Beinn a' Chroin sits at the head of Coire Earb attached to An Caisteal by a high col (805m). It is a steep sided mountain with craggy slopes and a craggy summit curved around the tiny Lochain a' Chroin (750m). It can be climbed from Coire Earb to the N either via its N ridge on the W slopes of Stob Glas Bheag, or from An Caisteal via the col. It can also be climbed via the track to Inverlochlarig up the S slopes to the bealach E of the summit.
Climbed after reaching the summit An Caisteal. The descent and subsequent ascent was refreshingly straightforward after having been along Twistin Hill. The path up took me to a rock face that was at chest height, and had me wondering if I'd taken a wrong turn, but I scrambled up anyway. At the first cairn, I could see (through the cloud) a peak that was definitely higher than where I was, and my GPS was convinced that I wasn't done yet.
I probably preferred this one to An Caisteal, but I doubt I'll be back to these two in a hurry.
Mark McKain wrote on July 19, 2005:
Climbed after doing An Casisteal, a steep path leads up it's SW ridge by way of Bealach Buidhe. Was not sure which point was highest so visited both(due to the weather being exceptionally good), I found via my gps that the West end was a tiny (0.5m) higher! after walking an extra 15min just to get there did not want to back track so decided to descend and made a mistake and went by by Coire Dhonnacha which was steep boggy , but that area is full of deer (8+) so was worthwhile. Returned via River Falloch to parking at NN370240. Look out for the bull "Brutis" right where you park it's huge!
Joseph Buchanan wrote on September 27, 2004:
Done along with An Caisteal would have returned via An Caisteal if I had known about how boggy the route along River Falloch and through Coire Earb was. Sunk in knee deep many times which makes it an unpleasant hike all the way back to the A82 which spoiled the day slightly . So if the conditions are okay stick to the high ground, unless you have canoe.
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