Quick, get the GPS out, we're lost.
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At the top of a hill |
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Lunch was a most enjoyable respite. |
Thankfully the weather improved and we found our way back down! |
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That is what it looked like - most inviting? |
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And a view down to Bridge of Orchy, from below the bealach. Glen Orchy on the left, and Loch Tulla to the right. |
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| Hopefully next time visibility will be better (couldn't be much worse). | ||
This peak is part of the southern half of the semicircular range of mountains which overlook Loch Tulla and the headwaters of the River Orchy. Beinn an Dothaidh is not as spectacular in appearance as Beinn Dorain, though in the mist there is little difference. It in theory also presents an uninterrupted view over Loch Tulla, and has a fine corrie on its north-east face. We saw none of that though.
From the station carpark go through the underpass below the railway and emerge onto the rising moorland. Bear left (NE) for about 100 metres past a little fenced enclosure along a well-worn path which continues up the south bank of the Allt Coire an Dothaidh. Higher up the corrie the path becomes less obvious, and to avoid some discontinuous crags straight ahead bear left (NE) beside the stream which flows down from a steep Y-shaped gully on Beinn an Dothaidh. Once a line of rusty fence posts is reached climb more directly E and then make a rising traverse rightwards below a line of crags to reach the col between the two mountains, where there is a large cairn.
Climb NNE up the grassy south flank of Beinn an Dothaidh. This leads to the summit ridge of the mountain where there are three tops, the central one being the highest. A few hundred metres away is the West summit (1000m) which is a good viewpoint allegedly.
Site last updated : 1 October 2000.