📌 Loch Eriboll, Highland
★★★★
Creag na Faoilinn… where, exactly? This diminutive and little-known hill probably receives fewer visitors in a year than many summits get in a day, but its views surpass those from many Munros. From the top, there are great views up Strath Beag into the heart of the wilderness between Foinaven and Ben Hope, with sunlight (hopefully) glinting off numerous silvery quartzite outcrops. But it’s Loch Eriboll to the north that takes the breath away: laid out like a map and punctuated only by the remote Eilean Choraidh. The views from the coast road are nothing compared to this! The side of the hill facing the road is unassailable, but a short and pathless circuit is possible using the gentler slopes round the back.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at track junction on the A838, head of Loch Eriboll
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NC 394539
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.443819,-4.752972
❌ Rare buses pass the start, but there’s no official stop
🚗 Probably space for a single car only – don’t block access or passing places – or look further along the road
📝 Key info
▶ 4 km / 2 mi | ▲ 290 m | ⌛ 2 hr
Features: △ Creag na Faoilinn (286 m)
⬤ Tough | Track to start then pathless ascent over heather and grass. Descent is a little wet – traverse left lower down to avoid the worst part. Short road return.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start – Strath Beag track to 🧭 NC 392532 – east then north to Creag na Faoilinn – descend to A838 by valley on east side – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: A few sheep, otherwise quiet.
Weather: Sunny after overnight rain; windy at the top.
April 2013
