| Name: | Cruach nan Capull |
| Hill number: | 1432 |
| Height: | 612m / 2008ft |
| County/UA: | Argyll and Bute |
| Topographical area: | HS06 Beinnmhor-corradie |
| SMC/RHB section: | 19C: Loch Fyne to Bute and the Firth of Clyde |
| Catchment: | Holy, Catchment Boundaries, Striven |
| Watershed: | Firth of Clyde |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NS 09586 79544 |
| Summit feature: | rock 6m NE of cairn |
| Drop: | 486m |
| Col: | 126m NS083837  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 63 (1:25k) OL37S 362N 363S |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica GS15 Surveys of Cnoc Coinnich Cruach nan Capull and Cruach nam Mult.pdf |
| Comments: | summit measurement is 612.0m |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 206 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Corrachaive entrance. Up the forest track, left just after the quarry, marked by a small cairn. Overnight and continuing rain plus fallen trees made for slow, wet going, but still a reasonable route to Mid Hill. Then along the fence in the clag to the top. | Owen B | 26/05/2024 |
| Good parking by church NS 091753. Struggled via Stronyaraig (tussocks, gorse, bracken) to reach open hillside at NS 0931 7584. Continued from top along fenceline around head of Inverchaolain Burn to reach Bishops Seat and then Black Craig. Descent via Allt a'Mhill Bhuidhe burn, to reach track at NS 0983 7553 - not much bracken - mostly avoidable | carole engel | 07/05/2024 |
| Cruach nan Capull and Cruach Neuran from Glen Lean/Corrachaive. Some windblow on zig zag track but easily bypassed. Route acroos col looks unlikely from above but straightforward. Descent by lower Cruach Neuran burn slightly more convoluted owing to trees and washout but ok. | daviemore | 22/04/2024 |
| Circuit from B836. 2 of 4 | thekirkie pirate | 21/04/2023 |
| From Corrachaive as described in SMC guidebook. Unmapped zigzagging path to Mid Hill very helpful but could not locate the upper part of it in descent, even leaving the forest edge at the correct location, helpfully taped by others! | davidpettit84 | 08/04/2023 |
| Like others (thanks!), parked in pull-in just up from Corrachavie, up forest track to small cairn just after the quarry and then up (surprisingly) well used track to hill side. Then whoo-hoo loads of fresh snow! Steep snow plod up to summit. Clear air and fine views in all directions, particularly of Arran and Jura hills. Descent down Mid Hill broadly following old fence line to Cruach Nuran. 4.5 hrs walking but lots of stops! | MichaelF | 26/03/2023 |
| Parked at Inverchaolain Church. Walked up past Stronyaraig. Once through the forestry gates, left the track at a small quarry and followed deer fence uphill. Through gate in fence at first bend then up Sron Dearg. Nice ridge walk to trig and then up to summit. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 15/03/2023 |
| ELMA SUILVEN | donmeister | 20/08/2022 |
| Route to Cruach nan Capull alone as per kdbennett. Zigzag track up from either edge of quarry is surprisingly boggy with a few fallen trees, but is a definite good way to climb through the forest. | willyross | 18/07/2022 |
| Parked in large layby at NS099822, walked into road to Corrachaive, left across river, and along forest road (under reconstruction) to where it crosses Midhill Burn (with new roadstone quarry), into forest along W edge of quarry to an overgrown but surprisingly good track that zigzagged SW up slopes to forest edge, then directly up Mid Hill ridge, turning S and ascending Cruach na Capull, up a gully, to summit, descended E of gully back to ridge following fence line down to wet and boggy col, ascended along Cruach Neuran Burn to beyond forest, then more northerly to E ridge of Cruach Neuran to summit, descended down ridge, entering forest E of the burn, easy going through trees, lucked upon an old vehicle track which continued SE down to the forest road at NS096809, thence back by outward route (4h55m) | kdbennett | 12/07/2022 |
