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Name:Beinn Chuirn
Hill number:80
Height:880m / 2887ft
RHB Section:01D: Inveraray to Crianlarich
County/UA:Stirling, Argyll and Bute
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Awe, Tay
Watershed:Firth of Tay, Mull of Kintyre to Rattray Head, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Greater Loch Linnhe, The Lizard to Dunnet Head
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Corbett, High Hills of Britain,
Yeaman
(Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,C,HHB,Y)
Grid ref:NN 28034 29227
Summit feature:cairn
Drop:446m
Col:434m  NN264278  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 50
(1:25k) OL39N 364N 377E
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 387 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Looked to find a way from the north, but failed. Went up and down from the lower station.mike__riley06/03/2024
From Dalrigh along mine track to second gate after farm, then up path over steep ground to top of Eas Anie. Then pathless to summit. Down pleasant sw ridge to South top and down east spur to top of Eas Anie.Flatfield14/06/2023
Nice loop from Tyndrum over Meall Odhar and Beinn Chuirn.quadbarrel05/03/2023
d Dalrigh car park 8.30, jog most of track, easy ascent w some soft sugar snow, few frozen patches on top; vicious W wind and top in mist, glimpses of surrounding hills. Quick descent, car park 11.55. Mild out of wind, for January.NorfolkPT2130/01/2023
From Meall Odhar. Descended initially WNW skirting the forestry, then found a good fire break leading directly to the col at point 473. Beinn Chuirn is very attractive from this angle, with Coire na Saobhaidhe impressive and the ridge on its right hand side looking very inviting. The ridge was a joy, steep in places but no scrambling and mostly reasonably good going, once on the plateau easily to the summit. Descended SSE then ESE to the main track on grassy, good ground, not too steep, making for easy and fairly rapid going. Then back to Dalrigh.Owen B20/09/2022
From Dalrigh along the mine road to beyond Cononish then ascent - and a lot of it. Possibly the warmest day of the year- made for tough going but the views were fabulous. With MM. Retrun by the same way.kenmorti13/08/2022
With Meall Odhar after cycling up to Connonish. Hot day, hazy at first, sunny later. Looped round clockwise, then down to beleach to Odhar. Rounsfell17/07/2022
At OMC cottage meet for the weekend, on Saturday I parked at Dalrigh, walking with Tom Young, Emma Intornea, Clare Andrews, Dave Morgan and Claire Pumfrey. While walking up the track we bumped into Robert Baldie. Left the track at a wee cairn just past the mine, then followed a faint path up to the basin above the waterfall then up into the mist for the final pull to the summit. No views, returned the same way, 05:40hrs all in.chillyman802/07/2022
From Tyndrum Lower station, zizag up lead mines path to Sron nan Colan, Drochaid an Droma, Meall Odhar, down through trees and across rickety deer fence to bealach, NW up broad gully then E to ridge and S to Beinn Chuirn. Descended ESE to track keeping S of Eas Anie and the crags, past the gold mine and back to the station.TRG31827/04/2022
From Tyndrum Lower, taking the initially faint path right after the second gate on the track beyond Cononish. This follows the SE ridge, generally a hundred yards or so from the edge (the map on the mine entrance gate at Cononish shows the route of the path). From the summit, a fence line leads to the South Top and the broad East ridge leads back to the path, completing an enjoyable circuit.Nick Down118/09/2021
Post work run. Very hot and sunny with amazing views.Tisteln25/08/2021
After spotting that we were headed in the wrong direction we walked towards Cononish along the vehicle track to the farm and Gold Mine. We had our first stop beyond Cononish Farm before setting off up the hill. There was a faint track for most of the first uphill section. We had our lunch break before we reached the skyline. Perched on a sloping boulder we got a sense of the steepness of the hill falling away below us. We continued to the top passing a couple of walkers with a dog descending. There were extensive views all round from the top – Blackmount to the north, Ben More and Stob Binnien to the east, Ben Lui to the south and Loch Awe and Cruachan to the west amongst others. We more or less retraced our steps on the descent. At one rest on the way down we saw a solitary deer run across the slope off to the south, pausing and looking at us whenever we made a noise. About a dozen people were visible on the top of Ben Lui. We returned by our outward route.langskill06/06/2021
The ascent of Corbett Beinn Chuirn and its south peak from Tyndrum via Connonish. 16km with 800m ascent in 4h 30m. (S)silveracorn_alan04/06/2021
Revisit From W, Glenlochy Crossing, S Top then Churn, descended to the locked footbridgeRHW22/05/2021
From Dalrigh.thekirkie pirate20/05/2021
Solo on foot from Dalrigh. Sunny with blue skies but around freezing temps. Headed to Eas Anie waterfall first, then countoured around clockwise onto the shoulder up onto the normal route up and back down the typical route. Around 4h 20min all-in.mproudfoot10/04/2021
