Tom a' Choinich

Toll Creagach and Tom a' Choinich are the first two of the Glen Affric Munros that are reached when going up the glen, and they are the two most accessible of these hills. Toll Creagach is a rather featureless hill with smooth rounded slopes on all sides. The west ridge leads over a lower top and down to the Bealach Toll Easa, and from this col a steep and fairly narrow ridge rises to Tom a' Choinich. This is a more impressive peak, with a big east-facing corrie and a narrow south-east ridge which give it a fine appearance when seen from the Glen Affric approach.

The traverse of these two hills starts from the road in Glen Affric just over 1 kilometre before reaching the head of Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. Go up the track in Gleann nam Fiadh and then the stalker's path up the west side of the Allt Toll Easa. Once fairly level ground is reached, go west to the foot of the south-east ridge of Tom a' Choinich and climb this to the summit. Descend east down the steep ridge to the Bealach Toll Easa and climb the broad west ridge of Toll Creagach over its West Top. Go due south down easy slopes which become distinctly steeper at the final descent to the track in Gleann nam Fiadh.

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