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Photographs of an ascent of the Corbett Creach Bheinn above Loch Creran

 and neighbouring peaks:


Beinn Sgulaird,
Ben Starav, Ben Cruachan


Beinn Sgulaird and Creach Bheinn above Loch Creran

Beinn Sgulaird and Creach Bheinn

above Loch Creran



Beinn Sgulaird and Creach Bheinn above Loch Creran

Beinn Sgulaird and Creach Bheinn

above Loch Creran




Loch Creran on ascent of Creach Bheinn

Loch Creran

on ascent of 
Creach Bheinn




Loch Creran on ascent of Creach Bheinn

Loch Creran

on ascent of 
Creach Bheinn




Meall Garbh on ascent of Creach Bheinn

Meall Garbh

on ascent of Creach Bheinn




Bealach ( col ) between Beinn Sgulaird and Creach Bheinn

Bealach ( col )

between 
Beinn Sgulaird and Creach Bheinn 





Loch Creran from bealach ( col )

Loch Creran from bealach ( col )





Beinn Sgulaird from bealach




Munros of the Glencoe Region from Creach Bheinn

Munros of the Glencoe Region

 from Creach Bheinn



Beinn Sgulaird from Creach Bheinn

Beinn Sgulaird

from Creach Bheinn





Munros of the Glencoe Region around from Creach Bheinn

Munros of the Glencoe Region

around Creach Bheinn
 





Ben Starav from Creach Bheinn

Ben Starav

from Creach Bheinn


Ben Cruachan from Creach Bheinn

Ben Cruachan

from Creach Bheinn



Ben Cruachan above Loch Etive from the Corbett Creach Bheinn

Ben Cruachan above Loch Etive

from the Corbett Creach Bheinn 




Creach Bheinn

Creach Bheinn


Trig point on summit of Creach Bheinn

Trig point on summit of Creach Bheinn ( 2657ft, 810m )


Loch Linnhe from Creach Bheinn

Loch Linnhe

from Creach Bheinn



Creach Bheinn from Meall Ligiche

Creach Bheinn

from
Meall Ligiche





Map of Creach Bheinn and Beinn Sgulaird

Map of Creach Bheinn and Beinn Sgulaird





Route  Map for Creach Bheinn

Route Map for Creach Bheinn



CREACH BHEINN - ROUTE DESCRIPTION:

Location: Argyll and Bute
Map: 06 Landranger 50
Distance: 8 miles (13km)
Time: 5-6 hours
Terrain: Moderate mountain walk

After a long spell of cloud, rain and wind this was The Good Day and its restorative qualities had me singing. The drive to Duror was unspeclacular — a grey shroud of mist covered everything — but as I drove across the old railway bridge across the narrows of Loch Cretan I caught a glimpse of the Munro, Beinn Sgulaird and its Corbett neighbour, Creach Bheinn, rising from skirts of mist.
By the time l parked near Druimavuic and took the forest track into Gleann Buidhe much of the mist had evaporated. The evergreens were greener than ever, the deciduous trees were budding and the grasses on the hill were honey gold against a pale blue sky. A buzzard mewed its warning call, no doubt marking its territory for the season ahead The day had all the vibrancy of spring, of new life and zest while, in essence, it was just recovering
from the death throes of winter. A bulldozed track makes its way up the glen to a high bealaeh between Beinn Sgulaird and Creach Bheinn. My original thought was to gather in both summits from there but part of me just wanted to linger, take photographs and while the day away among the rocks and ridges of the high places. So I opted for Creach Bheinn ( 2657ft / 810m ). Further west, where the best views would be, out over the mouth of Loch Cretan to Eriska and Lismore and the high ground of Morven beyond.
I shunned the track up the glen and simply followed the burn, the Allt Buidhe, walking in time to its symphonies — not plodding up a man-made highway and its echoes of despoilation and crudeness. Having spent too long dictated to by other people‘s diaries and timetables. trying to meet a barrage of deadlines and not, for human intervention reasons, being able to take my usual late winter overseas trek, I was eager to escape homo sapiens for at least a day - aiding in the choice of the Corbett over the usually busier Munro.
By following the burn l managed to avoid the bulldozed track but as I wallowed in the sun on the high bealach, cnioying the views across Beinn Trilleachean to Ben Starav in Glen Etive, walkers appeared - intent, like me, on climbing Creach Bheinn. I scampered off but as I climbed the ridge to the intervening top of Creag na Cathaig I could hear their chatter behind. They were a happy bunch, enjoying the glorious weather, but curmudgeonly me was irritated by their close presence. l stopped to allow them to overtake, but they didn't, so I set off again and there they were, only a few metres behind me now, blethering away. I stopped again on the steep climb up to Creach Bheinn's northeast top and this time they all passed, so I lingered, ate my lunch, took photographs, drank coffee, giving them time to reach the summit then begin their descent - but I didn’t wait long enough. As I approached there they were, sprawled out over the cairn enjoying the sun and the views. I muttered a gruff hello, took some more photographs and retired in a huff. I may not have had the summit to myself but at least I could enjoy the descent on my own. And l did.
I sincerely hope I didn’t appear rude, but sometimes it’s important to be on your own. Now l could really appreciate the view — multi-topped Cruachan, Starav, the twin Buachailles at the head of Glen Etive, granity Sgulaird with the long ridge of Beinn Fhionnlaidh beyond and the exquisite views across Loch Linnhe to Morven and Mull — and in the south, the outline of the Paps of Jura.
I loped down the hill's north-west ridge and took a steep course back to the Allt Buidhe. Avoiding the forestry, l crossed the burn again and it wasn't until I was back in the woods above the road that I met more people, a couple out for a stroll with their dog.

