Beinn Bheula

Getting to the start near Lochgoilhead

• The route starts and ends just outside Lochgoilhead, near the Outdoor Centre. Space to park at the side of a passing place, just south of the bridge over Lettermay Burn.

Beinn Bheula

• South of Lettermay Burn, a track heads westwards by some houses. Follow the track uphill into Lettermay Forest and continue for 1km to a junction , then take the left fork (taking the right fork leads down to a small dam, from where the 'Cowal Way' is marked on the OS map heading uphill - this no longer exists and has long been swallowed up by the forest). On the track for another 500m, then turn right at the next junction and continue to a bridge over Lettermay Burn.
• Leave the track and keeping to the north bank of the burn, trace a faint path to the base of a picturesque waterfall .
• Cross the burn near the base of the waterfall and begin striking uphill aiming south-west towards a white post. The path quickly disappears into thick grass and ferns, but the going underfoot is never difficult.
• After crossing a fence higher up, navigation may become testing in mist caused by the confusing rocks and topography.
• Beinn Bheula's summit crest is gained, from where the summit trig point is a brief walk southwards. Superb all-round views.

Return to Lochgoilhead

• Head southwards and on a faint path continue to Creag Sgiolte and then Cean Garbh .
• The path disappears, drop on steep grassy ground south-east, avoiding rock slabs, to reach a grassy bealach with a section of wing from a plane that crashed in 1940.
• Head east and drop to the edge of forestry below. Trace the forest boundary until a gap with a path is found . Follow this path over the burn tumbling down from Loch an Cnaimh. The path winds a way through the dark undergrowth and makes for an exciting run, twisting while avoiding low slung branches.
• A forestry track is met and followed back to the junction with the track used on the way in.