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prevents a direct descent from the bealach down to the
Cononish valley to the north. To the east, Beinn Dubhchraig falls to the valley of Gleann Auchreoch, much of these lower eastern slopes were planted with conifers in the early 1970s and have become an obstacle to approaches to the mountain from that direction.
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and takes the track which crosses the railway and follows the Allt Coire
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rock hollows. There are corries to both the north and south of the bealach. Coire Garbh to the south holds Loch Oss, a sheet of water measuring roughly 500 metres by 300 metres with a small island located within it. To the north of the bealach is Coire Buidhe which has a very steep headwall which
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The mountain stands in an area that has always been popular for hill walking, even before the advent of the motor car, Tyndrum’s two railway stations gave easy access to these hills. Beinn
Dubhchraig’s best topographic feature is its northern corrie which forms a large basin between the north and
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the north west of the highest point. Beinn
Dubhchraig is often climbed in conjunction with some or all of the mountains around the Cononish valley. The view from the summit gives fine views of the mountains of Breadalbane to the west and the twin Munros of
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674:Ben Lomond
614:Strath Tay
456:16 October
352:The Munros
346:References
289:Scots Pine
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669:Beinn Ìme
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167:Grampians
140:Geography
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