An Caisteal

An Caisteal takes the form of a long ridged mountain to the south of Crianlarich. Its traverse is very enjoyable with interesting features and extensive views over the area.

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Region: Loch Lomond

Altitude: 995 metres

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Routes and maps

An Caisteal and Beinn a' Chròin from Glen Falloch

Other routes and challenges

For those wishing to add a third Munro, Beinn Chabhair can be included, but the descent and reascent to reach it involves steep and challenging terrain. The descent from Beinn Chabhair is then usually made to the west.

The epic challenge route hereabouts involves ascents of all the 7 Crianlarich Munros - an exceptionally demanding expedition over very rough terrain at times.

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Users' walk reports for An Caisteal

There are 17280 Walkhighlanders who have climbed An Caisteal. They have contributed 169 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	Author	Date walked	Likes	Hills
7 munros in a day, crianlarich hills	paddy_da_mighty_atom	29/4/12	61	M7
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin	HalfManHalfTitanium	19/5/18	33	M2
Ben-6-More... An intense day & a scary night	Kay10	9/9/17	32	M6
Crianlarich 7 - a great round	Alteknacker	15/8/14	24	M7
Four months after Open Heart Surgery	Mr Bump	24/7/24	23	M2
Beinn Chabhair, Beinn a' Chroin and An Caisteal	skuk007	22/5/10	21	M3
Easily my hardest experience in the mountains	The English Alpinist	9/2/22	17	M3
An Caisteal, Beinn a'Chroin - Bog, Snow, Bog	Frogwell	19/10/11	17	M2
I Kissed a Cairn and I Liked It!	pollyh33	30/9/11	17	M2
The Final Crianlarich 3 - My Boggy (yet brilliant) Advice	andygunn23	14/8/16	16	M3
South of Crianlarich - Early morning triple M	Petr Dakota	15/5/15	14	M3
Crianlarich Seven	Sashman	9/4/19	12	M7
An Caisteal, Beinn a'Chroin and a dip in the Falloch	meangarry	28/4/12	12	M2
Inspiration from a courageous and selfless friend	Hillbeback	26/7/18	11	M2
3rd time lucky on Beinn a'Chroin!	Jaxter	14/2/16	11	M2
Hard snow and new friends on An Caisteal & Beinn a’Chroin	AlexFrood	1/2/15	11	M2
Inversion on the Crianlarich Hills	weaselmaster	3/9/21	9	M5
Cruach Ardrain Beinn Tulaichean An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chro	scoob999	16/4/16	9	M4
Lesson learned on An Caisteal, Beinn a'Chroin & Chabhair.	Gavsco	13/10/13	9	M3
For those who are scared of heights, a little bit of hope	emilynordmann	28/7/24	8	M2
Crianlairich Munros and 78mph winds	spiderwebb	23/10/14	8	M7
Three from Glen Falloch	Sabbathstevie	25/8/13	8	M3
Cracking Crianlarich pentabag	basscadet	19/5/12	8	M5
Meandering & Scrambling on An Caisteal & Beinn a' Chroin	Chris Mac	6/7/19	7	M2
An Caisteal: twistin' on the hill	BlackPanther	1/4/18	7	M1
A Moontin Porn Extravaganza - A Crainlarich Couple!!	dooterbang	28/2/16	7	M2
Crianlarich 6: My first solo Munros	dpbphillips	2/5/26	6	M6
Two great days, two awful nights	johnbythell	26/8/22	6	M5
A Castle for One	WeeHills	30/5/21	6	M2
My first double!	johnscot55	25/6/18	6	M2
An Caisteal	Uniquely A Wifie	12/12/15	6	M1
Quick hill route to hasten a speedy return	JWCW2014	26/5/23	5	M2
Crianlarich Hills (I), Late Winter	Bensc01t	15/4/23	5	M2
The Curse of the A85 - A Thing of the Past	Gordie12	5/9/15	5	M2
King of The Castle on An Caisteal & Beinn A'Chroin	roscoT	23/5/15	5	M2
South-west Highland wind, rain and sunshine - Part 2	simon-b	16/8/14	5	M14
King and Queen of An Caisteal	coachmacca	24/2/13	5	M1
Boy scales castle's ramparts but dog refuses at bad step	dogplodder	9/10/12	5	M1
A Crianlarich Quartet	JFMurray	14/7/24	4	M4
Munros Two Hundred and Thirteen to Two Hundred and Seventeen	Chris Henshall	24/8/21	4	M5
Come on, let's twist again!	BlackPanther	23/9/18	4	M2
The Castle & the Sheepfold - two magnificent Munros	denfinella	20/5/16	4	M2
An Caisteal and Stobh Dubh with the kids	matt_outandabout	15/8/15	4	M2
