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Meall na Teanga and Sron a' Choire Gharbh from Kilfinnan

Start/Finish

End of the minor road at Kilfinnan, NN 277 958. Park just before bridge. Kilfinnan is along the minor road which goes S from the A82 about 400 m N of the Laggan Swing Bridge. Park just before the bridge at Kilfinnan on the right on grass.

Distance/Time

17 km (8 km can be cycled along a forest track).      About 6 hours.

Peaks

Meall na Teanga, 918 m, NN 220 924.

Sron a’ Choire Gharbh, 937 m, NN 222 945.      OS sheet 34.

Introduction

These 2 Munros are relatively easy to walk. A good path goes to the bealach between them.

Route

(1) Proceed SW along the track. After about 1 km, the track splits. Take the right upper fork and continue for about another 2½ km to where a path (not that obvious) goes off up and right (NN 251 937). Bikes should be left here. The path climbs steadily W through the conifers then onto open hillside, shadowing the Allt Carn Bhealach to reach Carn Bhealach, the obvious col between the 2 Munros.

(2) A path across a small hollow, boggy at first, goes S, skirting Meall Dubh on its N side then improves as it meanders up the N ridge of Meall na Teanga. There is a small cairn just before the summit plateau and another small cairn at the start of the plateau. Continue S along the plateau to a large cairn which is the summit of Meall na Teanga, 918 m. Retrace to Carn Bhealach.

(3) Climb N up a much more obvious path than to Meall na Teanga. This path zig-zags almost to the crest. Continue to the crest then go W along the edge for a few hundred metres on grassy slopes to a large cairn which is the summit of Sron a’ Gharbh Choire, 937 m. Retrace to the bealach and Kilfinnan.

Notes

(a) This walk took place on 19^th September, 2009.

(b) Not using a bicycle adds about an hour to the walk.