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Name: | Ben Avon - Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe |
Hill number: | 536 |
Height: | 1172m / 3845ft |
RHB Section: | 08B: Cairngorms |
County/UA: | Moray, Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Dee (Aberdeen), Spey |
Watershed: | Mull of Kintyre to Rattray Head, Aberdeen Bay |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
Grid ref: | NJ 13194 01836 |
Summit feature: | tor |
Drop: | 198m |
Col: | 974m NJ118010 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 36 (1:25k) OL58S 404S |
Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 655 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Frosty start from Linn of Quoich at 06:20am Walked whole way. Followed path through Glen Quoich and up An Diollaid. Reached Beinn a Bhuird as cloud rolled in descended to the Sneck after some dubious navigation in the clag. Very windy at Sneck. Up to Ben Avon due to the wind it was harder than I would have liked to get to the top of both the higher tors. Not sure which was higher but the south one was harder. Descent to Sneck down Glas Allt Mor then west through woods beside Quoich water to outward route. Walked at speed time taken including stops 7 hours 59 minutes for 23.2 miles | isabelle | 05/10/2023 |
En route from Glen Avon to Keiloch. A knackering 35km day. | sclater | 23/08/2023 |
Cracking but long day out, great weather and glad i brought bike! | Kevthecat | 09/08/2023 |
Ben Avon & Beinn a' Bhuird from Keiloch | hummusg | 23/09/2022 |
Linn of Quoich, Carn na Drochaide, The Sneck, Ben Avon West Top, Ben Avon, The Sneck, Cnap a' Chleirich, Beinn a' Bhuird North Top and Beinn a' Bhuird South Top. | JasonStark | 28/08/2022 |
Keiloch - cycled to end of track in Gleann an t-Slugain - Beinn a’ Bhuird S Top - Beinn a’ Bhuird - Cnap a’ Chleirich - Ben Avon W Top - Ben Avon - Carn Eas - Creag an Dail Mhor - bike - Keiloch. | Mark Jackson | 12/08/2022 |
Solo from North bike to foot of hill total 40km cleared as I got to top. Fine mountain with tors | pigerg | 21/07/2022 |
Cycled into Inchrory from Cock Bridge then a circuit of Ben Avon and Beinn a'Bhuird plus all tops. 
Quite a long day - 9 hours walking. 
Mind you, Sue was doing a Rigby Round, so I had lots of time! | Geoff Briggs | 04/06/2022 |
Camped up from Kelloch | kitmacleod | 27/05/2022 |
A big day out from camp by Quoich Water, visiting all Ben Avon tops. With B and R. | jenx | 14/05/2022 |
Freezing fog below, peaks above clouds in mild inversion, but cold wind so not warm on tops today. Large patches of frozen snow to run on, in microspikes, including some quite steep banks covering paths. | NorfolkPT21 | 19/12/2021 |
Solo - Both Tors at summit climbed this time. First time on the mountain it was to windy and slippy to get a hand to the summit. | Topsaswell | 08/09/2021 |
Solo bike and hike from Keiloch taking in Ben Avon and Beinn a'Bhuird - ride into Gleann an-Slugain starts well, but gets progressively rougher - the last half-mile before the ruins was a bit too rough >.< Did anti-clockwise route from there - using the excellent path all the way along to the route up to The Sneck and hit up Ben Avon first - nice wee light scramble up the summit tor. The pull up Beinn a'Bhuird from The Sneck was a bit of a gravelly slog, and the plateau above was not particularly interesting - much like the pile of stones marking the (North) Summit of Beinn a'Bhuird -the 8th highest mountain in the UK deserves better! Was glad to get back to the bike though I walked out the first half mile again, as it looks barely rideable. Total time 7h 5mins. | mproudfoot | 03/07/2021 |
With Sue on a perfect day after cycling to Slugain Lodge. Also climbed on 2/5/00 and 22/5/11. | Phreerunner | 29/06/2021 |
Re-visit en route to final xMT. Plus, climbed southern Tor which looks an equal highest. | Eddie | 27/06/2021 |
Lochnager Backpacking | fellwanderer92 | 16/06/2021 |
With Jack 
Cairngorms summer hol (backpacking) | fellie | 15/06/2021 |
Low cloud, no views, summited and sat down for a few minutes and the other tors started to appear, was clearing nicely as we left. | PDuncan82 | 13/06/2021 |
#2 of 9 from Invercauld. Revisit. Care in the strong wind today! | RHW | 02/06/2021 |
with Iain Cruwys | Topsaswell | 29/08/2020 |
Climbed from Tomintoul. Biked to Linn of Avon. Early start (just after 5am from car park). | mcbboyd | 04/07/2020 |
Long walk in from Tomintoul - ascent from Inchrory is time consuming but straightforward. Weather cloudy but fair - moderate wind. Loads of snow above 800 metres | wychwood | 19/03/2020 |
Ben Avon and Beinn a Bhuird from Keiloch. 
