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This is one very full day walk, or two slightly more sedentary days out. If the later, then the Bearnais Bothy offers a delightful stop over point and one of our most comfortable bothy nights ever. If the former, then be warned of the perils of a late return and missing the final train of the day.
The walk itself starts and finished over less testing ground, but picks up in the middle third with some hefty ascending and choice route finding.
All in all, a proper Scottish adventure.
Start: Strathcarron Railway Station, OS Grid: NG942421 Elevation Profile (x: waypoint number, y: metres)
Gain (+/- 10%): 1710m (5610ft)
Total (+/- 10%): 3420m (11221ft)
Loss (+/- 10%): 1710m (5611ft)
Max. Elevation: 950m (3116ft)
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Strathcarron station, marked on some OS maps as Srath Carron.
Find the path leaving the village
Take the left hand path
Follow the path through the saddle and past the small lochon.
A delightful little bothy to rest up in. Warm, peaceful and relatively unbusy (according to the visitors book at least!)
Choose your spot carefully to cross and then head across the open hillside aiming for saddle between Beinn Tharsuinn and Bidein a Choire Sheasgaich
Once you cross the footpath going NE/SW, contour round the hillside, trying not to lose height or your footwear
From here the north side of Bidein a Choire Sheasgaich falls towards you in an impressive two-tier buttress. The route to the top can be by an by interesting Grade 3 scramble, or a more leisurely amble.
Stunning views across to Torrindon in the NW.
Take a well earned break and soak up the vista.
Follow the ridge line down and then back up to Lurg Mhor
Height point of this walk.
Gain the track and turn westwards.
Continue along the wide track past the Loch.
Take the turning towards the buildings of Bendronaig Lodge.
Easy walking here as tiredness creeps in.
Continue along the wide track.
Keep an eye out for this path junction turning off to your right.
Route finding should be easy here unless snow is on the ground.
Not far to go now and mostly downhill!
Back where you set out from earlier in the day (or yesterday if you took a more leisurely pace!).
Back at the station. The hotel next door has a friendly bar, not always open, whilst the nearby post office and shop has plentiful calories available.
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