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| Name: | Beinn a' Chearcaill |
| Hill number: | 975 |
| Height: | 725.4m / 2380ft |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Topographical area: | HW04 Spidean-alligin |
| SMC/RHB section: | 13A: Loch Torridon to Loch Maree |
| Catchment: | Ewe |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NG 93104 63752 |
| Summit feature: | large boulder |
| Drop: | 368m |
| Col: | 357m NG929620  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 19 (1:25k) 433 |
| Observations: | angled rock, 10m S of cairn, at NG 93066 63775 is 9cm lower |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica Disto D510/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 224 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| The path starts right at the edge of the lawn. Just aim for the phone pole with obvious bits of yellow on it | hornet | 14/08/2024 |
| Followed others for directions to this hill. Very pleasant and the view across to the Torridon hills are stunning | Andrew Simmons | 08/08/2024 |
| With Rhona & Struie. Starting from parking on a portion of the old road, just NW of the drive for the White Cottage at Grudie which marks the start of the stalker's track which starts the walk. It's difficult to find currently, but it IS there on the edge of the lawn in the heather. Continue along it until a fork marked by a cairn after around 2.5km. Here turn right, heading west on a path that heads up the north side of Coire Briste. The path continues up, curving round the head of the corrie. The path fades out as you reach the plateau, but after this it is a case of making yr own way to the slab topped plateau – no great difficulties and easy to navigate in good weather. Drink in the views at the top on a good day – they are to die for, as described by many other people on various websites. returning the same way, unless you want to visit some of the sub peaks, is pretty much the only viable option. | DampandDusty | 12/11/2023 |
| From Bridge of Grudie via Coire Briste. | davidpettit84 | 18/10/2023 |
| Out-and-back from Grudie Br. Grey, cold, dull day with light mizzle on return - but top clear and view in all directions clear. Midges bad on descent. Morton's kicked in after 3.5hours. | Rounsfell | 24/07/2023 |
| Parked at NG 96238 67986, entrance to old road off A832. Along stalkers path to left of cottage towards yellow sleeve on telegraph pole stay. Up to approx 250m, branch to right marked by cairn, to plateau at approx 480m. Then SSE to summit. Visited both contenders. Great views. Beinn a' Chearcaill, Creag na Feol, A' Choineach Beag South Top and A' Choineach Beag. With PM. | CJM | 20/09/2022 |
| Car parked on old road at 963680. Path is on left side of lawn of the white house. It is through the heather to the left side of the power pole with the yellow sleeve. Good path to the 'teardrop' loch. It branches to the right at 953661. Boulders higher up before emerging onto another devils bowling green like the one in Galloway. A great walk with CM. | bolton | 20/09/2022 |
| From A832, parking NG 9636 6784. Path at NG 9630 6775 hard to find. Up drive, ignore track veering left. Ahead along edge of lawn and towards telegraph pole with yellow wire covering. | carole engel | 12/09/2022 |
| From lay-by just NW of Bridge of Grudie. Up stalkers path in front of cottage and then right at NG 953 661 (cairn) up into corrie, finally SSW to summit. Interesting flat area with numerous small boulders. Meandered around on top and found other similar formations before retracing route back. | MichaelF | 27/05/2022 |
| From Bridge of Grudie. Nice stalkers' paths to plateau. Amazing rock pavement at the submit, littered with stones like a giant game of marbles. Excellent views over the wild north side of the Torridon hills, especially Beinn Eighe and Beinn Dearg. | douglas_easton | 17/05/2022 |
| Beinn a' Chearchail and Creag na Feol by standard routs from Grudie bridge. good paths to lip of choiriie then a bit hit and miss. Not easy to find actual top in thick cloud but did in the end. Easy on to Creag na Feol and back down. Now it is settled in the hydro works are not intrusive and if you had a bike the hydro track would certainly sopeed you on your way if pressed for time. | dickscroop | 07/09/2021 |
| From parking on A832 at NG 962680, then stalkers' path that starts along lawn edge of white bungalow further SE, followed excellent path to cairn at NG953660, then smaller but also good path to lip of Coire Briste (marked by another cairn), then as direct as possible past two lakes and multiple sandstone terraces to summit plateau of Beinn a' Chearcaill and its unconvincing boulder summit, descended ENE over easier grass to Craig na Feol, then NW back to cairn marking start of paths round Coire Briste and back to start | kdbennett | 23/08/2021 |
| from Grudie Bridge as per SMC guide. Got off-line on way down. Glad it was clear so I could realign myself. | IanHHill | 05/08/2021 |
| With Creag na Feol | duchally | 24/07/2021 |
| Revisit. #2 of 4 from Bridge of Grudie | RHW | 15/05/2021 |
| I climbed the Graham Beinn a'Chearcaill plus its associated minor bumps and tops. Good approach on stalkers' path, then tiresome walking on snowy heather - you never knew where the holes were - the stony top(s) with flat pavements were interesting. Good views on Torridon hills, Loch Maree, Slioch and the Fisherfield hills beyond. | langskill | 07/05/2021 |
| Along the Grudie path until a cairn directs an offshoot up to south of Coire Briste. A maze of rock and heather options eventually got us to Creag na Feol, then on to the weird stone-strewn plateau of Beinn a' Chearcaill. Steady rainfall made the trek over to A' Choineach Beag's two tops rather tricky and the ascent back to Loch Maree somewhat treacherous. | summitter | 08/11/2020 |
| From bungalow, 2 stalkers paths as everyone else. Partly sunny, incredible top, and geology. | iangalbraith | 29/09/2020 |
