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| Name: | Beinn a' Chaorainn North Top |
| Hill number: | 666 |
| Height: | 1042.9m / 3422ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 663 Beinn a' Chaorainn |
| Parent (SMC): | 663 Beinn a' Chaorainn |
| RHB Section: | 09C: Loch Lochy to Loch Laggan |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Lochy |
| Class: | Simm, Munro Top, High Hills of Britain, Murdo (Tu,Sim,MT,HHB,Mur) |
| Grid ref: | NN 38392 85692 |
| Summit feature: | tiny cairn |
| Drop: | 37.1m |
| Col: | 1005.7m NN 3836 8532  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 34 41 (1:25k) OL55 400 401 |
| Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 501 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From main top with Mark E on Bassetlaw Hill & Mountain Club winter week. Snow on ground, poor visibility in low cloud, descended via spur and return along glen on boggy path. | alwaysinshorts | 12/03/2024 |
| Beinn a' Chaorainn South Top, Beinn a' Chaorainn, Beinn a' Chaorainn North Top and Beinn Teallach from Roughburn. | JasonStark | 25/11/2023 |
| After the Munro en route to Teallach. | Denise | 11/10/2023 |
| Parked by forest gate at Roughburn. Beinn a'Chaorainn S Top, Beinn a'Chaorainn, Beinn a'Chaorainn N Top, Beinn Teallach. On descent crossed the river in the braided section as per WH. Blustery but improving visibility during the day. Much chillier than of late. Dusting of snow on Creag Meagaidh and Carn Liath to the east. With Gillian, Denise and initially Jonathan. | richard69 | 11/10/2023 |
| Beinn a' Chaorainn & Beinn Teallach from Glen Spean. Walkhighlands route but clockwise to make sure river wasn't in spate (it was fine). | hummusg | 19/10/2022 |
| Solo. | Jonathan Willingham | 20/09/2022 |
| From Roughburn up the SW ridge, playing hide-and-seek with the path most of the way, and over the three summits of Beinn a'Chaorainn. All three are magnificently situated, but the North Top feels most remote and lies on an elegant ridgeline. | Nick Down1 | 31/08/2022 |
| Beinn Teallach and Beinn a' Chaorainn from Roughburn. Walked up soggy valley to Teallach first as it was clear on the summit at the start but it clouded in before I got there and went very low for the rest of the walk. Strong winds and later rain made it a rather tedious walk by enlarge. Solo. | meltdiceburg | 07/08/2022 |
| Early start from Laggan dam after a night in the car. Climbed Beinn a Chaorainn first. It was mostly dry with a few spots of rain but the clouds were above the tops. I climbed the South top then headed over the middle and north tops. Walking was great there was a snow patch close to the south top. As I descended to the bealach I saw a Ptarmigan and Golden Plover. Luckily with all the dry weather it wasn’t to boggy at the bealach with Beinn Teallach. The latter was a bit rockier and there was a bit of a path. I visited both cairns and headed down easy grassy slopes back to the Allt a Chaorainn and the outward route. Did also see Ring Ouzel and Ravens. No other walkers seen. Time taken 4 hours 50 minutes for 11.25 miles. | isabelle | 08/06/2022 |
| Up from the A road in the wind. Major thaw going on and not great conditions. | atreides7887 | 10/03/2022 |
| Beinn a'Chaorainn and Beinn Teallach from Roughburn. With Sue, Jack & Ellie - post GMC trip. | Geoff Briggs | 10/11/2021 |
| Loop of Beinn a'Chaorainn and Beinn Teallach (anticlockwise) from parking where a86 crosses rough burn. Great walk with stunning views in excellent conditoins. massive potential to be very boggy on lower slopes on return and between the munros, but excellent today. 17km, 5.5 hrs | Nicky C | 05/06/2021 |
| From Tom Mor, initially up a path which fades out into wide open grassy slopes | Isbjorn 3rd Round | 30/05/2021 |
| Clare & Skye - lovely day on the hills. 2 Munros - 2 Tops - 2 Faffs. Leisurely walk up - beautiful day - and a bit of faffing on the way down seemed to break the day. | Scmccabe | 20/09/2020 |
