Beinn Damh

Getting to the start by Torridon village

• Torridon is a small village, some 10miles west of Loch Maree in the north-west highlands. The A896 (which is single track) travels the length of Glen Torridon to the village. Having driven west though the village of Torridon and along the southern shore of Loch Torridon, the start from the car-park of the Torridon Inn.

Beinn Damh

• From the Inn aim to the left of the main building and follow the road through to a bridge over Allt Coire Roill. Immediately over the bridge a three-way junction is met - a signpost indicates the direction to be taken, left up the rough pine-needle covered track.
• The track climbs between felled rhodedendron bushes and meets up with the A896. Cross the road and follow the continuing path up through a Scot's Pine forest.
• After around 100m of ascent, keep an eye out for the loud tumbling waterfall - in summer this may be difficult to see through the green undergrowth - there is a view-point on the way, but take care as tree-roots crossing the path may be slippy when wet.
• Follow the path uphill, at around c200m the path comes to a junction - keep right.
• At around c350m the constructed and maintained path comes to an end and a boot-worn but obvious path takes over.
• With occasional cairns, the path continues onto Beinn Damh's crest and a faint path then heads south.
• Keeping to this path which climbs and contours around Beinn Damh's northern summit, avoids most of the boulderfields.
• The narrow ridge before the main summit is reached, from where an easy walk up slabs, steps and boulders gains the cairn sitting precariously above huge drops. Stunning views in all directions !

Return to the Torridon Hotel

• Return by the same route.
• Alternatively from the summit, return along the crest and up to the northern summit (spot height 868m) - be warned that this is pathless and boulder-strewn.
• From there, either follow the bouldery north-west spur back to the top of the path, or aim north and follow the crest around Toll Ban to Creag na h-Iolaire and descend on heather to rejoin the path lower down.

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