| The stalkers' path starts in the left corner of the bungalow lawn, passing 5m left of the first telegraph pole. | Pete R | 30/08/2020 |
| From Bridge of Grudie. There is a new hydro track for c1.5k up the glen but better to stick to path. | daviemore | 03/08/2020 |
| tick | chazzyboy19 | 31/10/2019 |
| Yet more morning heavy rain, the third day in a row. That ruled out remaining unbagged Corbetts in the area with significant water courses to cross, and also Beinn Lair, too far to walk in an afternoon. So an afternoon walk up this Graham it was, which turned out to be an excellent choice for a slowly improving but still very damp day. Excellent but narrow improved path from the front of the first building on the right from the Bridge of Grudie, very easy to miss. Obvious cairn at 225m altitude, surprisingly good path at a fairly consistent shallow gradient to the top of Coire Briste. Then mostly easy but pathless going to the right (west) of the stream. Cloud base was at about 600m and I went slightly too far west on the way up, slightly too far east on the way down, but despite the claggy weather, waterlogged ground and tired feet thoroughly enjoyed it. | Owen B | 30/08/2019 |
| From NE, up Glen Grudie path, turn right at c225m cairn up fainter path to another small cairn at top of Coire Briste. Then NE ridge. Back over Feol. If I had known about it, cycling up an unmarked new hydro road up the glen to small dam at 120m may have saved time. | Topographer57 | 28/04/2019 |
| Blowing a hooly! Nae snow, just a few patches on Beinn Eighe, unseasonably warm but fine views and interesting hill. | Bongonog | 22/02/2019 |
| Heather | garbo1103 | 14/04/2018 |
| Took the standard route up the footpath which appears to start in the garden of the nearby house. A good track up though affording great views of Beinn Eighe. The summit area is unique and gives incredible views all around. Walked up Creag na Feol on the return. Lots of bird life on the way up and dozens of frogs. | Peterb | 10/07/2017 |
| CK | SheilaS | 08/06/2017 |
| From the north using the excellent stalkers path behind the bungalow. Another awful large hydro scheme going in down at the burn with multiple diggers thrashing at the rock and creating noise echoing around the valley. Not a good backdrop to a fine walk, and the mess created! The side path into the coire and a direct line to summit, not advised as ground is awkward in the wet. Better to go up the the skyline and circuit to the west. Fine viewpoint at the top. | nordicstar | 05/08/2016 |
| First path was very good, second was less good. From the Lochan the going was rough through heather and boulders, but easy and quite spectacular near the top. Fantastic views. | jenx | 05/08/2016 |
| Parked on old road a few hundred metres to NW, followed main track to cairn & then faint track not on OS but shown on Harveys until it disappeared. Spooky summit of flat slab with boulders & views through clag. | rogreeves | 05/07/2016 |
| Incredible views from summit. Made even more dramatic by a big thunderstorm over the Triple Buttress. More or less missed me, but the rain didn't. | ngthack | 01/07/2015 |
| Missed path at start but soon recovered sense of direction. Made good progress and then tool fine path into Corrie. Approach to summit is lunar. Summit could be used for tennis. Superb hill. With Gordon. | Campbell Singer | 07/05/2015 |
| Alone | SpudGunn | 14/03/2015 |
| graham bagging weekend from road edge good stalkers path to cairn, then up coire briste, then up to summit in driving rain and gale force winds happy days. | robertphillips | 14/11/2014 |
| Used the route in Dempster's book (pp.181-182). Parked on track just off A832 at NG 96263 67965 - room for 2-3 cars. Walked down road and up track to house. The beginning of the stalker's path up Glen Grudle is hard to find - it's very close to the house at NG 96318 67738. Took good well-drained path for about 2km to a cairn at NG 95301 65971, where a much rougher path heads up Coire Briste to a cairn at the corrie lip at NG 93853 65466. Then followed burn to a confluence at NG 93745 65310, continuing south up over rough ground (no path) to a small lochan at NG 93528 64671. From there I continued roughly up over a series of rocky shelves to the summit plateau. The section from the corrie lip would be difficult navigation if the mist was down. A stunning view from the summit - worth the climb! Returned by route of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 29/10/2014 |
| self | davidsbatty | 01/08/2014 |
| With: hb sb ab; Parked by Bridge of Grudie. Followed track climbing up by River Grudie into Coire Briste then via Creag na Feol to the impressive rock table summit overlooking Strath Lungard. Stunning views of N Torridon hills. | Ian Baines | 11/07/2014 |
| With: ib sb ab; | Helen Baines | 11/07/2014 |
| Sadly, the worst day of the week with a full hour's rain (in Torridon). Unfortunately cloud stayed down so Rod, Grant, Stephen and I described the vista of Triple Buttress to each other and then came down! Seriously, don't do it unless you are going to see something. | SS | 21/06/2014 |
| With Steve, Rod, Steven | Oik | 21/06/2014 |
| With Dave Roeder. Took good stalker's track from Bridge of Grudie (10:30) to cairn, then good path up Coire Briste to col and then path less across plateau to huge flat summit slab (12:45). Good day, great views all round. Return same route; finish 15:15 | dbb | 07/06/2014 |
| Solo. On to Sail Mhor via Morrison's Gully. | amswanston | 04/01/2014 |
| Hyperopic | 19/05/2013 | |
| With Mora, from Bridge of Grudie | BLACKHILL | 16/05/2013 |
| MC JC MH BH O. Great hill climbed in spectacular weather. Fantastic views to Torridon peaks Boiler plate slabs on top. MC ran back to car. | Martin66 | 07/05/2013 |
| From A832 layby near Glen Grudie House. | ChrisR | 30/08/2012 |
| KeithByTheC | 15/06/2012 | |
| Galltywenallt | 21/04/2012 | |
| SOLO? | donmeister | 30/12/2008 |
| One of the best hills in Scotland. | Rob Pen y Garn | 16/09/2006 |