Fraochaidh from Duror

The start in Glen Duror

The village of Duror lies on the A828, 8km south-west of Ballachuilish Bridge.

In the village, a sign on the south-east side of the main road points to A' Chindarroch Road and the campsite.

Head down this road, passing some houses.

After 200m and beyond a sharp turn left, the road reaches the entrance to the campsite and opposite, the remains of an old railway line, which is now a cycle-track.

Until recently, it was possible to turn south and drive down this track for 500m to park on the verge by a sharp turn and junction in the track . Parking is therefore limited nearby.

The northern of the two lochans on Fraochaidh

From the sharp turn in the cycle-track , a forestry track climbs gently, initially eastwards, into Glen Duror and this can be followed for around 2km to its end .

A fairly new track climbs south from here and zig-zags its way uphill.

At the abrupt end of this track, a short walk over grass and heather to reaches a knoll and two lochans .

From there, an easy walk over pleasant but pathless terrain follows the crest of Fraochaidh's north-west shoulder.Higher up, at around c760m, a line of fence-posts coming up from Coire na Capuill is met, which can be followed for just under 1km to trig point on the summit .

Looking up Fraochaidh

Looking up Fraochaidh

Fraochaidh's summit

The easiest route of return is to retrace your steps back down Fraochaidh's western shoulder.

A longer alternative would be from Fraochaidh's summit to continue along its eastern shoulder following fence-posts around Coire Dearg. This route travels over a bump (marked 718m) and drops to a lochan, from where turn left (west) to descend to forestry and pick up tracks to return to Duror.