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Name:Creach-Beinn [Creach Beinn]
Hill number:1309
Height:698.7m / 2292ft
RHB Section:17E: Mull and Nearby Islands
County/UA:Argyll and Bute
Island:Mull
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman
(Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,Y,P500)
Grid ref:NM 64268 27610
Summit feature:rock 8m SW of trig point
Drop:552m
Col:147m  NM625275  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 49
(1:25k) 375E
Observations:rock at NM 64292 27622 18m ENE of trig point (NM 64275 27615) is of similar height
Survey:Abney level/Leica RX1250
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Was staying at the new Pennyghael campsite so caught the bus from there and got dropped off at the high point on the Glen More pass. Walked down towards the lochs and picked up the rough path that went round west side of first loch and then crossed river to reach north end of Loch Airde Glais. Headed directly west from here up rough grassy slopes to reach plateau walking south before final easy climb to summit. Had just sat out a flask of coffee and a sandwich on the trig point when a sea eagle suddenly appeared above me hovering overhead for a minute sussing me out before soaring away. A sight to behold.Jossker10/07/2023
Heather. Used Hamish Brown route, not far from Pier nr. Graveyard. Easy way up and down. Too hot for second hill wita massive drop between the 2!garbo110315/06/2023
Up south west ridge from Lochbuie then on to Ben Buie. Glorious summer day - everywhere bone dry.daviemore08/06/2023
From Lochbuie at car park -615256. Ascended from 625275 up steep slopes before easing close to the summit. Descended SW and then west on very dry terrain. With Anne B and Bill Taylor. Warm, clear weather.bolton04/06/2023
from CP for standing stones, up and down ridge. Very windy. great views.IanHHill25/06/2022
A wet and windy climb via Gleann a’ Chaiginn Mhòir.langskill15/05/2022
Balure Cemetery > Coire na Feola > Creach Beinn > Creach Bheinn Bheag > Coire Ruadh Bhruthaich > Lochbuie.Winterfloodian07/05/2022
With Sunny. Ben Buie (G) & Creach BeinnHuwel10/09/2021
Via stalkers path from stone circle parking and return via Creach Bheinn BheagPaulineD14/08/2021
With Rob. Followed SMC guidebook route from Glen More. Fantastic moonscape on upper Ben Buie. Initial low cloud lifted to give glorious views on both hills from Skye and Rum cullin to Arran hills over Kintyre, colonsay, Jura and Islay.alexmaclennan31/08/2020
Circuit from Lochbuie including Ben Buie, on a hot August day. Tough going but great hills.Rockdoctor16/08/2020
Ben Buie and Creach Beinn from the stone circle parking. This completes all the Marilyn's in the Highlands; just 6 in the Borders remain.PGCE24/02/2020
From the SE, starting at 661261 then up above the SW bank of Allt nam Faoilean Glaise to about 300m then right across stream onto east ridge, which gets steeper but there are no compulsory scree or scrambling.Topographer5721/09/2019
A glorious day for this walk. Easy path up the glen from the stone circle car park to a flat boggy section almost at the watershed, then up a steep, rough ramp on the N side of the wide coire to nicer grass and scree going onto the main ridge. Fine views. Down NW steeply to the plateau below, then easy enough walking steeply down to the head of the loch. Sadly, plans for Ben Buie were curtailed by illness.Gill20/09/2019
G and Aarthurwhittaker07/05/2019
With Dave Roeder. Followed route in SMC Graham book, parking at bridge; path to step in glen, then up slopes to Creach Bheinn (16:00). Back down to glen at watershed (17:00). Up broad ridge (some fine gabbro slabs) to N summit and thence to Ben Buie top (19:00). Down S to path leading R through cliff line then steep slopes to road by phone box. Car 20:05. Warm sunny day, good views.dbb01/05/2019
