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Beinn a' Chroin Title Image
Meaning Hill of the sheep fold
Altitude 940 metres     (Munro)
Grid Ref. NN39381875
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Beinn a' Chroin
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Beinn a'Chroin from An Caisteal

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Mountain Description
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.
Available Routes
  Ascent Distance Time Including... Description Rating
1 1123 m 14.50 km 5 hrs An Caisteal and Beinn a' Chroin  An easy day initially on grass, but with some rocky tops higher up. 3 / 5
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Summit of An Caisteal 23/08/2007.

© Al Savage

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summit beinn a chroin 23rd march 2008

© Dougie Mccoll

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Gordon Cochrane and Peter Dyson on summit.

© Peter Dyson

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Me at the summit of Beinn a'Chroin 21.04.06

© David Singleton

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On the phone. 6th Jan 08

© Alasdair McCallum

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On the summit of Beinn a' Chroin ( I think) with An Caisteal in the back ground

© Dave Craik

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Weather & Maps, etc ...
Links to the nearest available forecast to Beinn a' Chroin.
Ben Lomond
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Scotland Forecasts
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by MWIS (PDF format)
West Highlands
by Met Office
Ben Oss
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Comments Submit A Comment (M)
Leon Mooney
wrote on April 10, 2007:
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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Local Accommodation Options
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7.5 km Glenardran House - Crianlarich , FK20 8QS   Tel: 01838 300236
13.1 km Suie Lodge Hotel - Glendochart, nr. Crianlarich, FK20 8QT   Tel: 01567 820417
13.3 km Glengarry House - Tyndrum, FK20 8RY   Tel: 01838 400224
13.3 km West Highland Lodge - Crianlarich, Perthshire, FK20 8RU   Tel: 01838 300 283
16.8 km Rosebank House - Main Street, Strathyre, Perthshire, FK18 8NA   Tel: 01877 384208
17.3 km Rowantreebank B&B - Main Street, Arrochar, G83 7AA, G83 7AA   Tel: 01301 702318/07933030957
18.1 km Burnbrae B & B - Shore Road Arrochar, G83 7AG   Tel: 01301 702988
20.8 km Clachan Cottage Hotel - Lochside, Lochearnhead, FK19 8PU   Tel: 01567 830247
21.4 km Inverbeg Holiday Park - Inverbeg Holiday Park, By Luss, Loch Lomond, Argyll, G83 8PD   Tel: 01436 860267
24.9 km Craigroyston - Dalmally, Dalmally, PA33 1AA   Tel: 01838 200234
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