Strath Orchy to Loch Leven

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Strath Orchy to Loch Leven is an area in Scotland as defined by the SMC.

The area contains 6 regions called Appin, Ballachulish, Black Mount, Cruachan, Etive & Glen Coe .

There are 26 munros around here.The highest munro is Bidean nam Bian at a height of 1150 metres .The smallest munro is Stob Coire Raineach at a height of 925 metres .

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At the south-western corner of this area, Ben Cruachan and its two neighbours, Beinn Eunaich and Beinn a' Chochuill rise above the lower reaches of the Strath of Orchy and the Pass of Brander. Ben Cruachan, with its many peaks connected by high ridges, is one of the finest munro in the south-west highlands.

Going north-east to the head of Loch Etive, there is a splendid group of which Ben Starav is the highest, but its lower neighbours Glas Bheinn Mhor and Stob Coir'an Albannaich are also fine peaks. To their east Stob Ghabhar is a much-climbed peak at the south end of the Black Mount range and the start of the classic traverse to Clach Leathad, Creise and Meall a' Bhuiridh along the crest of the Black Mount.

To the north-west of Loch Etive, Beinn Sgulaird and Beinn Fhionnlaidh are isolated peaks in the hinterland between Glen Etive and Glen Creran, and at the head of Glen Creran, Sgor na h-Ulaidh is the south-western outlier of the Glen Coe peaks.

The main range of the Glen Coe mountains is on the south side of the A82 road where it leaves Rannoch Moor and drops down into the depths of the glen. The Buachaille Etive Mor, Buachaille Etive Beag and Bidean nam Bian form a succession of parallel ridges with deep corries and passes between them whose walls rise in a series of steep rock walls and dark gullies. On the opposite side of the main road through the glen the Aonach Eagach soars up in a single sweep from the glen to its narrow pinnacled crest.

The north-western outliers of the peaks in this section are the twin peaks of Beinn a' Bheithir which rise above their forested corries on the south side of Loch Leven at its junction with Loch Linnhe

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Order	Height	Munro	Grid Ref.
23	(1150 mt.)	Bidean nam Bian	NN143542 OS View
31	(1126 mt.)	Ben Cruachan	NN069304 OS View
45	(1108 mt.)	Meall a'Bhuiridh	NN250503 OS View
50	(1100 mt.)	Creise	NN238506 OS View
55	(1090 mt.)	Stob Ghabhar	NN230455 OS View
63	(1078 mt.)	Ben Starav	NN125427 OS View
65	(1072 mt.)	Stob Coire Sgreamhach	NN154536 OS View
90	(1044 mt.)	Stob Coir' an Albannaich	NN169443 OS View
107	(1024 mt.)	Sgorr Dhearg	NN056558 OS View
110	(1021 mt.)	Stob Dearg	NN222542 OS View
137	(1001 mt.)	Sgorr Dhonuill	NN040555 OS View
143	(998 mt.)	Stob Diamh	NN094308 OS View
145	(997 mt.)	Glas Bheinn Mhor	NN153429 OS View
149	(994 mt.)	Sgor na h-Ulaidh	NN111518 OS View
156	(989 mt.)	Beinn Eunaich	NN135328 OS View
172	(980 mt.)	Beinn a 'Chochuill	NN109328 OS View
188	(967 mt.)	Sgorr nam Fiannaidh	NN140583 OS View
196	(960 mt.)	Beinn nan Aighenan	NN148405 OS View
198	(959 mt.)	Beinn Fhionnlaidh [Glen Etive]	NN095497 OS View
201	(958 mt.)	Stob Dubh	NN179535 OS View
207	(956 mt.)	Stob na Broige	NN190525 OS View
212	(953 mt.)	Meall Dearg	NN161583 OS View
224	(945 mt.)	Stob a'Choire Odhair	NN257459 OS View
237	(937 mt.)	Beinn Sgulaird	NN053460 OS View
252	(928 mt.)	Meall nan Eun	NN192449 OS View
263	(925 mt.)	Stob Coire Raineach	NN191548 OS View

Thumbnail	Price	Map Name
	£7.95	Glen Coe (Superwalker)
	£6.99	Ben Nevis, Fort William and Glen Coe (Landranger Maps)
	£6.99	Glen Orchy and Loch Etive (Landranger Maps)
	£7.49	Glen Coe and Glen Etive, Ballachulish and Kinlochleven (Explorer Maps)
	£7.49	Loch Etive and Glen Orchy: Dalmally, Tyndrum, Bridge of Orchy and Taynuilt (Explorer Maps)
	£8.84	Loch Etive and Glen Orchy (OS Explorer Map Series) (OS Explorer Map Series)

Thumbnail	Price	Book Name
	£22.00	The Munros: Scottish Mountaineering Club Hillwalkers' Guide
	£45.96	The Southern Highlands (Scottish Mountaineering Club District Guides)
	£13.50	Walking the Munros: Southern, Central and Western Highlands v. 1 (Cicerone British Mountains)
	£26.37	The Central Highlands (Scottish Mountaineering Club District Guidebook)