Stuchd an Lochain (Munro) - MunroMagic.com

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James Corrigan
wrote on
September 9, 2013

High level start from Giorra Dam.Meall Buidhe reported to be the least interesting of the two so headed North from the dam and did this one.The views make it worth while. Stuchd an Lochain looks excellent from here as do the views right down Loch an Daimn.Returning to to the dam from Coire Beithe and walk the short tarmac track to a cairn where a well gouged path which gets increasing wet takes you to Coire Ban and then Creag an Fhaedain where the hill proper opens up.Down a slight decline and West on to the ridge proper.Lochan nan Cat looks excellent with its almost perfect circle shape.It is worth going over to the cliff top to get a proper view. After a short sharp incline the summit cairn is reached at the edge of a ledge.To extend the day.Take westwards to Meall an Odhar and drop of the steep slope and walk the long rough tough way back to the dam.There is only intermittent faint paths.Hard going but amazing views along the reservoir and to the superb Meall nan Aighean

Victoria Sheriff
wrote on
March 14, 2009

Climbed this lovely summit on a very breezy day. We passed a few coming down for fear of being blown off. We perservered and were rewarded with cleared skies and fantastic 360 views. Ok, the wind was ferocious, but bearable with hood, goggles and poles to stick fast to the turf! We simply did the straight up and down following the fence line religiously. You need to make your way up through the crags to start with and on the way down, but it's not technically difficult. All good and a lovely and not long day. Time to watch the rugby!!!

Andy Clark
wrote on
January 3, 2009

I went the reverse of Davids route, following the loch west, then cutting up to the waterfall which exits Lochan nan Cat. From there take a direct route to the crags and follow the short ridge, which goes from narrow to broad towards the top.The summit ridge is fairly easy with little or no scrambling involved, we did it in winter with a lightsnow and ice cover, but was still accessable. We came back down the less interesting normal path to complete this short horseshoe. This route is far easier on frosted ground, as the ground in the basin of Lochan Nan Cat is very boggy.

Hilary Neilson
wrote on
September 12, 2007

Simply delighful mountain. Start from the north end of the dam, after about 150 metres, a pile of rocks raises up the way, this is the only way to indicate a path. The way up is just that, you follow the streams up to a lesser summit, path in places, but basically following the water up. Then you come to a grassy level plateau, where a pile of rocks marks the way back down, and a line of rusting posts marks the way up, up to the summit of the munro top, from there you have to descent and climb again, but the way ahead is clear, and quite magnificent, the summit of stuchd an lochain is quite obvious to the right, no sign of loch nan cat at this stage. This was the main reason for this climb, but you dont actually see a lot of it. I loved this ridge walk, magnificent scenary all around, easy walking now, and the target in site. The little loch becomes evident for a while after you round the bend between the mountains, the mountain itself is much more majestic, stunning. Summit climb is pretty easy giving way to an fairly enclosed summit ridge, but with a view to die for. Ben Nevis is clear to the North, Rannoch Moor clear to the north west, glencoe also, a very tasty glen lyon to the south east, as was Schiehallion, and ben lawers to the south west, simply stunning.

Robert Healey
wrote on
May 16, 2007

I climbed this mountain with Meall Buidhe on a magnificent day on July 27, 2006. The round trip took 8 hours. Superb expedition, incredibly hot, grateful for the respite from the sun from the stand of trees at the West end of the Loch. This route also takes in a Corbett which is worth doing in itself.