With Moira from Dalrigh. Breezy and misty on top. Filmed and interviewed by BBC for docu about Cononish gold minesColB05/11/2020
12.2 miles 2931ft walk, start at By-The-Way campsite, follow track to River Cononish, around behind Gold mine up onto Beinn Chuirn, back down to Eas Anie waterfall and return to Tyndrum.stephenbuda26/08/2020
Tyndrum - Sron nan Colan - Drochaid an Droma - Meall Odhar - Beinn Chuirn - Beinn Chuirn S Top - Cononish - Tyndrum.Mark Jackson28/07/2020
tickchazzyboy1912/08/2019
Heathergarbo110311/06/2019
Track from Dalrigh past Cononish and the nowactive and fenced off gold mine, then up the zigzag track on the Harvey map at 287277. Easy climb to top. Cut down SE to track to return.Clive G30/04/2019
After Cononish Farm, stay on the track for 750m until the gate at GR NN294281 before heading up the hill.dickiewren19/04/2019
Climbed with Richard from Tyndrum. Staying a B&B in Tyndrum prior to DMC New year trip. Nice day, clear (except for on top), no rain.amcculloch29/12/2018
Best to follow the old fence posts down then up from Meall Odhar. There are a couple of gaps through the plantation between the two.summitter29/06/2018
parked at lower tyndrum train station cp, up zig zag path, return forestry track through trees, sron nan colan, drochaid an droma, meall odhar, beinn chuirn revisit, beinn chuirn south top.robertphillips24/06/2018
Cycled to Cononish from Dalrigh then straightforward ascent to the summit. On own.MorecambeMonkey21/05/2018
With Dave Roeder. From startion car park (12:40) took path steeply up through mine workings to ridge and along it to top of Meall Odhar (13:40). Descent following fence line through woodland to col, then up a long steep slope to Beinn Chuirn (15:30). Down SW then SSE to track and thence back to station (17:50). Weather dry, good views of Ben Lui etc.dbb05/05/2018
Anti-clockwise circuit of Meall Odhar and Beinn Chuirn from Tyndrum. Recorded route and write-up at: http://gayleybird.blogspot.com/2018/04/meall-odhar-and-beinn-chuirn.htmlGayle27/04/2018
With Coliniansm28/11/2017
From Dalrigh and past Cononish farm, started climb at gate just past farm, with Chris, 10 miles, 6 hours.Hutchie07/06/2017
With John. Stunning day - great views. From Tyndrum train station along forest track then along towards Ben Lui and up steady slope. Could see Ben Cruachan and the Tyndrum 4. Lovely walk back (into wind) to car by a stream with wagtails - last but through woods sheltered. Met Poppy (a lab) beside the car. Veryhappybunny01/05/2017
Solo with Lily and Holly. Steep grassy, there and back, walk from Arrivain radio mast in Glen Lochy. Cool, overcast, dry, blustery day. 3 hours.alexmaclennan17/12/2016
Snuck up this one craftily before a storm blew in. Along the West Highland Way from Tyndrum, up the Cononish track, past the farm (gruesome green sheds), and then onto an ATV track after the gate, which I promptly lost in favour of steep deep grass and rushes (doh). A great relief to find the track higher up, which speeds the way to the plateau above the Eas Anie. The final climb is also steep. The summit area is really good, with a craggy corrie below and fabulous views, despite cloud on the bigger mountains. I followed a stream down, easy grass, then onto the track. It's only on the way down that you realise how steep the track is. It's a miracle (or the insanity?) of modern technology that you can drive vehicles up ground as daft as this. Back to Tyndrum Lower on the forestry track. Stalking notes: Glen Falloch stalker says that this estate only stalks at weekends, using contract stalkersGill23/09/2016
from Tyndrum back via Summits and gold mine back to Tyndrumcjo14/05/2016
100th Corbett. Had earlier climbed Meall Odhar(my 50th Graham)duchally05/09/2015
1 hr walk along track from railway station to get to bottom of the hill. Excellent view of waterfall. Just past the second stile there is a track up the hill for about half an hr. It stops and it is over to you to pick your way. Views to Ben ledi would have been good if it hadn't been such a wet and miserable day. Done alone.tallblond29/08/2015
Up and back from Dalrigh via Glen Cononishrjf3507/04/2015
On a fair day with views and showers from the easy Tyndrum walk in, with Sue, and Mike and Marian Parsons. Very easy and sociable.Phreerunner05/10/2014
From Tyndrum via Cononish and the SE ridge, returning via the South Topdavidpettit8421/04/2014
From Tyndrum, a fine clear day but bitter, cold wind. Including the topdickscroop27/03/2014
With ketzster. Stevie n Tay didn't like the look of it...Yeltzbagger24/11/2013
selfdavidsbatty02/06/2013
From Dalrigh and past Cononish. Started the climb not far from the end of the track at the foot of Ben Lui, heading up the south side. Good conditions with a different view of Lui from the top.Windy Corner14/07/2012
1 of 8: From Dal Righ CP.ChrisR20/05/2012
Solo.Dangerous Dave16/05/2012
2nd time.russell6129/04/2012
round of beinn chuirn, meal odhar in the morning and beinn na sroine in the afternoon.robertphillips19/02/2012
Otis alan and DagnisGlenford30/12/2011
Second of five: from Meall Odhar then steep descent to col with Ben Luicampagvelocet09/08/2011