Beinn a' Chrulaiste

About Beinn a' Chrulaiste

Beinn a' Chrùlaiste stands north-east of Glen Coe, a roughly triangular hill rising steeply above the A82 and the Old Military Road used by the West Highland Way, directly opposite Stob Dearg on Buachaille Etive Mòr. It reaches 857 m and has a prominence of 464 m, which makes it a Corbett.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Beinn a' Chrulaiste (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Civil twilight ends

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Computed astronomically for 56.669, -4.864. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is embedded rock 5m S of trig point in wind shelter. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Abney level

Record revised

15-Aug-12

Drop measured from

NN232577 · 393 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Get food nearby

2 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Nearest listed peaks