BEINN BHUIDHE -
ROUTE DESCRIPTION Location: Glen Fyne
Map: OS
Landranger 56 ( GR 204- 187 )
Distance: 18
miles ( 4km )
Time: 5 hours 45
minutes ( on foot )
Terrain: paths,
tracks and
road Beinn Bhuidhe is a
peak whose
grandness is only appreciated up
close. From afar it looks like a
sprawling
mass at the head
of Loch Fyne,
but viewed from its eastern top, it
presents a sharp.
well-defined peak with steep rocky
sides.
The approach is
also deceptive
- deceptively long. You have to
cover four-and-a-half
miles of private
road and track
before setting
foot on the mountain, and here a
bicycle is
a neat bonus. The inward route is
gently uphill
but the outward
route requires
minimal effort.
Start from the
car park just
over the bridge on the old road at the head
of Loch Fyne
( beware of the height
restriction if
you're carrying a bike ). From
there, return over the old bridge,
turn left onto
the private road and
follow it
through a farm and the Fyne Ales
brewery.
The road crosses
back over
the river and past Glen Fyne Lodge to a
junction where
the road turns right
back over the
river and up the hillside. Go
straight ahead
onto a track and through a deer gate followed by a hill
and
woodland before
the open upper
glen and boarded-up house at
lnverchorachan.
Go through
another deer gate and through a
wooden gate
on its left from where a path leads up the
left side of
a burn in a
wooded gorge.
The route is
obvious, although
there one short but exposed rock
step before
the gorge opens out to reveal a
waterfall. Skirt this on the left and
walk on to
the upper flanks of the mountain.
Stay beside the
burn until
the path veers left over marshy ground to a
shallow gully
leading to the col between Beinn
Bhuidhe and
its eastern top. From here an open ridge
leads to the
summit of Beinn Bhuidhe ( 948rm,
'31'll]ft ) whose trig point is
no longer
standing, with views north and west to
Ben Cruachan
and Mull.
Return to
the col then continue north-east along the
ridge to
gain a grassy slope leading to a broad
summit marked
by a few rocks.
The best descent
is
south-east towards upper Glen Fyne down the
grassy and
rock steps forming the east ridge until you
can drop
down right and follow the corrie tip round
to meet the
ascent route above the waterfall. From here
it's all downhill
to lnverchorachan and, if you've
brought your bike, a speedy
return to the car park.
