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Name:Cruach a' Bhuic
Hill number:4537
Height:635m / 2083ft
Parent (Ma):1422  Beinn Bheula
RHB Section:19C: Loch Fyne to Bute and the Firth of Clyde
County/UA:Argyll and Bute
Catchment:Long & Goil
Class:Simm, Graham Top
(Tu,Sim,GT)
Grid ref:NS 16970 93525
Summit feature:outcrop a few metres from cairn
Drop:70m
Col:565m  NS160945  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 56
(1:25k) OL37N 363N
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Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass.  Please quote the hill number and hill name.

Logged Descriptions  (logged by 35 users)ByDate of Ascent
Third of 4 Simms in a cw direction from Carrick Castle.NormanW05/01/2024
Parked E of 138 SH, at entrance to forest. Circuit of 4 Simms: Beinn Bhreac, Cruach a' Bhuic, Cruach Eighrach and Creachan Mor. Direct descent to road past Craighoyle Farm.PGCE15/09/2022
Parked opposite Carrick Castle, by the hotel, and followed the forest track up to NS17757 94082, beyond the new planting, then on some ATV track and grass to the summit. Rock outcrop a few metres from the cairn looked highest.LizH24/04/2022
From Eighrach on good ATV track. Bogs dried up.sclater30/07/2021
Came down on track from Carrick Castle car park that reaches 520m and goes to within 1km of the summit, very useful.alda17/11/2019
6 Tops cnoc na tricriche, squrr a choinnich, beinn bhreac, cruach a bhuic, cruach eighrach, creachan mor from invermoaden headed down from creachan mor to sligrachan to pick up bike and mostly downhill run back to the car.robertphillips26/03/2017
See Creachan Mordickscroop08/10/2015
Carrick Castle-Cruachan an Draghair-Cruach a'Chaise-Creachan Mor-Cruach Eighrach-Cruach a'Bhuic-Beinn Bhreac-Sgurr a'Choinnich-Cnoc na Trichriche-Beinn Bheula-overnight camp by Lochan nan Cnaimh.campagvelocet08/06/2015
with Creachan Mor, see S8825. RHW08/05/2010
iainwalton04/12/2023
Simon Winton30/11/2023
Tom Mundell01/04/2023
PeterAH24/04/2022
chrispine13/09/2021
Gallovidian24/07/2021
AndyS25/10/2020
thenomad09/09/2020
weaselmaster10/11/2019
Lindsay M01/05/2019
interloper19/03/2018
Fletch19/03/2018
Alan Whatley26/04/2017
BaggerGutt30/05/2016
mae29/05/2016
neilsan15/11/2014
Gavin Theobald08/11/2011
Sherlock18/09/2011
Alan Moore09/06/2009
chalky195319/09/2007
Colin Crawford03/04/2006
StueyB22/08/2002
IainT23/03/1995
amblemark17/08/1991
tomandivy03/07/1987
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