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Name:Ben Lui NW Top
Hill number:66
Height:1127m / 3698ft
Parent (Ma):65  Ben Lui [Beinn Laoigh]
Parent (SMC):65  Ben Lui [Beinn Laoigh]
RHB Section:01D: Inveraray to Crianlarich
County/UA:Stirling
Catchment:Triples, Catchment Boundaries, Awe, Tay, Leven (Dumbarton)
Watershed:Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Dover to Cape Wrath, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Ardlamont Point to Fife Ness, Mull of Kintyre to Rattray Head, Firth of Tay, Firth of Clyde, Greater Loch Linnhe, Land's End to John o' Groats, The Lizard to Dunnet Head
Class:Deleted Munro Top
(xMT)
Grid ref:NN 26548 26405
Summit feature:cairn
Drop:9m
Col:1118m  NN265263  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 50
(1:25k) OL39N 364N 377E
Observations:cairn 150m SE at NN 26638 26288 (Hill 65)is higher
Survey:Abney level
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From Dalrigh. Up track to Cononish. Direct ascent of Beinn Dubhchraig, then Ben Oss, Ben Lui and out to Beinn a' Chleibh. Followed the path down to the forest, and contoured back around Ben Lui and down the valley before picking up the track back. Clear on Dubhchraig but cloud dropped onto the tops after that. Solo.meltdiceburg22/08/2022
OMC Day Meet: Parked at Glen Lochy forestry car park, took wellies for the burn crossing, stashed them in the bushes. 13 folk there, the group quickly split in two based on speed and intentions, as half the group wanted to do the four munros, my slower group were happy with Beinn a' Chleibh and Ben Lui. We went up Beinn a' Chleibh first, intermittent views as the mist cleared and then was backfilled. My right knee was painful descending back to the saddle, despite a support band. Once a top Ben Lui, there was discussion about which top was higher (south one) we did both though. Descent was worse due to knee, followed stone path below the track, which we missed on the ascent, 07:30hrs all in.chillyman821/08/2022
Weather fair.MountainMac10/08/2022
I've probably visited this top in past years but omitted to log it. TGOC22Colin Crawford15/05/2022
Circuit of Ben Lui, Beinn a' Chleibh, Ben Oss & Beinn Dubhcraig from Dalrighgeoffh1220/04/2022
Tyndrum 4 from Dalrigh after car camp. HIA in Cononish day before had blue sky after 12 but relentless clag all day for me. Nav wasn't easy so missed true top Ben Lui. Just over 8 hrs.iangpark20/08/2021
Ben Lui 4 munros from Dalrighhummusg05/07/2021
18 miles 3953ft walk, Start at By-The-Way campsite Tyndrum, follow track over train station to River Cononish follow track up to Ben Lui and Beinn a' Chleibh, follow path down to Arigh nan Cioch then walk along A85 back to Tyndrum.stephenbuda17/08/2020
Ben Lui NW Top > Ben Lui [Beinn Laoigh] > Beinn a' Chleibh from GR: NN 23885 27909Hippster25/08/2019
Ben Lui NW Top > Ben Lui [Beinn Laoigh] > Beinn a' Chleibh from GR: NN 23885 27909ronaldo33325/08/2019
Cononish (cycled from Tyndrum) - up NW arm of Coire Gaothach to Ben Lui - Beinn a’ Chleibh - traverse to Ben Oss - Ben Oss NE Top - Beinn Dubhchraig - down N ridge and over new bridge over river at Cononish.Mark Jackson23/08/2019
Centre Guly with Linda Sim, Loraine Cooper, Emma Watson & Chris Sital Singh Not the best hill walking day everLizzieG04/08/2019
Climbed with Lorna via Glen Cononish. Terrifying ascent. Also Beinn Oss. 13.5 miles. Ten hour day.Skerryvore06/07/2019
Anticlockwise circuit of Ben Lui, Ben Oss and Beinn Dubhchraig from Dalrigh. Walked into Coire Gaothach then ascended S flank of Stob Garbh. Superior route to the ascent from the W I used in 2017.welshyboyo07/08/2018
Hike from Dalrigh 344291 Up Ben Lui, then Ben a'Cleibh, and down to the A83 238278Tisteln30/06/2018
From Glen Lochy CP, Walkhighlands route. Scorching day - river crossing easy after two dry weeksCrib Goch28/05/2018
From Ben Lui. With Andrew Dyson & Paul Winterbottom neil hutton16/05/2018
JW HFB24/02/2018
