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Ben Cruachan
1126m (3696ft)

The Cruachan and Glen Lochy Hills, Loch Leven to Connel Bridge, Strath of Orchy and Glen Lochy, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Ben Cruachan is used for hydro-electric power production with turbines located in a man-made cavern several hundred metres under the mountainside.

Ben Cruachan means 'Conical Hil' and is pronounced 'Ben kroo-achen'.

The summit of Ben Cruachan is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Record Ben Cruachan as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered

Ben Cruachan is classified as:

Munro
No. 31

Murdo
No. 42

Scottish Marilyn
26th highest in Scotland,
26th highest in Great Britain

Scottish Trig Point (Pillar)

Walk Ben Cruachan walking UK Mountains in Loch Leven to Connel Bridge, Strath of Orchy and Glen Lochy Argyll and Bute Scotland

Ben Cruachan Summit

Photo: Clint Trigg

You can find Ben Cruachan & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

377 Ben Cruachan, Loch Etive & Glen Orchy

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

50 Glen Orchy & Loch Etive

See Ben Cruachan and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

The Cruachan and Glen Lochy Hills area of Scottish Region 3: Loch Leven to Connel Bridge, Strath of Orchy and Glen Lochy

All of Scottish Region 3: Loch Leven to Connel Bridge, Strath of Orchy and Glen Lochy

See Ben Cruachan and the surrounding tops on our downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map:

area of Region 3: Loch Leven to Connel Bridge, Strath of Orchy and Glen Lochy

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You can walk to the top of Ben Cruachan by using this easy to follow route map:

Walk ab104 Stob Diamh and Ben Cruachan from Falls of Cruachan

One for Murdo baggers with a good head for heights

Vital Statistics:

Length:	11.5ml (18.5km)
Ascent:	7,020ft (2,139m)
Time:	11½ hrs
Grade:		(Very Hard)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk ab104 Stob Diamh and Ben Cruachan from Falls of Cruachan pdf

Route Summary:

Falls of Cruachan - Loch Awe - Cruachan Reservoir - Coire Dearg - Meall Cuanail - Stob Dearg (Taynuilt Peak) - Ben Cruachan - Coire Caorach - Drochaid Ghlas (Ben Cruachan) - Stob Diamh - Stob Garbh (Stob Diamh) - Lairig Torran - Beinn a' Bhuiridh - Cruachan Reservoir - Falls of Cruachan

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Walking

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Ben Cruachan

Andrew Edwards walked up on September 9th, 2015 [from/via/route] Cruachan horseshoe [with] Myself [weather] Sunny - Superb views lovely climb

Mark Davidson climbed on May 23rd, 2012 [with] Alone [weather] Very hot & sunny with huge views - fantastic weather. Took extra water & drank it all! - There are a few sit down & think moments on the descent.

Mr M A Blanchard, Ron Blundell, Paul Booth, Simon Duerden, Andrew Buxton, Trevor Williams, Geert Gritter and Adam Shewry have all walked, climbed & bagged Ben Cruachan.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Ben Cruachan

On route to Ben Cruachan

Photo: Mike Quick (1)

Ben Cruachan from Beinn Lora summit trig point

Photo: Linda McBryde (1)

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