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The Scottish HighlandsBeinn Bhuidhe
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The Scottish HighlandsBeinn Bhuidhe
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Approach to Beinn Bhuidhe ( 3110ft, 948m ) Beinn Buidhe is an outlier of the Arrochar Alps
accessed by a 4 mile bike ride on the track alongside the River Fyne followed by a steep ascent on a path with some awkward scrambles from the derelict Inverchorachan Cottage. |
 Approach route to
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Bhuidhe
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River Fyne |
Approach to Beinn Bhuidhe |
Approach to Beinn Bhuidhe |
Inverchorachan Cottage |
on ascent of Beinn Bhuidhe |
 Ascent route to
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Bhuidhe
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 Ascent route to
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 Eagle Falls
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 Summit Ridge of
Bheinn Bhuidhe
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 Summit Ridge of
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 Approach to Summit
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 Beinn
Bhuidhe from An Caisteal
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Ben Lui Group from Beinn Bhuidhe |
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from Beinn Bhuidhe |
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on descent of Beinn Bhuidhe |
Descent to Inverchorachan Cottage |
River Fyne |
 Beinn Bhuidhe -
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 Map of
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Loch Ffyne |
BEINN BHUIDHE - ROUTE DESCRIPTION
Location: Glen Fyne
Map: OS Landranger 56 ( GR 204- 187 )
Distance: 18 miles ( 4km )
Time: 5 hours 45 minutes ( on foot )
Terrain: paths, tracks and road
Beinn Bhuidhe is a peak whose grandness is only appreciated up close. From afar it looks like a sprawling
mass at the head of Loch Fyne, but viewed from its eastern top, it presents a sharp. well-defined peak with steep rocky sides.
The approach is also deceptive - deceptively long. You have to cover four-and-a-half miles of private road and track
before setting foot on the mountain, and here a bicycle is a neat bonus. The inward route is gently uphill
but the outward route requires minimal effort.
Start from the car park just over the bridge on the old road at the head of Loch Fyne ( beware of the height
restriction if you're carrying a bike ). From there, return over the old bridge, turn left onto the private road and
follow it through a farm and the Fyne Ales brewery.
The road crosses back over the river and past Glen Fyne Lodge to a junction where the road turns right
back over the river and up the hillside. Go straight ahead onto a track and through a deer gate followed by a hill and
woodland before the open upper glen and boarded-up house at lnverchorachan.
Go through another deer gate and through a wooden gate on its left from where a path leads up the left side of
a burn in a wooded gorge.
The route is obvious, although there one short but exposed rock step before the gorge opens out to reveal a waterfall. Skirt this on the left and walk on to the upper flanks of the mountain.
Stay beside the burn until the path veers left over marshy ground to a shallow gully leading to the col between Beinn Bhuidhe and its eastern top. From here an open ridge leads to the summit of Beinn Bhuidhe ( 948m, 3,110ft ) whose trig point is no longer standing, with views north and west to Ben Cruachan and Mull.
Return to the col then continue north-east along the ridge to gain a grassy slope leading to a broad summit marked by a few rocks.
The best descent is south-east towards upper Glen Fyne down the grassy and rock steps forming the east ridge until you can drop down right and follow the corrie tip round to meet the ascent route above the waterfall. From here it's all downhill to lnverchorachan and, if you've brought your bike, a speedy return to the car park.
