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 Photographs of an ascent of the Corbett Cam Chreag

above Innerwick in Glen Lyon

 in the Central Highlands of Scotland


Car park at Innerwick in Glen Lyon

Starting point for ascent

in car park at Innerwick in Glen Lyon

From the car park a track / path

leads to the summit of Cam Chreag


Cam Chreag from track

Cam Chreag ( 2828ft, 862m ) from track





Carn Gorm above Glen Lyon

Carn Gorm above Glen Lyon

Carn Gorm is one of a group of four Munros

 on the north side of Glen Lyon





Summit of Cam Chreag

Summit of Cam Chreag





Loch Lyon and Beinn Mhanach and Meall Daill

Meall Ghaordie ( Ghaordaidh ) - 3409ft, 1039m

-
above Glen Lyon from Cam Chreag



Stuchd an Lochain, Beinn a Chreachain and Sron a'Choire Chnapanich above Loch an Daimh from Cam Chreag

Stuchd an Lochain, Beinn a Chreachain

 
and Sron a'Choire Chnapanich

above Loch an Daimh





Beinn a Chreachain and Sron a'Choire Chnapanich above Loch an Daimh from Cam Chreag

Beinn a Chreachain and Sron a'Choire Chnapanich

above Loch an Daimh from Cam Chreag







Beinn a'Chreachain from Meall Buidhe ( 2985ft, 910m )

The Munro Meall Buidhe ( 932m, 3,058 ft )

from Cam Chreag





The Ben Lawyers Group from Cam Chreag

The Ben Lawyers Group

from Cam Chreag



Loch Rannoch from Cam Chreag

Loch Rannoch

from Cam Chreag





Sron a'Choire Chnapanich ( 837m, 2746ft ) above Loch an Daimh from Stuchd an Lochain

The Carn Gorm, Meall Garbh,

Carn Mairg & Creag Mhor group

from Cam Chreag

The Corbett Beinn Dearg

and its adjoining ridge Creag Ard

 are to the front of the group






Map of Cam Chreag above Glen Lyon

Map of Cam Chreag

above Glen Lyon




Route Description and Map for Cam Chreag above Glen Lyon

Route Map for Cam Chreag

above Glen Lyon



CAM CHREAG - ROUTE DESCRIPTION:


Location: Perthshire
Map: OS Landranger 51 ( Loch Tay and Glen Dochart )
Distance: 9 miles ( 15km )
Time: 5-7 hours
Terrain: Moderate hill walk

The little clachan of Innerwick looks as though it’s trying to attract walkers. There's a car park with interpretive signs beside the start of the right of way that runs over the hills to Loch Rannoch and the little church is well worth a visit to see the ancient bell of St Adamnan. The bell has been dated to 800AD and apparently  lay in the churchyard of St Brandon’s Chapel in Glen Lyon for centuries before being rescued. St. Adarnnan travelled here from Iona, setting up Christian cells on ancient pagan sites of worship.
Cam Chreag, a 2828ft / 862m Corbett neighbours the Munro of Meall Buidhe high above Loch an Daimh - Cam Chreag is a good viewpoint.
A good route is possible by following the hill‘s south-east ridge, returning to the start via the hill’s lower neighbour of Meall nam Maigheach ( 741m ),
a pleasant horseshoe-shaped route of about 9 miles ( 15km ) round the glen of the Allt a'Choire Uidhre.
This glen has a bulldozed track running up its length to a corrugated iron hut just below Cam Chreag’s eastern face, the guidebook route, but the first bonus of the horseshoe route becomes apparent on topping out on Ben Meggernie, at the end of Cam Chreag's east ridge. This little bump offers a fabulous view right down the length of Glen Lyon and from here it's easy to understand why Tom Weir, and others, described this as Scotland’s loveliest glen. On one side of the glen the peaks of the Ben Lawers range rise high into the sky, the pointed culmination of long, steep ridges. On the other side, the blunter Carn Mairg hills rise on equally steep-sided flanks. The glen itself is well wooded with the River Lyon flowing gently through green meadows. Rob Roy’s mother was born here, and before that the ancient kings of Scotland came here to hunt deer.
To the west
from Cam Chreag the big Munroe stands clear — Stuchd an Lochain and Meall Buidhe, one on either side of Loch an Daimh and the wild country beyond to the hills of Mamlorn and Orchy. To the north-west, across Rannoch Moor, Ben Nevis is visible.
There's plenty of wild land here, an empty place tamed only by the West Highland railway line until the A82 Bridge of Orehy road. The north-east face of Cam Chreag gives an interesting descent down to the rounded hump of Meall nam Maigheach and back to the bulldozed track.

Route:
Leave the car park ( GR NN587476 ) on a bulldozed track that runs NW above the Alli a'Choire Uldhre.
At the end of the forestry plantation leave the track and climb S on to the ridge of Creag an Fhaoraioh.
Follow this ridge W over Ben Meggernie then NW to the summit ridge of Cam Chreag and its rocky summit.
To descend, backtrack a little and drop down the steep NE face of Cam Chreag avoiding the craggier sections of the slope. Aim for the
red—roofed hut in Coire Odhar.
From the hut follow an ergo-cat track over Meall nam Maigheech and descend by that hill's SE ridge back to Allt a'Choire Uldhre and the
track back to the car park.




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