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An Caisteal
means "The Castle", as will be very apparent on approaching the summit.
It is conveniently done taking in its neighbour, Beinn a'Chroin (942m),
thus completing two Munros in a circular walk.
Start from
the A82 road just south of Crianlarich (368 238), at the bend in the River
Falloch. Take the track under the railway, cross the river by a bridge
and continue up its southwest bank. Assuming an anti-clockwise walk, with
An Caisteal the first Munro, leave the track after about one km to climb
the grassy north slopes of Sron Garbh. The following ridge is known as
Twistin Hill and leads eventually to a rocky knoll and the summit.
Go down the
south ridge, which becomes steeper and rockier before the level col is
gained before the rise to the summit ridge of Beinn a'Chroin. Climb the
rocky northwest end of Beinn a'Chroin, zigzagging through the crags. Beinn
a'Chroin has a 1km-long summit ridge with two tops, with the highest point
near the east end of the West Top, round about the middle of the whole
ridge (388 186).
The cairned
high point of the lower East Top, at 940m, was long thought to be the
Munro summit. The latest 1:50 000 map does not mark the 942m summit, which
can be identified by a cairn standing above a small crag and just east
of a tiny lochan.
The east
top is some 600m further east and 2m lower, with the two tops separated
by a col. To descend, go down from the col on a grassy ridge to reach
the junction of two streams in Coire Earb. Continue the descent on the
west side of the River Falloch and pick up the track leading back to Glen
Falloch.
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