An Caisteal & Beinn a' Chroin	markthespark	9/10/12	4	M2
The Glen Falloch Experience	Rossco	9/7/11	4	M3
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chròin	David Lyall	6/3/26	3	M2
Freeky	Grisu	19/7/25	3	M2
Not the king of the castle	nigheandonn	29/6/25	3	M1
Weather wins	bobbyjim	6/7/23	3	M1
[VIDEO] An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chròin	davidandthedrone	7/5/22	3	M2
An caisteal only- wonderful winter wonderland!	WalkingDabbler	28/12/20	3	M2
An Caisteal & Beinn a'Chroin	ancancha	7/8/15	3	M2
Sun, Snow & Spindrift in Strathfillan	basscadet	31/1/15	3	M1F1
Unfinished Business in Glen Falloch	garyoppolis	26/5/14	3	M4
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin	nathan79	9/7/13	3	M2
A couple of hills with "ATTITUDE"	MarilynMunro	3/8/12	3	M2
Beinn Chabhair to An Caisteal - I did it my way!	fipriestley	29/4/12	3	M3
Ben More or Less	whiteburn	29/4/12	3	M5
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin from Crianlarich	Caleb Wright	29/6/24	2	M2
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin	EuanWardrop	19/9/20	2	M2
An Caisteal from Crianlarich - My First Munro!	Christo1979	9/8/18	2	M1
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin and the wrong trousers	Dougalyd	5/5/17	2	M2
Sun on the Crianlarich 7	Rufus Smalls	3/7/15	2	M7
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin	JimboJim	29/10/14	2	M2
Awesome Arrochar and Fabulous Falloch	jupe1407	6/9/14	2	M5C1
An Caisteal and Beinn a' Chroin	dtr42	20/7/13	2	M2
Piping on An Caisteal	munrobagpiper	5/3/13	2	M1
An Caisteal & Beinn a Chroin	dogjake	10/7/12	2	M2
Birthday Bagging: An Caisteal & Beinn a'Chroin	SMRussell	30/7/11	2	M2
A Castle and the Hill of Danger	Dave_W	12/2/11	2	M2
Four Munros from Inverlochlarig	Astronick	8/5/10	2	M4
Ran My Fifth and Sixth Munro	DRLumsden	6/10/26	1	M2
An-Caisteal and Beinn a’Croin in scorchio conditions	LucyH14	12/7/25	1	M2
Crianlarich 2 in the Clag	cbuchanan3	4/5/24	1	M2
My first proper munros	ogjebb37	25/4/23	1	M2
Solo Expedition to Knoydart May 2022	Michael79	14/5/22	1	M9
When is a gate not a gate?	Bmg99	20/7/20	1	M2
First solo outing since lockdown	kirstyfc	10/7/20	1	M2
Another 2 from Crianlarich	ScotFinn65	26/7/19	1	M2
Beautiful Sunny Day on An Caisteal.	Jmunro21	19/4/19	1	M2
Aches in the Arrochar Alps	weaselmaster	5/8/18	1	M5
Cracking Crainlarich - A Winter Double!	dooterbang	7/1/18	1	M2
Scotland's Watershed Part 6 Parlan Hill to Crianlarich	rohan	26/10/17	1	M4
Beinn Tulaichean, Cruach Ardrain, Beinn a'Chroin, An Caistea	terminalsump	1/4/17	1	M4
Twistin Twosome	weaselmaster	2/1/16	1	M2
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin - summertime at last!	2manyYorkies	29/9/15	1	M2
Beinn a'Chroin and An Caisteal	AndyGerrard	23/5/15	1	M2
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May - An Caisteal	Huff_n_Puff	14/5/15	1	M2
Crainlarich 3	Dunfie	9/5/15	1	M3
Three do Three with two.	martin.h	19/4/15	1	M3
Trio of challenges in Glen Falloch	dektasker	8/9/14	1	M3
An caisteal & Beinn a'Chroin	Backpacker	6/9/14	1	M2
Beinn Chabhair, Beinn a' Chroin & An Caisteal	colingray8	27/7/14	1	M3
King in his castle, bull at its gate.	Pete and Esther	31/5/14	1	M2
Video Report: A snowy and sunny An Caisteal & Beinn a'Chroin	gsaboy	2/12/12	1	M2
An Caisteal and Friends	Fudgie	5/6/12	1	M4
An Caisteal & Beinn a' Chroin	bran5358	28/5/12	1	M2
An Caisteal(Wind,Bog,Snow,Sun(minor appearance!)Rain & Fun!	Jabber	6/3/12	1	M1
My first Munros for 10 years!!!	wolf1973	30/6/11	1	M3
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin	weescotsman	25/6/11	1	M2
An Caisteal, beinn a' chroin	gunn690	9/10/10	1	M2
An Casteal and Bein a'Chroin	matt0129081	9/10/10	1	M2
ACaisteal, a Chroin, Tulaichean, C Ardrain from Glen Falloch	rockhopper	21/8/10	1	M4
An Caisteal & Beinn a'Chroin - if only every Monday.....	Graeme D	12/7/10	1	M2
Crianlarich Hills - An Caisteal & Ben a'Chroin	jwramsay	25/4/10	1	M2
