Northern Mountains of Crianlarich and Tyndrum

The Northern Mountains
Summits include: Beinn Dorain and surrounding mountains Stob Ghabhar and Stob a' Choire Odhar



Beinn Dorain and surrounding mountains
Further north near Bridge of Orchy, Beinn Dorain lifts up as a shapely cone as you turn a corner coming out of Tyndrum. Hamish Brown, a famous munroist, said that you can see the greatest number of munros from this summit of any mountain in Scotland. Although it looks intimidatingly steep from here, an easy route up a back corrie reveals itself from Bridge of Orchy.







The way up to Beinn Dorain into Coire an Dothaidh is quite boggy but the track is well worn all the way to the summit. The next summit, Beinn an Dothaidh, has some excellent views out across Rannoch Moor and an impressive north face. It's summit is very plateau-like and so navigation is a serious matter in mist and snow.

The walk can be extended to Beinn a' Creachan along generally easy going slopes (descent from Beinn Achladair is pretty steep in one place) that is spectacular with the northern slope fringed with crags for most of the way. It is a very long walk though.

Stob Ghabhar and Stob a' Choire Odhar
These are the best summits in the area! Stob Ghabhar with its own Aonach Eagach ridge - pretty short and reasonably narrow but not really scary. The summit overlooks the very deep corrie of Coirein Lochain and continues round the corrie to descend a less narrow but more slabby ridge on the north side of this corrie. This corrie is the deepest with the highest cliffs and as such, it's well worth climbing.







The summit of Stob a' Choire Odhar has fewer corrie features but is still a shapely summit. It's quite rocky at its top. The approach to both summits is often made up beside the Allt Toaig via a well worn path. An alternative approach can be made via the Waterfalls of Creag an Stealaire to reach the Aonach Eagach ridge more quickly.





A low level walk up along the Abhain Shira to Loch Dochard is superb giving wild views of the Glen Etive hills from here.