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| Name: | Beinn na Gucaig |
| Hill number: | 339 |
| Height: | 616m / 2021ft |
| RHB Section: | 04A: Fort William to Loch Treig and Loch Leven |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Linnhe |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NN 06295 65325 |
| Summit feature: | ground 3m E of trig point |
| Drop: | 451m |
| Col: | 165m NN079652  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 41 (1:25k) 384 392 |
| Observations: | ground 6m E of trig point is as high |
| Survey: | KR 2x Hand Level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 274 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| yorkielad | 10/03/2024 | |
| Free CP to SW. Track to good atv/track from NN 0325 6303 (currently marked with an orange tape tied to a bush at the start) | carole engel | 07/07/2022 |
| Up the southwest ridge. Path most of the way, although boggy after the 575m top. | davidpettit84 | 03/06/2022 |
| Woth Nick, Noelle, Peter and Amanda. From Inchree forestry CP. Dreadful forecast but dry walk in along forestry road. Windy wet steep ascent to top. Back by SW ridge but ended up in ghastly long tussocky grass. Sunny view of Corran and Ardgour for lunch. 5 hours. | alexmaclennan | 12/02/2022 |
| Soggy plod along the long south ridge, enlivened by wintry conditions and unexpectedly good views | Rockdoctor | 04/02/2022 |
| Gucaig from Lundavra - beautiful sunny day - gradual ascent. Then down and up to Tom Meadhoin via Forestry tracks since Forest to W has been clear felled. Much better than out and back from Doire Ban. | davechaffey | 02/08/2021 |
| solo | donmeister | 21/06/2021 |
| Much as SS. Joined ATV track at about 280m. Onto BnG and back down the ATV track. It meets the forestry road at 03247 63041. | chrisbien | 15/05/2021 |
| From Lundavra to Inchree. Straightforward. | sclater | 14/03/2020 |
| A nice walk from the parking place before the bridge by Lundavra. Over the bridge, a few yards along the road then up to Sron Garbh. Easy going on short grass. Minus quite a lot but Beinn na Gucaig gets the sun. Stunning views. To the top, back track to the col, then down to the valley (shielings) and up Doire Ban. Doire Ban is a grim struggle, made worse by rock hard frozen moss under long vegetables. The only good bit was the grass in the sun near the top. Down was purgatory; lumps of red moss were frozen rock hard but the green moss was soft; like Jake the bloody peg. Rough as a dog's proverbial, though the views were good. The ford for the ATV track crossing the outflow of the Loch and the road bridge gave the best way back to road, given that the main river was frozen. Shallow ford in dry weather or big stepping stones for wet days. A walk of 2 halves. | Gill | 30/11/2019 |
| From forestry car park up waterfall trail then round and up side of forest. Picked up ATV track further up and easy going from there (deer fence is not - it's a normal one). Came back by atv all the way to tack. Brilliant views. | SS | 11/06/2019 |
| Up and down ridge from Inchree via edge of forest as per smc book. Great views down Loch. | daviemore | 13/05/2019 |
| Staying low today to avoid the worst of the wind - still pretty rough on the tops though. | atreides7887 | 15/03/2019 |
| With Peter J. Parked near the lochan outlet. Faint path diagonally uphill WSW. | Owen B | 22/02/2019 |
| Along the ATV track to Beinn na Gucaig's two tops and back. Superb views down Loch Linnhe. | summitter | 19/01/2019 |
| With Malky C as round with Tom Meadhoin and Doire Ban from Corran. No summits clear but occasional views. Ground rough, finished in dark. | Rounsfell | 08/12/2018 |
| With Yeltzbagger. | Stevie n Tay | 22/11/2018 |
| With Stevie n Tay. | Yeltzbagger | 22/11/2018 |
| Heather. Birthday weekend @ Clachaig | garbo1103 | 02/11/2018 |
| From Inchree | BLACKHILL | 24/06/2018 |
| Like others,from Inchree following the red trail and then the ATV track to Pt 575, paths more indistinct after that. Rather overcast and not a very interesting hill. | milimana | 23/06/2018 |
