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The castle |
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995 metres
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An Caisteal
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View south to Ben Lomond from Bealach Buidhe between an Caisteal and Beinn a' Chroin on 13/02/08 what an absolutely glorious day.
© Bob Mcchristie
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Image by Bob Mcchristie
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Mountain Description
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The summit of An Caisteal lies at the intersection of two long ridges, N to Sron Gharbh (709m) and NNW ridge to Stob Glas (710m). From the A82 in Glen Falloch a track follows the River Falloch into Coire Earb which makes the N ridge from Sron Garbh over the Twistin Hill the easiest and most common access route. However the NNW ridge to Stob Glas offers an alternative access route. To the SW An Caisteal meets Beinn Chabhair at a broad bealach and to the SE it connects to Beinn a' Chroin via a high col. A ascent from Coire Earb is possible to the latter col.
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Available Routes
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Ascent
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Distance
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1123 m
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14.50 km
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5 hrs
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An Caisteal and Beinn a' Chroin
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An easy day initially on grass, but with some rocky tops higher up.
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3 / 5
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A supposedly early autumn day on the summit An Caisteal 8/9/07
© Alistair Craig
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Image by Alistair Craig
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Donny and me at the summit of An Caisteal jan 05. Impressive background.
© Craig Robinson
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Image by Craig Robinson
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Sitting on the first of three that day, lovely and sunny but a chill wind when you stopped.
© Dave Craik
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Image by Dave Craik
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Weather & Maps, etc ...
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View Location
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Ian Mitchell
wrote on November 4, 2007:
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Climbed An Caisteal & Beinn a Chroin, although at times An Caisteal was shrouded in mist it turned out to be a relatively fine day .Enjoyed the walk between the two summits where you get the chance to put your hand to rock & enjoy fine views of the surrounding hills.However bad idea on my part to go from Derrydarroch farm,found it an hard slog from there to Twisting hill.Once across the bridge at the back of the farm i found no path and its a trudge across very boggy ground followed by a steep climb to join the main path on Twisting hill.Maybe not too bad in the summer but after recent heavy rain both ways of this section of the walk were hard work. The people i met on the day had climbed both these fine summits from the main parking space on the A82 just before Crianlarich.Would liked to have bagged neighbouring Beinn Chabhair but would have run out of daylight so will leave it for another day.
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Dave Craik
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Climbed on 29/04/07, great sunny day but a bit windy higher up, followed main track up but missed path up to Sron Ghrabh so had to double back up grass slopes onto top, great views of An Caisteal summit from here and across twisting hill, good hands on climbing onto An Caisteal a steep rocky descend and then a great route onto Beinn a' Chroin, followed path to what I thought was the way down and came across Beinn Tulaichean, just had to be done, followed path from top down onto Stob Glas and down to lower Coire Earb, really boggy path in many parts but worth every minute, approx 7hrs in total.
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Leon Mooney
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Climbed on 9/4/07 in wet, windy conditions with poor visibility. Began ascending after passing through the gate and I think I missed Sron Garbh, so I just followed the path I found to the summit. In better weather I suppose it would have been an interesting walk, but to me it seemed to have an awful lot of "up and down" to it.
Summit was freezing, so I continued on my way to Beinn a' Chroin.
Came back the same way afterwards and found a better way back down to the farm path once I'd gotten to Sron Garbh.
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Local Accommodation Options
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| Showing the nearest 10 of 29 within 100Km of the summit of An Caisteal. Would you like to view all 29? |
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| 13.9 km |
Suie Lodge Hotel - Glendochart, nr. Crianlarich, FK20 8QT Tel: 01567 820417
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Rowantreebank B&B - Main Street, Arrochar, G83 7AA, G83 7AA Tel: 01301 702318/07933030957
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Burnbrae B & B - Shore Road Arrochar, G83 7AG Tel: 01301 702988
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Rosebank House - Main Street, Strathyre, Perthshire, FK18 8NA Tel: 01877 384208
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Inverbeg Holiday Park - Inverbeg Holiday Park, By Luss, Loch Lomond, Argyll, G83 8PD Tel: 01436 860267
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Craigroyston - Dalmally, Dalmally, PA33 1AA Tel: 01838 200234
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