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Fionn Bheinn, What Views!

Fionn Bheinn, What Views!


Postby Jokester » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:43 pm

Route description: Fionn Bheinn, Achnasheen

Munros included on this walk: Fionn Bheinn

Date walked: 19/08/2018

Time taken: 4 hours

Distance: 12.17 km

Ascent: 787m

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Fionn Bheinn seems to get a bad rap, but I have to say, this was a very enjoyable short day out.

Parked at the train station in Achnasheen and it's just a short walk across the main road and then over the old road bridge. It's well sign posted directly walkers up a new track up the slope past a new hydro scheme

ImageIMG_0546 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0547 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0550 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Looking back down the track to Achnasheen

ImageIMG_0553 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
First view towards the summit

Eventually the track ends at a weir (for measuring water flow rate down the burn). It's an easy crossing here, with a couple of well placed rocks.

ImageIMG_0554 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr

From here there was some faint landrover tracks heading upwards, so with no where else to go, it seemed like a good idea to follow them.

ImageIMG_0557 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Gets a bit wet though

These tracks though quickly ended and it didn't leave any option other than to just make my own way through the bog, but it was only a matter of a few 100 metres before I came across another footpath that followed the burn up the hill.

ImageIMG_0559 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Looking back down the path

Again, this path petered out half way up, so from there I just made a direct line to the ridge line hoping to pick the main path up from there.

ImageIMG_0562 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
On the ridge, looking up at the summit cairn

Once back on the main path, it was a short walk to the summit. Much quicker than I expected, what was going to be lunch was now a 11am brunch at the top.

ImageIMG_0593 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Summit cairn with the Torridon Giants in the background

The views from the top are excellent.

ImageIMG_0577 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Loch Fannoch

ImageIMG_0584 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Torridon Giants

ImageIMG_0585 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Slioch

ImageIMG_0586 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Fisherfield Munros

ImageIMG_0578 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Fannoch Munros

To have a change of scenery on the way down, I had decided to follow the WH route along the wall and then down. There is a clear path to follow for this along the east ridge

ImageIMG_0594 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0595 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Looking back at the summit cairn

ImageIMG_0596 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
The wall

ImageIMG_0600 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
The wall (again)

From what I could remember of the guide on WH, you follow the wall until there's an obvious path heading down. After a bit of walking I can see the path heading down below me, so I decide to leave the wall and head straight to it over rough ground. Once reaching the path though and looking back up, the path clearly heads straight up to a break in the wall and then continues straight on the otherside of it.

ImageIMG_0601 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr

It's a fairly interesting path down, and certainly no where near as wet as the path up.

ImageIMG_0604 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
First gate

ImageIMG_0605 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Towards the second gate

ImageIMG_0608 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Path through the trees

ImageIMG_0610 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Back at the main road

Once back down at the road it's 10minutes walk back to the car park.

Lovely day out!
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