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Name:A' Chruach
Hill number:10724
Height:482m / 1581ft
Parent (Ma):1424  Beinn Mhor
RHB Section:19C: Loch Fyne to Bute and the Firth of Clyde
County/UA:Argyll and Bute
Catchment:Holy
Class:Tump (400-499m)
(Tu,4)
Grid ref:NS 13125 86547
Summit feature:small cairn
Drop:34m
Col:448m  NS130867  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 56
(1:25k) OL37S 363S
Observations:metal fence post embedded vertically in cairn
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 33 users)ByDate of Ascent
Botanic Gardens - A' Chruach - Clach Bheinn - Beinn Mhor - Beinn Bheag - Bernice - Botanic Gardensdavidpettit8409/04/2023
Parked at Ben More gardens for horseshoe walk: A'Chruach, along and out to Capul Cloiche, and return over Clach Bheinn.PGCE15/09/2022
Parked at Benmore Gardens. Through the gardens and up to the signed viewpoint, then left along the forest track, which continued as a pleasant path up through pines and rhododendrons to a gate to the open hillside. On to the summit, and continued to Creachan Beag.LizH14/02/2022
Great walk up through Benmore Gardens to A' Chruach and all tops along the ridge to Beinn Mhor including nipping out to Clach Bheinn. Descent to Glen Masson via the excellent forestry track.sclater27/01/2022
Circuit of Beinn Mhor and tops from Glen Massan road end.thekirkie pirate21/10/2021
First top on the ridge after a rough ascent from Glen Massan. Fine views down the Clyde from the cairnColin Crawford21/04/2021
Parking spot on Glen Massan road at NS139840, walking by River Eachaig, then road / track along Loch Eck to Bernice. Forestry track up Bernice Glen then rough ground to the beallach and steep climb to summit of Meall Breac S Top (several humps) and traverse to summit of Beinn Bheag. N to boggy beallach and climb to summit of Cruach Bhuidhe. Return along ridge, contouring below the tops to Beallach Bernice and then long steady ascent to Beinn Mhor visiting tops to NE only slightly lower. Continued S on ridge, climbing Capull Cloiche, then cross to climb steeply to Clach Bheinn visiting the twin tops and a third top. Continued on to Creachan Mor, Creachan Beag, Creachan Beag SE top, and finally A'Cruach. Descended SE to find grassy track leading to forestry track down to Loch Eck road.RobertP30/08/2020
Solo. From car park at Benmore Botanic Gardens along the track that runs northwards close to Loch Eck. Then up to Bealach Bernice and Beinn Mhòr. From Beinn Mhòr went down the SE ridge over Capull Cloiche, Creachan Mòr, Creachan Beag, Creachan Beag SE Top (cairn at summit and a large boulder 25m SE which may be as high, so for good measure scrambled on to the top of the boulder) and A' Chruach. Descended SE and then followed a track through forest back to the car park at the Botanic Gardens. There were quite a lot of rhododendrons in the forest in full bloom, no doubt having seeded from the Botanic Gardens. It was a beautiful summer day with good views.pwbellarby06/06/2018
On descent from Beinn MhorIanHHill14/05/2018
Glenbranter-Cruach Bhuidhe-Cruach Bhuidhe S Top-Beinn Bheag-Meall Breac-Meall Breac S Top-Beinn Mhor-Capull Cloiche-Clach Bheinn-Creachan Mor-Creachan Beag-Creachan Beag SE Top-A' Chruach-Benmore Gardenscampagvelocet23/02/2018
parked benmore gardens up track to A chruach, creachan beag se top, creachan beag, creachan mor, capull cloiche, clach bheinn and down to lock eck via large gap in forest and back along track to benmore.robertphillips30/11/2017
Glenbranter to Benmore ridge with Gill Stevens. Last of 12 hills picked off - from Creachan Mor SE Top. Dropped down to the cottage at Benmore Farm in the dark.jonglew14/11/2017
Glenbranter to Benmore, over Cruach Bhuidhe, Beinn Bheag, Beinn Mhor and various Tumps. The starting firebreak was very steep, slippy and nasty, except when you can get through the forestry. Would be quicker/easier/more pleasant to gain height by zig-zagging up the forest road. The walk over the hills is fairly rough, and there is quite a lot of up and down, especially towards the end of the Beinn Mhor ridge. A route for connoisseurs. Look out for Christmas decorations on the trees by the track leading down to Benmore.Gill14/11/2017
From Benmorepeebs08/07/2014
Having a walk up on to Creachan Beag and went over this one on the way.3 kinnears07/05/2013
Done this a few timesfergieblank
patrick07/03/2024
Robin5602/05/2022
PeterAH14/02/2022
interloper02/04/2021
Fletch02/04/2021
AndyS28/10/2020
colazione14/06/2020
Tricky03/07/2019
Clach Liath05/05/2019
thenomad22/11/2017
weaselmaster27/01/2017
Gavin Theobald24/10/2016
chalky195330/07/2016
foggieclimber30/10/2015
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