| Circuit from Corrachaive of Cruach nan Capull and Cruach Neuran. Col between the hills was not too spongy. Descent via Cruach Neuran Burn. | vuirich | 15/07/2021 |
| Continuation from Cruach Neuran via an easy gap through the trees to Mid Hill and up the north ridge. Some spongy bog in the col area, otherwise easy going. Returned to Glen Lean via forest tracks near the Blackcraig Burn, much of the forest now felled. | alda | 10/04/2021 |
| Bad news. Inverchaolain Glen is new forestry, large area enclosed by a wobbly deer fence built of bendy wire. Worse still, the new trees are boring spruce at normal density but planted using holes instead of trenches. Part of Bolton's track has been wrecked in this way though still passable (for now). The good news is that there's a gate at approx. 096 768; the ATV track continues towards a big landslip, obliterated here but continues for easy walking in the sun, crunchy snow, frozen bogs, almost to Cruach nan Capull. Pleasant enough over Leacann nan Gall, but Black Craig was nasty - softening snow, thawing bogs. Descent was vile, from 111 754, to follow the outside of the fence, v. steep, climb at a strainer where it heads uphill, steep down tussocks, bogs, dead bracken, avoiding the gorse and then getting mixed up with planting holes close to the new track on the E side of the glen. Note: looks worse closer to Inverchaolain plus extra deer fence. | Gill | 06/12/2020 |
| From Stronyaraig up the nose, Cruach nan Capull, Leacann nan Gall, then back to the church via an old unmarked track with good bridges on the riverside. | sclater | 25/09/2020 |
| Followed 'bolton's route as below though there is a new deer fence running across the hill now at about 300/350m that needs to be climbed. | 49pp | 20/01/2020 |
| CK | SheilaS | 28/12/2019 |
| left car at gourock, ferry over to dunoon,bus to sandhaven,along road and took upper track in glen kin, leacann nan gall, cruach nan capull repeat, cruach neuran south top, cruach neuran, cruach nan caorach, cnoc madaith, along track and road to ardtaraig for the bus back to dunoon. | robertphillips | 21/12/2019 |
| 2 of 2: From Cruach Neuran. Forest breaks not obvious from above so returned to the col and followed to C.N.burn down to the forestry track. | ChrisR | 02/10/2019 |
| With the CowalFest Walking Festival. | DavieRuts | 27/09/2019 |
| Inverchaolain, Cruach nan Capull, Leacan nan Gall, Black Craig. | PGCE | 21/05/2019 |
| Parked by Inverchaolain church and took standard route N via Sron Dearg to reach Cruach nan Capull. Started raining at this point. Continued to Leacann nan Gall and descending close to Beallach na Sreine to join track down Inverchaolain Glen. Breezy, and warm for February | RobertP | 23/02/2019 |
| Parked at Inverchaolain church. Followed the track past Stronyaraig and up Inverchaolain Glen. At 102765 (Just over one mile and 500 feet altitude) an ATV track leads easily and quickly to the ridge. 2 hours to the summit and then on to Leacann nan Gall. | bolton | 06/09/2018 |
| MMC walk with Fraser, Malcolm and new guy Cameron. Dry overcast day. We came up the track to Leacann na Gall and onto Cruach na Capull. Retraced our steps when we met Fraser who made it to the top. 6 hours. | alexmaclennan | 08/07/2018 |
| Solo. Parked at the entrance to the churchyard at Inverchaolain. Went north on the road a little way and then past Stronyaraig. Walked north to go up the hillside to Sron Dearg. It was very hot and the going tough as there was much bracken and heather. I joined an ATV track that rises up from Coire nam Bruach. I wish I had known about this track as it would have provided an easier route up the hill. I followed the track north up the ridge to reach the trig point at point 572m and the summit of Cruach nan Capull. Returned over Leacann nan Gall. | pwbellarby | 07/06/2018 |
