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| Name: | Beinn Bheoil |
| Hill number: | 354 |
| Height: | 1019m / 3343ft |
| RHB Section: | 04B: Loch Treig to Loch Ericht |
| County/UA: | Highland (UA) |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Lochy, Tay |
| Watershed: | Firth of Tay, Mull of Kintyre to Rattray Head, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Greater Loch Linnhe, Land's End to John o' Groats, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, Murdo, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,Mur,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NN 51718 71713 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 186m |
| Col: | 833m NN506702  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 42 (1:25k) OL50 385E 393 |
| Observations: | rock 10m SW of cairn is 20cm higher than cairn base but cairn may hide higher ground |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 479 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Three fantastic days in the Ben Alder forest (wilderness), bagging three Munros (that’s now 120 out of 282) and two Munro Tops. 05/08/20: I cycled in from Dalwhinnie along the north side of Loch Ericht past Loch Pattack to Culra Bothy, where I met Alec McBride. 06/08/20: Me and Alex followed the WalkHighlands route info for Ben Alder, but couldn’t find somewhere suitable to cross (for me to be confident enough to cross) the Allt a’ Bhealaich Bheithe, so we hiked up to the saddle and approach the 1st Munro from the south. The views from Ben Alder (1148m) were stunning south and west across Rannoch Moor. This was followed by the Munro Top of Sron Coire na h-lolaire (956m) then the second day’s Munro of Beinn Bheoil (1019m). Dry all day with some mist blocking the views of Ben Nevis, in all other directions bright blue skies, 09:30hrs all in. Alex hiked out after this, I stayed another night in the Culra Bothy. 07/08/20: I headed up Carn Dearg (1034m) directly from Culra Bothy, thankfu | chillyman8 | 06/08/2020 |
| After ben alder on way to camp at culra | cjo | 19/10/2019 |
| Corrour to Ben Alder cottage where camped. Done before going on to Ben Alder. | garyhoney | 18/10/2019 |
| From YHA Loch Ossian, ascent up Carn Dearg and along ridge to Sgor Gaibhre in the hot sun. Followed ridge line along to Being a' Chumhainn, descent into valley for lunch. Up West ridge of Ben Alder for Munro 50 then round to Being Bheoil then into valley for midge fuelled bivvy. | robertgn | 03/08/2019 |
| Cycled in from Dalwhinnie to Culra. Hot and sunny, most of the snow from 2 weeks ago now gone. Lots of TGO hikers heading east on the estate track, some looking a bit sunburnt. Up the east ridge and west along over the summit and its top, before returning via Loch a'Bhealach Bheithe | Roblex | 16/05/2019 |
| From Ben alder cottage | emily | 01/03/2019 |
| From Culra bothy to the col between alder & bheoil up and over. Easy one. My first munro since August 17. | tallblond | 22/09/2018 |
| B&A. After Ben Alder. | Morning | 07/08/2018 |
| After Carn Dearg and lunch time camp by rivers east of Ben Alder. Fine sunny views for my last munro. Only disappointment was that Mrs Mindlessflogger wasn't there with me. Walked out north to road via a camp by the Allt Cam. | mindlessflogger | 16/05/2018 |
| With Lionel and Geraldine | Chris Blake | 10/05/2018 |
| With Chris and Lionel | Geraldine Fardon | 10/05/2018 |
| From Dalwhinnie. Walk-cycle to Loch Pattack, track to footbridge near Culra, ascend Beinn Bheoil by north ridge, continuing south via Sron Coire na h-Iolaire to Bealach Breabag, up Sron Bealach Beithe and round corrie rim to Ben Alder summit, crossed plateau to col below Meall an t-Slugain and bivvyed in valley of Uisge Labhair. Ascended Coire a' Charra Bhig to the col at Leabaidh Chrasgach, then up Beinn Eibhinn, returned to col, up Aonach Beag, continued on to Geal-Charn, descended and walked out to Sgor Iutharn, then contoured round above Log an Sgoir to Diollaid a'Chairn and up Carn Dearg, descended NE to track between Loch Pattack and Culra, walk and cycle return to Dalwhinnie. With SD. | kdbennett | 22/07/2017 |
| Filling in a gap. Many years ago I climbed Ben Alder from Loch Ossian YH before I was bagging Munros. The weather forecast was wind on top - Correct, mist on top - Correct, but fine - Incorrect, it started to rain around Culra, and rained until I passed Culra again later in the afternoon. From Dalwhinnie, cycled along Loch Ericht. | dal | 17/06/2017 |
| With Rod, Andrew | Oik | 08/06/2017 |
