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Beinn Fhionnlaidh from Glen Etive

Thu

08

Jan

2009

Sunrise Sunrise 9:56 am
Sunset Sunset 4:57 pm
7 hours 1 minutes(s) daylight

Beinn Fhionnlaidh from Glen Etive

Beinn Fhionnlaidh from Glen Etive is a route in “The Appin” region / range which is located in the Strath Orchy to Loch Leven area of the Scottish Highlands as defined by the Scottish Mountaineering Club.

On this route you return by same way

A route up a fairly isolated hill from the Glen Etive side on a good Forestry Commision path up onto boggy hillside to a rocky summit trig point.

DistanceAscentTime
13 km/ 8 miles960 m/ 3150 ft4 hours plus

There is 1 munro on this route

MunroHeightOrderPronunciationMeaning
Beinn Fhionnlaidh [Glen Etive]959198Bine Ee-yoon-lieFinlay's hill


QGrid Ref.BearingDistance(km)Description
NN143483228° SW1.1 (1.1)Pass through the gate of Invercharnan and walk past the house along the forest track
NN135476311° NW1.8 (2.9)Continue along the track gradually gaining height
NN12134881325° NW0.2 (3.1)The path branches onto obvious path onto open hillside
NN120490243° WSW0.4 (3.5)Turn left at the fence and drop down to cross a rickety bridge
NN116488294° WNW1.1 (4.6)Continue on the north of the burn onto the obvious gash north of Meall nan Gobhar
NN10634924N0.5 (5.1)From Meall nan Gobhar climb steeply up the ridge of Bien Fhoinnlaidh eastern outpost
NN107497270° W1.2 (6.3)Form Point 841 climb the rocky eastern ridge to the summit. There are a couple of scambling moves which can be avoided
Munro SummitNN095497270° W1.2 (7.5)The summit Beinn Fhionnlaidh [Glen Etive] (959 metres)

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Accommodation

This month you MUST take ice axe and crampons, and have been taught how to use them. You also must have an awareness of avalanche danger and have a competent navigator

The details provided above are an aid to planning an expedition, but all distances, altitudes and bearings must be considered approximate. You must navigate with the appropriate map, a compass, your navigation skills and common sense.
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