| After Beinn Ruadh then lunch at Benmore Garden café, did this as per SMC guide from Corrachaive path start on A815. Worked fine, but path in 2nd half of forest is not so much overgrown as very boggy. Just beginning to clear at summit. | IanHHill | 15/05/2018 |
| From Inverchaolain via Sron Dearg and south ridge. | Winterfloodian | 29/04/2018 |
| Up via Inverchaolain Fm and Black Craig. Bitter wind chill on summit. Descended into the glen then took a lower route than the marked track, more interesting, several fords and foot bridges, albeit the marked track would have been easier. By the way the call box shown on the map at 085772 is an empty shell. | Topographer57 | 26/02/2018 |
| Parked at the church. Through Stronyaraig farm and straight up the nose to Sron Dearg, then taking in the Glenstriven trig pillar. On to Black Craig via the Highland 5 Leacann nan Gall. | jonglew | 15/11/2017 |
| With Jenx. Parked at Inverchaolain church, saw a red squirrel carrying a young kit in its mouth. Direct up the long ridge behind farm, rough going lower down till the ATV track comes in. Sadly mist above 450 m so limited vieee. Onto black crag next. | nordicstar | 27/05/2016 |
| Probably a good circuit on a finer day. | jenx | 27/05/2016 |
| Galltywenallt | 07/05/2016 | |
| From Corriecravie. Straightforward ascent, fine weather until just below summit when entered the cloud so no summit views. | dickscroop | 09/10/2015 |
| self | davidsbatty | 24/07/2015 |
| Bus from Dunoon to Corrachaive then through forest to Cruach nan Capull - Leacann nan Gall - Black Craig before descent back to Dunoon. | benalder284 | 01/06/2015 |
| With Mora, from Corrachaive, parking at ns104818 | BLACKHILL | 26/09/2014 |
| 1st hill today from corrachaive. | robertphillips | 04/01/2014 |
| Solo | 1921 | 31/07/2013 |
| With D Roeder. From road near Inverchaolain (092750)(10:20) up tracks and hillside steeply up to Black Craig. Down N to bealach and up ridge to summit of Cruach nan Capull. Fine day with good views over Clyde estuary. Onward N to Cruach Neuran (q.v.) | dbb | 07/10/2012 |
| MC JC O. Good views to Arran. Windy. Access through forestry. Steep final climb. | Martin66 | 29/09/2012 |
| Alone, via Western Ferries on a bike. | Grinner | 01/04/2012 |
| Solo, camp below summit | HFB | 31/03/2012 |
| Second of a tripleheader between Black Craig and Cruach Neuran. | campagvelocet | 16/04/2010 |
| Parked at NS 094 827 on B836 at junction with forest road. Then over Cruach Neuran. Down over pt292 to B836 at Clachaig | Alan Moore | 10/06/2009 |
| Sunny, snow showers, windy (47mph), good views. | iangalbraith | 21/03/2008 |
| From chapel at Inverchaolain. On farm road around the hill to moor. Zigged uphill to horizon of nose leading steeply up to Sron Dearg and faint path to trig 8777 at 11.30. A further mile by fence to top at 12.05. to L nan Gull | arranc | 22/03/2003 |
| Parked at Inverchaolain and walked through the back of Stronyaraig farm over Sròn Dearg to the trig. A flat ridge walk from the trig to the summit a welcome break from the preceding days up and downs. | garyhoney | 18/07/2000 |
| Imposing hill. Revisited in rain with trig. (1) Corrachaive, tk to 098808 then thru small trees, descend Neuran from 090820 (2) from NW, see Neuran trig | RHW | 03/01/2000 |
| Solo | fergie | 10/12/1998 |
| Evening run from Clachaig road to where taxi from Dunoon returned half hour before last ferry back. Anxious ten minutes while trying to re-locate day bag. | Eddie | 23/06/1994 |
| Munros and corbetts compleated in 2013 Grahams and Dinald, donald tops and new donalds compleated in 2017 | VerySlowPlodder | blank |