started from the south and went up the farm road (about half way. Then hit the slopes heading North West to the plateau. This bought us out half way between the two. Went up Cruach first and then came back down and up Tulaichean. Came down the way we went up. Great route but did not get the views (apart from lots of white clouds and virtualy no visibility).
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Gary h Barnett
wrote on July 9, 2004:
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Error in navigation forced an all fours climb up to the top of Stob Garbh and then the very steep east face to the summit of Cruach Ardrain. Beinn Tulaichean was only 20 minutes walk from the summit but the re-accent took a wee bit longer and was tough on the legs. Took the easier and more gentle ridge along Meall Dhamh and on to Grey Height before going back through the forest.
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Jim Bull
wrote on February 10, 2003:
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Climbed this hill in combination with Beinn Tulaichean on Feb 9 2003, took us about 6.5 hours start to finish. Cruach Ardrain itself is only moderately hard, and the continuation to Beinn Tulaichean is very easy, but the re-ascent of Cruach Ardrain on the way back began to take its toll on our legs and lungs. To save time and effort we traversed round Cruach Ardrain to the north west to rejoin the usual route down at about Meall Daimh.
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