With JW, OA and Matt. From Dalrigh, up Cononish Glen to ascend North East ridge of Ben Lui. Traversed over to Being a' Chleibh, contoured back round to ascend Ben Oss and Being Dubhchraig before descent back to carpark. Great views.robertgn07/01/2018
See entry for Hill 65PeakyPete18/09/2017
From Glen Lochy car park on A85. Up through forest and Fionn Choiren to the bealach, then Beinn a' Chleibh, Ben Lui and back down the same way. Cloud free summits.welshyboyo31/05/2017
R Richard Tait16/05/2017
From Glen Lochy car park on A85, through forest than up on to NW ridge, Ben Lui, across to Beinn a'Chleibh, back to bealach, and return through Fionn Choirein and the forest. Path finding in forest not easy - areas of forest operations, new roads and fences not on the maps. Crossing the river Lochy currently very easy - some of the forest paths are wetter.kdbennett07/05/2017
Via Central Gullyclashcityrocker03/03/2017
Webteam walk to raise funds for the Beatson Pebble Appeal.Chris Mac16/09/2016
a long walk in up right hand ridge lots of snow and lovely blue skies.iannotts09/03/2016
Cycled to Cononish from Dalrigh then climbed the 4 Munros. On own.MorecambeMonkey17/08/2015
Ben Lui excursion.justin99912/08/2015
Big walk from camp sit in tyndrum. I ended up walking to Dalrigh as I could not cross the track at Tyndrum due to Network Rail enough said. In the coire gaothach I went to far south so ended up cutting across the snows of central gully and then up to a point just west of stone garbh. The North East ridge was easy but fun. I visited both summits, I then went over to Beinn a chleibh and returned to col with Ben Lui I then contoured round to the col with Ben oss. The North East ridge of Oss was fun as I glossed down the snow patches. It was then over the subsidiary top and up Beinn dubhchraig. I reversed to the loch and and went down the path to the north of the allt coire dubhchraig. Lower down this was boggy towards the bottom I turned south crossed the river cononish and picked up the outward path near the bridge under the railway. I returned on the West Highland Way to Tyndrum. I walked 17.5 miles in 9.25 hours with 1830 metres of ascent.isabelle15/06/2015
Shirt divert from Ben Lui before going on to Beinn a'Chleibhjonglew02/06/2014
Estimated date - done solo.Aimless Rambler15/06/2012
4 of 8: From Beinn a Chleibh.ChrisR20/05/2012
Kcrazy07/04/2012
self very misty so went down north west ridge before dropping offdavidsbatty19/08/2011
Very close to summit proper.campagvelocet09/08/2011
Beinn a Cheibh, Ben Lui, Ben Lui NW Top with Jimtcrannoch14/05/2011
after the main toprobertphillips14/04/2011
With Ian.Dangerous Dave06/03/2011
From Dalrigh, walk up Glen Cononish and up Ben Lui, met Marcus Dixon. Weather very fine but high c loud kept sun at bay, slight breeze but flat calm on last peakCapt Malbec31/08/2010
The route from Ben Lui to Beinn A'Chleibh.smocks and denims06/02/2010
From Dalrigh.Wheelsy28/07/2009
MSMI HFB08/02/2009
from small car park beside the a85 near eas daimh. the river was fordable, bloody cold though.. woodland very muddy in places, climbed direct to lui summits then dropped to col with beinn a chleibh, quick descent to forestry.. clean boots following the restig_nest07/07/2008
Parked at River Lochy, beware of river crossing, I carried tevas. Loads of boggy walking through wood. Cloudy at Top of Ben Lui. Luckily did the 2 tops by accident.Jhimmy30/09/2007
Completeing Ben Lui, Beinn a'Chleibh, Ben Oss, Beinn Dubhcraig, 24km, 1820m, in 9.0hrJamesSDonald28/04/2006
With Jim. Fantastic conditions. Cloud inversion above ~850m. Great views.alistairpooler01/02/2006
Blisco29/12/2005
Solo.Dangerous Dave20/09/2005
Solo. From car park at NN239278 just off A85 road to Oban. After climbing Ben Oss I descended to the bealach with Ben Lui and continued up to the two summits of Ben Lui. Continued to Beinn a' Chleibh.pwbellarby03/04/2005
drop in to northern corrie not very impressiveWhithaugh11/09/2004