An Cruachan

An Cruachan is an exceptionally remote hill and it would take an extremely fit and fast walker to make the ascent and return to a road on the same day. It is really a steep final dome rising up from the northern slopes of An Socach.

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Region: Loch Ness

Altitude: 706 metres

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An Cruachan
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Users' walk reports for An Cruachan

There are 94 Walkhighlanders who have climbed An Cruachan. They have contributed 10 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
  14/11/21  9 M1C2F2
  26/9/10  6 C3F1
  23/8/16  5 F3
  25/3/22  4 M1C3F2
  18/7/21  4 F1
  6/7/19  3 F1
  23/9/18  3 M3F2
  25/2/12  3 F1S1
  5/9/14  1 F5
  31/5/11  1 F2

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