Stuchd an Lochain

Stuchd an Lochain is situated far up Glen Lyon, several kilometres west of Meggernie Castle. The finest feature of the mountain is the north face which drops steeply to Loch an Daimh, and the corrie high up on this face holds the little circular Lochan nan Cat. On the opposite of Loch an Daimh, Meall Buidhe is a rather undistinguished hill which is the highest point of an extensive area of rough moorland and flat-topped hills between Glen Lyon and Loch Rannoch. A public road climbs up from Glen Lyon to end below the dam at the east end of Loch an Daimh at a height of 430 metres, and this high starting point makes it quite possible to climb both hills in one day.

Going to Stuchd an Lochain first, cross to the south end of the dam and climb up the grassy Coire Ban to reach the ridge above. Follow a line of fence posts west to Creag an Fheadain, then south-west to Sron Chona Choirein and finally west to Stuchd an Lochain.

Starting out again from the north end of the dam, climb due north to Meall a' Phuill, an outlying top at the south corner of Meall Buidhe's east corrie. Continue round the edge of this corrie past some small cairns to a much larger cairn which marks the summit of Meall Buidhe.

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