📌 Glen Coe, Highland
★★★★
Buachaille Etive Beag (Little shepherd of Etive) is the shy and retiring wee brother of famous Buachaille Etive Mòr. Taking the form of a long ridge stretching back from the Pass of Glencoe, it doesn’t look particularly impressive from the roadside start. But climbing up onto the ridge reveals a wonderful traverse between two separate Munros. Decent paths throughout probably make these the two easiest 3,000-foot summits to reach in the region, though with the usual precautions necessary in wild or winter conditions. Stob Dubh (at the south end of the ridge) is the main highlight, by virtue of its superb views directly down Glen Etive to the loch of the same name.
📷 Chronological photo guide
A’ Chailleach from the car park 
The Study, Pass of Glencoe, from the ascent 
Looking north across Glen Coe to Am Bodach 
Red deer 
Final ascent to Stob Coire Raineach 
View north towards Blackwater Reservoir from Stob Coire Raineach 
Looking down Glen Coe 
View south along the Lairig Gartain 
Stob Dubh from the descent of Stob Coire Raineach 
Looking back to Stob Coire Raineach 
Stob Dubh from the 902m minor summit 
Stob Coire Sgreamhach & Beinn Fhada 
Aonach Eagach (left) & Ben Nevis 
Buachaille Etive Mòr ridge 
Final ascent to Stob Dubh 
Loch Etive around the side of Stob Dubh 
Back along the ridge from Stob Dubh to Stob Coire Raineach 
Looking back towards Glen Coe 
Stob Dubh summit 
Loch Etive from Stob Dubh’s south summit
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish on the A82 under 0.5 mi east of The Study, Glen Coe, 6 mi east of Glencoe village
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 188562
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.662729,-4.958278
❌ Buses pass the start but there is no official stop
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 8 km / 5 mi | ▲ 900 m | ⌛ 4.5-5.5 hr
Features: △ Stob Coire Raineach (925 m, Munro); △ Stob Dubh (958 m, Munro)
⬤ Tough | Good, rocky hill paths – fairly steep and loose in places, particularly on Stob Coire Raineach.
Download file for GPS➡️ T-shape walk: start – Buachaille Etive Beag ridge at Mam Buidhe – Stob Coire Raineach – return to Mam Buidhe – Stob Dubh – return by outward route
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Red deer on Stob Coire Raineach, with roars of stags echoing around the glens from surrounding coires.
Weather: Mostly cloudy at start, becoming sunnier through the day. Windy at times, but almost calm on the summits; only a few degrees above freezing on the ridge.
October 2016
