Am Bathach

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Am Bathach is a fine, steep-sided grassy ridge to the north of Cluanie Inn. It is often used as an approach to the Munro Ciste Dhubh.

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Region: Kintail

Altitude: 798 metres

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Detailed route description and map

Ciste Dhubh and Am Bathach from Cluanie

Other routes and challenges

If Am Bathach is the only target, the above route can be reversed after reaching the summit, or you can continue to the bealach beyond before returning down very boggy ground and the An Caorainn Mor.

Walker-friendly accommodation in the area

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Panoramic summit view (click to open)


Am Bathach



Users' walk reports for Am Bathach

There are 1988 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Am Bathach. They have contributed 48 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report AuthorDate walked LikesHills
  20/2/20  25 M5C2
  8/1/16  18 M1C1
  16/2/14  17 M1C1
  3/3/17  15 M1C1
  1/1/21  9 C1
  25/7/15  8 M4C1
  29/10/14  8 M1C1
  28/9/11  8 M1C1
  1/10/11  7 M1C1
  1/12/19  6 M1C5
  12/7/19  6 M2C2F1
  19/11/18  6 M1C1
  9/10/16  6 C3
  14/8/16  6 M3C1
  5/12/12  5 M1C1
  2/1/19  4 M1C1
  19/3/16  4 M1C1
  29/3/15  4 M1C1
  29/10/12  4 M2C1
  19/10/11  4 C1
  25/7/20  3 M1C1
  7/11/16  3 M1C1
  29/3/15  3 M1C1
  24/11/13  3 M1C1
  13/7/13  3 M3C1
  19/7/23  2 M1C1
  20/4/23  2 M1C1
  15/4/22  2 M1C1
  6/7/13  2 M4C1
  25/6/11  2 M4C1
  12/7/19  1 C1
  26/3/16  1 M1C1
  4/5/14  1 M1C1
  17/7/12  1 M7C1
  16/6/12  1 M3C1
  6/11/11  1 M1C1
  26/4/11  1 M7C1
  12/2/11  1 M4C1
  23/6/10  1 M1C1
  30/8/20  0 M1C1
  15/7/19  0 M2C2
  17/9/17  0 M1C1
  21/6/14  0 C1
  30/7/13  0 M1C1
  22/9/12  0 M6C1
  30/3/12  0 M1C1
  8/2/11  0 M1C1
  5/8/10  0 M2C1

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