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About Cruach Ardrain

Cruach Ardrain is a Munro mountain located in the southern highlands of Scotland in the Stirling Council area, five kilometres south east of Crianlarich. It has a fine pointed outline and is a well seen from the village of Crianlarich with which it is closely associated. A popular horseshoe ridge walk taking in the mountain starts and finishes in the village. Cruach Ardrain is Y shaped and reaches a height of 1046 metres.

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Beinn a' Chroin

Beinn a' Chroin

2.58km from Cruach Ardrain

Beinn a' Chròin is a surprisingly rocky little mountain to the south of Crianlarich. It is surrounded by four other Munros which lie round the head waters of the River Falloch, to the north and east lies Cruach Ardrain and Beinn Tulaichean which can be reached by an arduous journey contouring round Coire Earb and climbing the subsidiary top of Stob Glas.

Stob Binnein

Stob Binnein

2.99km from Cruach Ardrain

Stob Binnein is a mountain in the southern Highlands of Scotland, near Crianlarich. It forms a twin-peak with Ben More, from which it is separated by the Bealach-eadar-dha Beinn, meaning pass between two hills. Stob Binnein is often climbed in conjunction with Ben More by means of the Bealach-eadar-dha Beinn. Descent may be made from the bealach direct to Benmore Burn.

Beinn Tulaichean

Beinn Tulaichean

3.03km from Cruach Ardrain

Beinn Tulaichean is a Scottish mountain. It is not much more than the southern top of Cruach Ardrain, with a descent of only 120m before the ascent to its larger neighbour. It is located approximately 10 km to the north of Loch Katrine close to the site of Robert Roy MacGregor's house.

An Caisteal

An Caisteal

3.54km from Cruach Ardrain

An Caisteal is a Scottish mountain situated six kilometres south of the village of Crianlarich in the Stirling Council area. The mountain reaches a height of 995 metres and is usually climbed in conjunction with the neighbouring Munro of Beinn a' Chroin to which it is connected by a high col to the south east. The mountains name translates from the Gaelic as “the castle” and is believed to refer to the prominent castellated rocks close to the mountain's summit which serve as an easy way of ident

Ben More

Ben More

3.99km from Cruach Ardrain

Ben More is a mountain in the southern Highlands of Scotland, near Crianlarich. It is the highest of the so-called Crianlarich Hills to the south-east of the village, and there is no higher land in the British Isles south of Ben More. It is separated from Stob Binnein 3,822ft by the Bealach-eadar-dha Beinn, meaning "col between two hills". It is the highest peak in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

Loch Dochart

Loch Dochart

4.65km from Cruach Ardrain

Loch Dochart is a fresh water loch fed by the River Fillan and connected to Loch Tay by the River Dochart. Loch Dochart eventually feeds into the famous Falls of Dochart in the nearby and beautiful village of Killin where there are a wide range of Places to Stay and Eat. Boat hire and fishing permits are available from Portnellan Highland Lodges.

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County of Stirling is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. Its county town is Stirling. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-east and south-west.

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