Round of Creach-Beinn and Ben Buie, with tops, from N. Started with drizzle, rained more heavily as day progressed. Cloud fairly low, some interesting route finding.RobertP30/04/2019
Parked Balure Cemy on Loch Spelvie shore.Up between rivers and then stone chute to the east of the summit. Mild, windy and good views.iangalbraith20/06/2018
With Mark, Malky & Des, plus Ben Buie. Clag above 400m. Rounsfell14/04/2018
3 of 3: From Cnap nan Gobhar.ChrisR17/10/2017
Bus out and back from Craignure.Up via Cnap nan Gabhar to Beinn Buie, doubled back top first top and ridge down to south end of loch before the slog back up to Creach Beinn. Path back to road was poorer than I had hoped. Good tops rather spoilt by cloud.dickscroop13/04/2017
Ben Buie and Creach Beinn from Lochbuie by the route described in Dempster's Graham guidebook.davidpettit8402/01/2017
Sunny day, showers elsewhere passed us by. Camping at shieling campsite, craignureDenise 22/05/2016
Landed at beach near W end of L Spelve (15:50). Reached ridge via gully just SW of summit. Clear on top (17:20) but cloud on higher hills. Descended E then SE down v steep stony ridge; tricky. Reached road about 673267 at 18:40 and walked 7k to N shore of loch to be picked updbb06/08/2015
Started at Lochbuie then climbed up Ben Buie, Cnap nan Gobhar, Beinn Fhada and finally Creach-Beinn for Jim Fothergill's 1500th Marilyn with Alex Cameron.Dugswell229/05/2015
Changeable weather on a fine round with Douglas and JimAlex C29/05/2015
With Jenx, Parked down at LochBhuide. Took the steady SW ridge through old sow.nordicstar29/04/2015
With Sail & Alfie.Dangerous Dave03/01/2015
my final graham with renee from usual parking spot at stone circle, over first top onto ridge line to the summit hailstones on top.robertphillips23/11/2014
with Peter Willimottdavidsbatty23/06/2014
Galltywenallt25/04/2014
From NM61540 25554, remember to close the gate :-) Followed track until got bored and got up on to the ridge as a series of hailstorms joined me. From summit dropped steeply to west and back to the start.Martin R17/04/2012
From the A849 at nm 622303BLACKHILL20/04/2011
Very steep and very easy ascent from a gravel pit near the head of Loch Spelve. Lovely hill, lots of basalt, dolerite and gabbro.fasgadh15/04/2011
Various inc JC and DCMartin6602/01/2011
During a New Year week in Tobermory, my final Mull Graham with Martin66, JC, Shaky & the Hunts. From E end of Loch Uisg, headed generally NW over Am Maolan before heading NE to summit. Returned the same way.NotReallyABagger02/01/2011
Ascended from the west, having descended from Ben Buie. Clear visibility. Descended south back to Lochbuie.JohnW21/04/2010
alone SheilaS28/05/2008
Park near Lochbuie. On path then up on tussock over 3 knolls. Made for a dip in horizon. Coffee at 1350' On grass almost all the way to final stony covered slopes 11.45. Vanessa 10485.arranc17/08/2007
Long wait at Kinlochspelve for colleagues who got into difficulty in gorge above. Otherwise a very fine hill.lordtonult24/06/2007
Solo HFB07/08/2005
Solofergie24/07/2005
Date is first visit. Notes from later...fine summit, v tussocky lower down. 617303 A849: Creach + Buie RHW29/04/2000
Morning run over Ben Buie and Creach Beinn from wild camp in Glen More.Eddie22/04/1995
Solo. Climbed up from Lochbuie through the cloud of a fine temperature inversion with magnificent views to the hills of the Hebrides. Via Creach Beinn & Ben Buie.Vin24/10/1991
Munros and corbetts compleated in 2013 Grahams and Dinald, donald tops and new donalds compleated in 2017VerySlowPlodderblank
anguscow02/06/2023
NickF18/04/2023
weaselmaster19/03/2023
Sick Kid19/03/2023