Stùc a' Chroin is a mountain located in the southern part of the Highlands

Scottish Highlands

The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...

 of Scotland

Scotland

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. It lies to the south of Ben Vorlich

Ben Vorlich (Loch Earn)

Ben Vorlich is a mountain located in the southern part of the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in an area of land bounded to the north by Loch Earn, and to the west by Loch Lubnaig. The town of Callander lies to the south....

, which is itself bounded to the north by Loch Earn

Loch Earn

Loch Earn is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the districts of Perth and Kinross and Stirling...

, and to the west by Loch Lubnaig

Loch Lubnaig

Loch Lubnaig is a small loch near Callander in the Stirling council area, Scotland. It lies in the former county of Perthshire....

. The boundary between the council areas

Subdivisions of Scotland

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 of Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...

 and Stirling

Stirling (council area)

Stirling is one of the 32 unitary local government council areas of Scotland, and has a population of about 87,000 . It was created under the Local Government etc Act 1994 with the boundaries of the Stirling district of the former Central local government region, and it covers most of the former...

 passes through the summit of the peak, and the town of Callander

Callander

Callander is a burgh in the region of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the former county of Perthshire and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands....

 lies to the south.

Stùc a' Chroin is most often climbed in conjunction with Ben Vorlich

Ben Vorlich (Loch Earn)

Ben Vorlich is a mountain located in the southern part of the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in an area of land bounded to the north by Loch Earn, and to the west by Loch Lubnaig. The town of Callander lies to the south....

 from Ardvorlich to the north. There are two normal routes of ascent. The first is over the summit of Ben Vorlich and followed by a descent of that mountain's south west ridge to the Bealach an Dubh Choirein. The second skirts around the north east ridge of Ben Vorlich

Ben Vorlich (Loch Earn)

Ben Vorlich is a mountain located in the southern part of the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in an area of land bounded to the north by Loch Earn, and to the west by Loch Lubnaig. The town of Callander lies to the south....

 and traverses to the Bealach an Dubh Choirein. From this bealach the simplest ascent to the summit cairn

Cairn

Cairn is a term used mainly in the English-speaking world for a man-made pile of stones. It comes from the or . Cairns are found all over the world in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, near waterways and on sea cliffs, and also in barren desert and tundra areas...

is via a rough path that cuts up the northern coire of Stùc a' Chroin. A steeper alternative ascends the eastern coire.

An alternative, but longer route of ascent to Stùc a' Chroin from Arivurichardich ascends the mountain's south east ridge.