Beinn Dorain
The great cone that fills the view north of Tyndrum, a Munro climbed from Bridge of Orchy with Beinn an Dòthaidh.
Beinn Dòrain is one of the most instantly recognisable mountains in the southern Highlands, a huge, steep-sided cone that fills the view from the A82 as you drive north from Tyndrum towards Bridge of Orchy.
It rises to 3,530 feet, a Munro, and it was celebrated in one of the great Gaelic poems by Duncan Bàn MacIntyre, who worked on these hills as a gamekeeper.
The usual ascent starts at Bridge of Orchy, which has a station and Citylink buses, and climbs to the bealach between Beinn Dòrain and its neighbour Beinn an Dòthaidh, so the two are easily climbed together. Beinn an Dòthaidh has the finer outlook, over Loch Tulla and Rannoch Moor to Ben Nevis on a clear day. The round is about fourteen kilometres with more than 1,200 metres of ascent, six to eight hours, on rough and often wet paths; the hills are steep and hard to navigate in mist, and deer stalking takes place from August to 20 October.
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The round of Beinn Dòrain and Beinn an Dòthaidh is 14.3 km with 1,228 m of ascent, 6 to 8 hours, from Bridge of Orchy car park.
Stalking on the Blackmount Estate from early August to 20 October, never on Sundays.
- Distance
- 14.3 km, 1,228 m of ascent, 6 to 8 hours.
- Start
- Bridge of Orchy, by train or Citylink bus.
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Add your reviewAbove Bridge of Orchy, north of Tyndrum.
Allt Kinglass ViaductA curved girder viaduct of 1894 on the West Highland Line, carrying the railway round the Horseshoe Curve south of Bridge of Orchy.Under a mile 1 min by road
Loch TullaA loch ringed by old Scots pines below the Black Mount, on the road and the West Highland Way north of Bridge of Orchy.5 miles 6 min by road
Artisan Cafe & DeliA café and Scottish deli in a converted church in Tyndrum, with stained glass, a fire and home baking.6 miles 8 min by road
Ben ChallumA 1,025-metre Munro above Strath Fillan, near Crianlarich and Tyndrum, climbed from Kirkton Farm.6 miles 9 min by road
Ben OssA rugged 1,030-metre Munro beside Ben Lui, climbed from Dalrigh near Tyndrum.9 miles 11 min by road
West Highland WayScotland's best-loved long walk, 96 miles from Milngavie to Fort William by Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor and Glencoe.10 miles 12 min by road
Places to stay near the hill, and when each is next free.
Suie Hunting Lodge- To stay
- In Luib
- 12 miles from Beinn Dòrain
Monachyle Mhor- To stay
- In Balquhidder
- 14 miles from Beinn Dòrain
Kabn- Sleeps 2
- In Cairndow
- 19 miles from Beinn Dòrain
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