Very windy and cloud above 800m | Huwel | 24/07/2019 |
Bike from Keiloch to NJ179009. The mapped bridge is no longer there. River not too deep though. Then an unmapped LR track straight up over Carn Drochaid. | Pete R | 19/07/2019 |
Done over two days broken by a night in the secret howff. Paths excellent throughout. | Chris Terrey | 03/07/2019 |
Third time up here. Came up from West Meur Gorm Craig this time. Had a good chat to 2 guys I met on the summit tors. Nice familiar simple scrambling. | Dangerous Dave | 29/06/2019 |
From Keiloch, MTB to end of track up Gleann an t-Slugain for a round of Beinn a' Bhuird ST, NT, Stob an t'Sluichd, Cnap a' Chleirich, Ben Avon and top, Carn Eas and Creag an Dail Mhor. | rhalstead | 18/06/2019 |
Perfect hill day | wullclark | 11/08/2018 |
Wild camped south of Braemar (campsite full). Cycled in to Slugain Lodge ruins. Walked on with maggie,norman and elspeth. Explored fantastic tor summit in fierce winds - huge stacks of granite slabs. | dave neilson | 01/08/2018 |
Cycle in after camp with Elspeth Norman and Dave | mn23 | 01/08/2018 |
Solo. Camped here overnight after going out and back to Stob Bac an Fhurain. Dense cloud, wind and rain. | Dangerous Dave | 20/09/2017 |
Solo | HFB | 12/08/2017 |
with dave houston | roddycun | 06/08/2017 |
From Keiloch by bike along Gleann an t-Slugain, leaving bike ca 1km short of Slugain Lodge. Took paths to Sneck, then up over 1138m point to Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe (scrambled up two highest parts of tor), continued across plateau to West Meur Corm Craig, then East Meur Gorm Craig, returned over main ridge, past LDB and on t Carn Eas, and then Creag an Dail Mhor, descending E of Carn Eag Dhubh to the track to the S, followed that W to reach the Sneck path, then returned to Keiloch | kdbennett | 15/06/2017 |
Cycled from Kelloch to some way short of Slugain Lodge. Then a delightful stroll via The Sneck. Excellent day for walking. | dal | 14/06/2017 |
With Geraldine | Chris Blake | 18/05/2017 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 08/04/2017 |
sunny autumn day, bike to foot of Glas Allt Mhor then easy walk | Capt Malbec | 22/09/2016 |
Did this hill 2nd of the two. Biggest cairn (Tor) we have ever seen. Lovely day and lots of people in the hills. | akmilne | 18/06/2016 |
Climbed with Andy. Great weather and a very busy hill! | FCMark | 18/06/2016 |
TGO | iansm | 20/05/2016 |
Cycled up Gleann an Slugain from the walkers car park at Keilock. Walked up to the sneck and then on to the tor and a short scramble. Clear blue Sky with plenty of snow on the plateau. Magnificent views of corries on Beinn a Bhuird. Returned to the sneck. | mindlessflogger | 22/03/2016 |
Autumn heatwave! From Invercauld via Beinn a'Bhuird. | Roblex | 30/09/2015 |
Climbed from Inverauld House Car Park, climbed via South side of Beinn A Bhuird, round to the North Top, down to the Sneck, then up and back to Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe, before returning to Invercauld via Slogain. | gandrew | 16/08/2015 |
From Kelloch. With Gavin. | MorecambeMonkey | 27/06/2015 |
With Beinn aBhuird | munromurph | 10/06/2015 |
2nd time. | russell61 | 20/09/2014 |
Second Munro of the day, now back tot he bike at Slugain. | Play2End | 27/08/2014 |
Round of Leabaidh an Diamh Bhuidhe, Beinn a'Bhuird, Beinn a'Chaorainn and Beinn Bhreac from Linn of Quoich. 36km, +/-1500m, 10 hours 30. 
Mount Keen in the evening. 
Day 43 of 59 for all Munros. | PGCE | 22/07/2014 |
5 of 8: From Stob Bac an Fhurain. | ChrisR | 21/06/2014 |