| After Ben Alder. Camped out at Culra. Cloud intermittent on top then beautiful views. | mn23 | 07/05/2017 |
| 2nd munro of day. Fog lifted and great views of mountains to south and west. Back to our campsite and Culra where we packed up and cycled to Dalwhinnie via Loch Pattack. | dave neilson | 07/05/2017 |
| Solo, with my bike until 2km from Ben Alder Cottage. Then the track (!) was awful. Getting up the hill was easy. Clearing fog, great views. Now on to Ben Alder. | Play2End | 07/09/2016 |
| Cycled from Dalwhinnie to Culra then a round of Ben Alder, Sron Coire na h-Iolaire and Beinn Bheoil. | rhalstead | 17/06/2016 |
| Cycled Dalwhinnie to Culra then anti-clockwise circuit of the 6 Munros before cycling back to Dalwhinnie. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 06/06/2016 |
| with Ben Alder, from Culra, 7 hrs 20 | Dunlawyering | 24/05/2016 |
| Round of the 6 Dalwhinnie munros from Culra with Rob Wight. Dry, breezy day. Initially low cloud but cleared so fantastic views when on Ben Alder. 10 hours. | alexmaclennan | 08/08/2015 |
| Julie B. From Ben Alder and closed bothy overnight. | Bookerdddd | 21/05/2015 |
| Round of Carn Dearg, Sgor Gaibhre, Ben Alder and Beinn Bheoil from the Rannoch road. Day 48 of 59 for all Munros. 45km, +/-2100m, 13 hours 45. | PGCE | 16/04/2015 |
| shiena & katie | jennygraham | 10/10/2014 |
| 4 of 4: From Sron Coire na h-Iolaire. | ChrisR | 09/08/2014 |
| Easter camp near Loch Pattack. Over Beinn Bheoil and Ben Alder | Gallovidian | 20/04/2014 |
| 25 mile round trip from Dalwhinnie. | chriswatson | 14/04/2014 |
| With Tim & Reeva | Loz_mck | 19/10/2013 |
| ghaley | 19/07/2013 | |
| JimT | 10/07/2013 | |
| Climbed with Richard from Dalwhinnie. Walked into Culra bothy, ditched kit, climbed Beinn Bheoil then Ben Alder, walked back to Bothy. Total 15.25 hours!! Was difficult finding the summit of Ben Alder due to poor visibility and the walk back from Beinn Alder was 'murderous' due to deep slushy snow and several necessary river crossings/diversions due to overflowing rivers. Poor visibility but no wind. | amcculloch | 16/02/2013 |
| 267th - Allan - walk in along Loch Ericht from Dalwhinnie. Good snow cover from 900m, dry with moderate winds but visibility reduced during day to 10m on Ben Alder summit. Incredibly long day at 15hr 8min, snow cover of streams made walk out to Culra bothy tricky. | RGibbs | 16/02/2013 |
| 3rd of 3. It doesn't look much but it's a reasonable trek from Alder. Dropped down through heather to pickup path to bothy and the cycle out. ~57km, ~2000m, ~13hrs. Epic! | bowzi | 25/06/2012 |
| From Corrour holiday cottages, sunny, very hot and good views. | iangalbraith | 27/05/2012 |
| cycled in from dalwhinnie stayed the night in bothy then beinn bheoil, and ben alder in strong winds and rain. | robertphillips | 10/03/2012 |
| Cycled from Dalwhinnie along Loch side. Lovely track. Horrible day then once on summit got the views as weather improved. Lucky Company: Paul Johnson | iandesbottes | 20/08/2011 |
| Solo hot day met a Bambi on walk out and missed the last train and slept in Dalwhinnie train station waiting room | munromurph | 01/07/2011 |
| Rob and I as a monster cycle traverses of Bein Bheoil and Ben Alder. Leaving Dalwhinnie near rail station we cycled along Loch Ericht into driving wind and rain, passing massive Castles and Lodges in imposing positions on Lochside. Reaching Loch PPattac | david.walker40 | 28/05/2011 |
| From Dalwhinnie, cycled to Culra bothy | robhenderson | 28/05/2011 |
| Climbed after bagging Ben Alder. No real problems just the descent and finding a good way down. | Jhimmy | 30/04/2011 |
| Sunday night at Culra bothy, cycle in and out | sry2 | 25/10/2010 |
| Done with Ben Alder | akmilne | 01/07/2009 |
| Climbed with Ben Alder | FCMark | 01/07/2009 |
| From tent near Loch Pattack, up Carn Dearg, Geal Charn, Aonach Beag, Beinn Eibhinn, Ben Alder and Beinn Bheoil | Gallovidian | 02/06/2009 |
| has for Ben Alder | Nozzer | 30/05/2009 |
| first ascent of the first 2 tops then second ascents of ben alder & beinn bheoil & their tops. cool on the tops, lots of snow still on ben alders summit area. goc 09, 2 in party, climbed from a high camp on a through walk to dalwhinnie. | rum doodle | 12/05/2009 |
| Long solo bike & walk - fine & sunny but with deep cover of soft snow | barnz48 | 10/05/2009 |
| tick | chazzyboy19 | 02/04/2009 |
| Cycled in to Culra Bothy, 16.5km then completed Beinn Bheoil, Ben Alder + 1 Top, 19.1km, 1090m, in 6.5hr | JamesSDonald | 16/11/2008 |
| See Ben Alder | dickscroop | 14/10/2008 |