Route:
Start at the layby on the minor road north of Druimavuic at the east end of Loch Cretan ( GR: NNOO7449 ).
Just before the driveway to Drulrnavuic a track leaves the roadside and climbs through the woods. passing the stone walls oi the house gardens.
Beyond the walls the track goes through a fence beyond which there is a junction.
Keep to the left and follow the track all the way to the high bealach in Coire Buidhe between Beinn Sguiaird and Creach Bheinn.
From here follow the ridge in a SW direction. over Creag na Cathaig and down to another bealach from where steep slopes climb to Creach Bhein's NE top.
From here it's an easy walk to the summit.
Descend the may you came or alternatively, descend via the hill's NW ridge from Creag na Cathaig, leaving it as it veers W to drop down
steep slopes back to the Allt Buidhe.





Route Map for Beinn Sgulaird

Route Map for Beinn Sgulaird



BEINN SGULAIRD - ROUTE DESCRIPTION:

Location: Glen Creran
Map: 06 Landranger 50
Distance: 9 miles ( 14.5km )
Time: 5-6 hours
Terrain: tracks and paths

Beinn Sgulaird lies at the south-western corner of an extensive area of granite stretching from the western flanks of Ben Alder
to Beinn Cruachan. Rannoch Moor once covered by an ice sheet, dominates the northern half. In contrast, the southern section is
marked by high craggy and complex peaks such as Starav, Albannaich and Cruachan scoured from the bedrock as the
glaciers radiating from the ice sheet ploughed towards the sea.
Slightly west of the main Etive glacial trench, Beinn Sgulaird is neither as high nor as complex as its cousins, but it is rough and
rocky and offers an excellent single-hill expedition from the head of Loch Creran.
Follow the road up Glen Crerau to the head of the loch past Druimavuic to park at a wide lay-by on the right just beyond the
second entrance to the house.
Walk back towards this entrance but turn left before it on to a rough track with electricity poles.
The track leads through woods behind the house to open hillside where it swings left then back right to cross the lower part of the
western ridge of point 863m.
Leave the track here for a cairned path and follow it directly up the ridge. Climh up and south round point 488Sm, then north skirting a
small band of crags above the col.
Regain the path at the col’s high point and continue up th ridge to the summit of point 863m. From here the going is much rockier as
you traverse the rim of the corrie to gain the top of Meall Garbh ( 848m ).
Further rocky ground gains the south ridge which leads in a series of granite slabs and steps to the large summit cairn ( 937m ).
You can retrace your steps or make a contouring descent by the pathless west face, the latter being recommended only in good
visibility as some of the ground is complex and rocky.
Continue north on the path towards a rocky point ( 909m ) then drop west off the crest of the ridge into the grassy gully leading
west from the col between the two summits. Follow this until you can turn south-west aiming for the head of the loch and traverse
mostly grassy slopes between the bands of crags and scree.
Once clear of the rocks follow grassy, birch-scattered slopes towards a walled sheepfold, gained by crossing the Allt Coire na Capull.
Cross the smaller Allt Bliochdaig beyond from where animal paths and ATV tracks lead west to a track leading to the
access road south of Taraphocain.
Follow this west beside the River Ure to join the main road some 700m north of the parking spot.



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