| With M. Warm day with some sun. Fantastic views of Ben Vair, the Glencoe hills and the Ben, with many people visible on the pony track. | douglas_easton | 19/05/2018 |
| Used ATV track mentioned by iangalbraith. Follow red route from Inchree car park to NN 03248 63038 and up ATV track to Pt 575, then no path but terrain OK. | Lionel Bidwell | 18/05/2018 |
| From Inchree car park. Recorded route and write-up at: http://gayleybird.blogspot.com/2018/05/beinn-na-gucaig-nn062653-616m.html | Gayle | 04/05/2018 |
| tick | chazzyboy19 | 16/04/2018 |
| Alone, from Inchree. Saw dogsledders on track. | Grinner | 06/01/2018 |
| Circuit from minor road to Lundavra, parking fairly close to dam. Direct climb to Meall nan Cleireach, along ridge to Beinn na Gucaig, then steep descent E and long climb to Doire Ban (mound to S of top can't be much lower). Descent NNE and cross ford close to outlet of loch (could be tricky if water level higher). Rainy day. | RobertP | 08/11/2017 |
| From Inchree, taking in the waterfall viewpoint. Deer track helps in the rough section by the forest before the ATV track is reached. Horrible descent east to the forest road; returning along the ridge would be better. | Galltywenallt | 29/09/2017 |
| From Inchree. Past waterfalls then up old MTV tack mentioned by ianglabraith (thanks, good tip). Then over knoll to north toenter forest at 056659. Though trees then forest track back to Inchree. Good circhit, much nicer than previous reports suggested. Great views of Loch Linnhe and the Ben | Clive G | 11/05/2017 |
| SMC route from Inchree using Abhainn Righ Falls car park. Falls worth visiting. Good views of Loch Linnhe. 4 hours 45 dawdling. | rogreeves | 16/04/2017 |
| Too long and too far to get here. Good views! | Play2End | 24/03/2017 |
| CDMC meet Glencoe | clashcityrocker | 04/03/2017 |
| From Lundavra, with Ian Soulsby. | Dangerous Dave | 05/02/2017 |
| From Inchree, up forest track to 03280 63025 where an old atv track goes up the ridge and most of the way to summit. Otherwise, terrain is hideous. Mild, sun and cloud, strong freezing wind, good views. | iangalbraith | 13/10/2016 |
| From Inchree. | ngthack | 26/05/2016 |
| with Frances | langskill | 10/04/2016 |
| R from Lundavra | Richard Tait | 22/10/2015 |
| Triangular tour of Doire Ban and Gucaig from east end of Lundavra loch. | Topographer57 | 14/10/2015 |
| self | davidsbatty | 24/03/2015 |
| From Inchree. Along forest track & then directly up grassy ridge to summit. Return as outward except for diversion via waterfalls once back down on forest track. With Gavin & Nathan. | MorecambeMonkey | 15/03/2015 |
| Parked on Lundavra road, just above dam, good parking area. Limited space to farm. Direct up hill side to NW, gaining main ridge, then to the 5H. Along ridge to Graham summit on good turf. Fine views, on around the glen to Marilyn on far side. | nordicstar | 14/02/2015 |
| From Corran Bunkhouse in the snow with the club. Up track past quarry through the trees head on up West flank towards bealach then summit returned down NW face then headed SW towards a path from the trees back along track. | The Rodmiester | 23/01/2015 |
| Early morning walk before going on to longer things in the afternoon. From layby next to cattle grid, through farm on track to left then worked way up to ridge finding the gates on the way. In cloud the false tops were a bit of a problem. | dickscroop | 05/01/2015 |
| Beinn na Gucaig (NN 062653) S/F NN 096664 Another straight forward day on a small hill with good views to south and west. Cloud base about 3200' broken giving views to Glen Coe hills. Moderate SW wind at top, cold, showery day. | John Young | 01/04/2014 |
| Alone | SpudGunn | 29/03/2014 |
| From lay-by half a mile before Lundavra, up to boggy plateau beneath 'Sron Gharbh' then diagonally up to join ridge before final pull to trig summit. Bit of slog back, alpine views to Mamores and Glen Coe Mountains. | Columba | 11/03/2014 |
| With NS, PK. From Blar a' Chaorainn. Round of MnG, TM, DB and BnG. | amswanston | 17/11/2013 |
| with renee from lundavra. | robertphillips | 27/09/2013 |
| from the hidden glen west of Glen Nevis. | IanHHill | 18/07/2013 |
| 5 of 6: From Doire Ban. | ChrisR | 10/12/2012 |