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 Beinn a Chaisteil & Beinn nam Fuaran
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Photographs of an ascent of Beinn a Chaisteil and Beinn nam Fuaran

- two Corbetts above Auch Glean

that are visible from the West Highland Way

on route from Tyndrum to Glen Coe



Beinn a Chaisteil above the West Highland Way in Auch Gleann

Beinn a Chaisteil ( 2907ft, 886m )

above the West Highland Way across Auch Gleann






West Highland Way across Auch Gleann

West Highland Way across Auch Gleann





"Horseshoe Curve" Railway Viaduct in Auch Glean beneath Beinn a Chaisteil

  "Horseshoe Curve" Railway Viaduct in Auch Glean beneath Beinn a Chaisteil

Built to carry the West Highland Railway

(a subsidiary of the North British Railway) across the Allt Kinglas
;

It opened on 11 August 1894





Beinn Mhanach above Auch Glean






Auch Glean from Beinn Mhanach







Beinn Mhanach above Auch Glean






North Face of Beinn Mhanach






North Face of Beinn Mhanach







Beinn nam Fuaran above Auch Glean

Beinn nam Fuaran above Auch Glean







Beinn Dorain from Beinn Bhreac-liath

Beinn an Dothaidh from Beinn nam Fuaran 





Loch Lyon from Beinn nam Fuaran

Loch Lyon from Beinn nam Fuaran




Beinn nam Fuaran from Beinn a Chaisteil

Beinn nam Fuaran from Beinn a Chaisteil






Ben Dorain from Beinn a Chaisteil

Ben Dorain from Beinn a Chaisteil






Ben Dorain and Beinn a Chaisteil

Ben Dorain and Beinn a Chaisteil






Beinn a Chaisteil from Beinn Odhar

Beinn a Chaisteil from Beinn Odhar







Ben Challum from Beinn a Chaisteil

Ben Challum from Beinn a Chaisteil






Meall Glas from Beinn a Chaisteil

Meall Glas from Beinn a Chaisteil






West Highland Way across Auch Gleann from Beinn a Chaisteil

West Highland Way across Auch Gleann

 beneath Beinn Bhreac-liath

from Beinn a Chaisteil






West Highland Way across Auch Gleann from Beinn a Chaisteil

West Highland Way across Auch Gleann

 beneath Beinn Odhar and Beinn a Chaisteil

 from Beinn Bhreac-liath 






Beinn a Chaisteil across Auch Glean

Beinn a Chaisteil across Auch Glean






Beinn Dorain, Beinn a'Chaisteal and Beinn Odhar

Beinn Dorain, Beinn a'Chaisteil and Beinn Odhar 






West Highland Way across Auch Gleann from Beinn a Chaisteil

The Black Mount above Bridge of Orchy

 from the West Highland Way across Auch Gleann 






Peaks above Allt Kinglas from Beinn Achaladair

Peaks above Allt Kinglas from Beinn Achaladair

                    Beinn a'Chuirn                                                   Beinn nam Fuaran                          Beinn a'Chaisteil






Map for Benn a Chaisteil and Beinn nam Fuaran

Map for Beinn a Chaisteil and Beinn nam Fuaran




Map for Beinn Mhanach

Map for Beinn Mhanach



BEINN MHANACH - ROUTE DESCRIPTION:

Beinn Mhanach is often climbed from the west along with its higher neighbours Beinn Achaladair and Beinn a‘ Chreachain.
It's a great route, but makes for a long day requiring significant stamina and doesn't give Beinn Mhanach the attention it deserves. reducing it to an extension, tacked on at the end of an otherwise logical ridge traverse.
For those wishing to enjoy the comparative isolation offered by Bheinn Mhanach as a separate expedition. then the farm road at Auch on the A32 south of Bridge of Orchy offers the only viable approach. There is a small car park a short way down the access road to Auch and limited parking on the verge of the A82, traffic on this road moves fast at this point, so great care is needed.
It should be noted that the track up the glen crosses assorted fords which are generally not a problem, but might leave feet wet or require a deviation from the described route if water levels are high.
Follow the access road past Auch farm, cross over the West Highland Way
and follow the track up the glen towards the Auch railway viaduct.
Keep left where the track forks and continue up the glen, keeping to the right-hand, newer track at another fork, to arrive at sheep pens and the stone walled cottage of Ais an t-Sidhean.
In this magnificent location the Gaelic poet Duncan Ban MacIntyre lived as a gamekeeper in the l1760s and wrote, in his head as he could neither read nor write, "Praise of Ben Dorain" in which he describes the yearly cycle of deer and the gamekeeper on the mountains surrounding his home.
Continue on the track to a point just before it crosses the Allt a’ Chuirn, the burn descending from the col between Beinn a‘ Chuirn and Beinn Mhanach. Leave the track here and ascend the left side of the burn towards the col, then veer right over broad. stony slopes to the rounded summit and fine views north and west to the rocky summits of
Ben Dorain and Beinn an Dothaidh and the ridge linking Beinn Achaladair and Beinn a‘ Chreachain. The top of Beinn a‘ Chuirn lies opposite and is easily included in the ascent. The south face of this hill is steep and rocky and best avoided. so make a gradual contouring descent back towards the col and follow the Allt a‘ Chuirn down to the track used in the ascent.




Beinn a' Chreachain

Beinn a' Chreachain



Map for Beinn Mhanach

Map for Beinn Mhanach



Route Description for Beinn Mhanach

Route Description for Beinn Mhanach

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