Beinn Chabhair, Beinn a' Chroin, An Casteal	Macgerbil	18/4/10	1	M3
An Caisteal, Beinn a' Chroin	LeithySuburbs	4/4/10	1	M2
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin.	David.Ferguson	12/12/09	1	M2
An caisteal and Beinn a Chroin	davetherave	17/10/09	1	M2
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chròin	ChrisG	27/6/21	0	M2
If it wasnae for ma wellies (part 2 and a while later)	ArgyllGoSlow	11/8/18	0	M2
A Geological Study, An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin	Joehill	22/10/17	0	M2
First Solo - An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin.	adambarras	29/8/16	0	M2
Head in the clouds on An Caisteal	zatapathique	16/6/16	0	M2
New small hydro scheme- An Casteal and Beinn a'Chroin	Chris Skipton	6/5/16	0	M2
Blue skies and blizzards - epic day	Brendanw	30/4/16	0	M2
An caisteal & beinn a'chroin	andykerr69	1/11/15	0	M2
An Caisteal & Beinn a' Chroin - heading for No 50	GeorgiePorgie	1/10/15	0	M2
An Caisteal and Beinn a Chroin	ianmcr	25/7/15	0	M2
Munros in the Deep South, Part 1	Beaner001	19/4/15	0	M3
An caisteal, beinn a`chroin	d gwynn	3/11/14	0	M2
Two Munro's..a forgotten memory	Andy74G	18/8/14	0	M2
2 cracking mountains!	ChrisH	11/7/14	0	M2
An Caisteal	Craiging619	15/6/14	0	M1
Beinn a'Chroin to An Caisteal circuit	U059361	31/5/14	0	M2
First double, An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin.	BigT	31/5/14	0	M2
Crianlarich Trio	Riverman	10/5/14	0	M3
An Caisteal Walk	U059361	29/4/14	0	M1
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin	StevieC	13/10/13	0	M2
Jaxter’s first solo – an epic race against weather and dark	Jaxter	24/9/13	0	M2
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin - another double	Flo-go	12/7/13	0	M2
Storming the Caisteal and the neighbouring properties	GillC	2/6/13	0	M3
Sparkly Crianlarich Hills	mrssanta	25/5/13	0	M5
An Casteal and Ben Chabair	past my sell by date	24/5/13	0	M2
an caisteal	grahamdrew	12/5/13	0	M1
An Caisteal 2013	ere1	30/3/13	0	M1
An Caisteal, Beinn a'Chroin and ptarmigans	findhornloon	20/10/12	0	M2
Crianlarich Munros 1	Physicistinboots	20/10/12	0	M3
An Caistiel, Beinn a'Chroin	norriew	18/6/12	0	M2
Chrianlarich Hills 2012	JonAksel	20/5/12	0	M4
A Good Walk Spoilt	Jockstar	5/5/12	0	M2
An Caisteal & Beinn a'Chroin (Bog Factor 4)	Gary_G	22/3/12	0	M2
an Caisteal eventually	peter@caltonathletic	4/3/12	0	M1
Horrible hills and even worse weather	Ian Bayne	3/3/12	0	M2
An Caisteal and back	mr_mrsH	18/2/12	0	M2
Beinn a'chroin/An Caisteal	Gman27	28/11/11	0	M2
An Caisteal & Beinn a'Chroin	steven_sefton	20/8/11	0	M2
An Caisteal and Beinn a' Chroin	Euan McIntosh	14/8/11	0	M2
An Caisteal & Beinn a' Chroin	DeeTC	23/7/11	0	M2
Looks Like Rain	reward_pint	26/6/11	0	M2
An Caisteal & Beinn a`Chroin	tomyboy73	19/6/11	0	M2
Walking away from it all...	Driver84	29/4/11	0	M2
An Caisteal & Beinn a'Chroin	lomondwalkers	26/4/11	0	M2
An Caisteal & Beinn a'Chroin	xpfloyd	22/1/11	0	M2
An Caisteal	palinkasp	19/12/10	0	M1
An Caisteal and Beinn a Chroin	2dalmatians	14/11/10	0	M2
Take an Ice Axe!	beeperman	8/11/10	0	M2
AN CAISTEAL, BEINN A'CHROIN, SRON GHARBH -bog snorkelling!!	blueyed	4/11/10	0	M2
Crianlarich Duo	houdi	10/10/10	0	M2
Crianlarich3:An Caisteal & Beinn a'Chroin-Never Saw a Thing!	mountain coward	29/9/10	0	M2
An Caisteal & Beinn a Chroin 31/32	DJG78	10/8/10	0	M2
Head In the Clouds on Beinn a'Chroin	Jock McJock	23/6/10	0	M2
An Caisteal and Beinn A’ Chroin	David Lyall	15/5/10	0	M2
Crianlarich Hills - An Caisteal & Ben a'Chroin	jwramsay	25/4/10	0	M2
Festive Purge: Brownie Point Spend Part 2 - An Caisteal	old danensian	4/1/10	0	M2
Beinn a' Chroin, An Caisteal & Beinn Chabhair	munrowalker	5/7/09	0	M3
Thunderstorms make life exciting?	Oldman	3/7/09	0	M2
Beinn a'Chroin, An Caisteal, Beinn Chabhair	yokehead	17/3/09	0	M3
An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin	bio-man	9/9/08	0	M2

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