| I spent the night sleeping in the car at the Creag Meagaidh car park. Starting at 7am, I climbed Beinn Teallach first, dropping down to the bog between the two Munros, then up to the northern Top followed by the summit of Beinn a' Chaorainn and over the southern Top. Very thick mist on Beinn a' Chaorainn, from which I descended due south, before realising I was headed into Coire Clachaig, so I contoured around to the SW ridge and continued down to to the forest then car, 07:10hrs all in. | chillyman8 | 16/09/2020 |
| Roughburn - Meall Clachaig - Beinn a’ Chaorainn South Top - Beinn a’ Chaorainn - Beinn a’ Chaorainn North Top - Beinn Teallach - Roughburn. | Mark Jackson | 27/08/2020 |
| Solo | Topsaswell | 17/07/2020 |
| Solo round of Beinn a' Chaorainn and Beinn Teallach - absolute bogfest! | mproudfoot | 12/10/2019 |
| From splendid camping pitch on Tom Mor col; TGOC 19 | Colin Crawford | 16/05/2019 |
| On TGOC 2019. A fantastic long high level walk from Tulloch via Beinn a' Chaorainn, Craig Meagaidh, Stob Poite Coire Ardair and Carn Liath to a high camp approx. 1km to the NE of A' Bhuidheanach. Sunny and extremely warm! | alistairpooler | 14/05/2019 |
| With Kate and Margaret on AC meet with high Avalanche risk | HardenC | 15/02/2018 |
| Debs and Tallie | Mountain Goat | 25/09/2017 |
| With Christine | Keith99 | 06/08/2017 |
| From Roughburn parking, anticlockwise circuit of Beinn a'Chaorainn and Beinn Teallach with boggy initial ascent, descending to Tom Mor and when tying to regain the forest path. | welshyboyo | 30/07/2017 |
| From Roughburn, along ridge of Beinn a'Chaorainn, continued N, dropped n and NW to bealach with Beinn Teallach, S over the summit, return to Roughburn | kdbennett | 01/07/2017 |
| R | Richard Tait | 18/05/2017 |
| From the south, through the forest and through thick snow to the summit. Took in the north summit before dropping down leaving Beinn Teallach for another day. | jigglybones | 23/02/2017 |
| park roughburn C/w round of meall bhaideanach, beinn a chaorainn far south top, beinn a chaorainn south top, beinn a chaorainn, beinn a chaorainn north top, creag meagaidh, creag meagaidh east top, an cearcallach, meall coire choille rais, puist coire ardair, creag mhor, sron a choire, down to aberarder cycled back to car at roughburn. | robertphillips | 15/08/2016 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 08/05/2016 |
| CUHWC Roy Bridge trip. | AGWilliamson | 20/09/2015 |
| From Roughburn. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 25/06/2015 |
| JimT | 24/01/2015 | |
| Blisco | 29/12/2014 | |
| Sunny/overcast, clear, calm, dry day with Robert Wight and Ron Dorn. Great views. Usual route from Roughburn parking spot.6 hours. | alexmaclennan | 24/08/2014 |
| KeithByTheC | 09/08/2014 | |
| From Roughburn, Beinn a'Chaorainn plus tops and Beinn Teallach. | rhalstead | 17/06/2014 |
| Cairn buried in snow | darradog | 30/05/2014 |
| All three tops were in cloud but it eventually cleared. | Roblex | 31/07/2013 |
| What a pleasure it was to walk this summit ridge. Caught some glimpses of the vertical drops around the Corrie from the Munro summit to this top. Great dry day. | LizzieG | 03/07/2013 |
| Up from Roughburn on A86, Beinn A'Chaorainn and Beinn Teallach. | tsharp | 11/06/2013 |
| With Haydn, Ben and John (MPS) | rambler_gary | 02/01/2013 |
| Done after the Munro. | Play2End | 12/08/2012 |
| Crossed on the way from the main summit heading down to the col to climb Beinn Teallach. | Windy Corner | 03/06/2012 |
| Estimated date - done solo | Aimless Rambler | 10/05/2012 |
| Roy & Scooby | JimA | 03/03/2012 |
| After the main top. | robertphillips | 27/05/2011 |
| Solo, fr South, half-ran path up to the col at NN371870, then to B Teallach, then back to col to do Chaorainn. Showers but mild with a light wind. This was first time of seriously trying to run in the hills, albeit still wearing (lightweight) boots I think. Particularly remember the landrover tracks among the trees down near Roughburn! | NorfolkPT21 | 20/07/2010 |
| Ian and Caroline, round of two Munros | nickywood1 | 27/05/2010 |
| with club, due to bad weather only completed Beinn a'Chaorainn | JamesSDonald | 06/02/2010 |
| self | davidsbatty | 24/07/2009 |