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| Name: | Beinn a' Chaorainn Bheag |
| Hill number: | 572 |
| Height: | 1016m / 3333ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 559 Beinn a' Chaorainn |
| Parent (SMC): | 559 Beinn a' Chaorainn |
| RHB Section: | 08B: Cairngorms |
| County/UA: | Moray |
| Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen), Catchment Boundaries, Spey |
| Watershed: | Mull of Kintyre to Rattray Head, Aberdeen Bay |
| Class: | Simm, Munro Top, High Hills of Britain, Murdo (Tu,Sim,MT,HHB,Mur) |
| Grid ref: | NJ 05727 01708 |
| Summit feature: | boulder 8m W of cairn |
| Drop: | 66.7m |
| Col: | 949.3m NJ 0543 0165  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 36 (1:25k) OL57S OL58S 403S 404S |
| Observations: | boulder is 10-20cm higher than base of cairn |
| 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 292 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Pedro_Winter | 28/02/2024 | |
| Cycled to Derry Lodge and then walked up Glen Derry and climbed Beinn a' Chaorainn and Beinn a' Chaorainn Bheag from Lairig an Laoigh. Returned to Derry Lodge via Beinn Bhreac. | geoffh12 | 21/09/2023 |
| Circuit with camping from Linn of Dee taking in tops on E side then W side of Glen Derry. Climbed Meall an Lundain from south, trackless terrain, continued along ridge to climb Beinn Bhreac and Beinn Bhreac West Top. Crossed quite boggy ridge to climb Beinn a' Chaorainn Bheag, bypassed Beinn a' Chaorainn itself on descent to high point of Lairig an Laoigh. Steep climb to Stob Coire Etchachan, and easy ground to Beinn Mheadhoin SW Top and the excellent vantage point of Stacan Dubha. Descended to Loch Etchachan and climbed Creagan a' Choire Etchachan, across to Sgurr an Lochan Uaine. Bypassed Derry Cairngorm on way to Little Cairngorm and then Carn Crom. Descent to Derry Lodge and back to Linn of Dee. Quite cold biting wind for much of route but views generally good with most summits reasonably clear for much of the time. | RobertP | 30/08/2023 |
| Ochils Mountaineering Club Meet at Muir Cottage, west of Braemar for the Easter Weekend. On Saturday 8th April, I cycled with Clare Andrews from Muir Cottage to Derry Lodge. Then we hiked up to Beinn Bhreac West Top (928m) Munro Top, then east onto Beinn Bhreac (930m) Munro. Long slog north across the plateau, saw some evidence of voles, then onto Beinn a' Chaorainn Bheag (1016m) Munro Top, followed by Beinn a' Chaorainn (1080m) Munro. Finding a safe descend route into Glen Derry took a little bit of time, but once the path was found it was just an awfully long walk back to the bikes at Derry Lodge and cycled home. 10:20hrs for a 30km day, I was thoroughly knackered, spent Sunday sitting in a cafe 😮‍💨 | chillyman8 | 08/04/2023 |
| Walked from Beinn a`Chaorainn. Stopped for lunch near lochans. | 187lenny | 16/10/2022 |
| Dottie001 | 13/08/2022 | |
| Dottie | 13/08/2022 | |
| Linn of Dee - cycled to Derry Lodge - Beinn Bhreac - Beinn Bhreac W Top - Beinn a’ Chaorainn Bheag - Beinn a’ Chaorainn - Lairig an Laoigh - Derry Lodge - Linn of Dee. | Mark Jackson | 09/08/2022 |
| Blair282 | 25/06/2022 | |
| ianwatson | 03/06/2022 | |
| anguscow | 15/05/2022 | |
| iainwalton | 07/05/2022 | |
| PVokes | 01/05/2022 | |
| Hal & Rafe | 16/10/2021 | |
| 2 Munros and the two tops. Biked out to Derry Lodge then started the hike. | Pilotralph | 23/08/2021 |
| Fi | 18/07/2021 | |
| scoob | 18/07/2021 | |
| LadyinAyeVan | 27/06/2021 | |
| weaselmaster | 25/06/2021 | |
| Sick Kid | 25/06/2021 | |
| rocket-ron | 19/06/2021 | |
| jps666 | 01/06/2021 | |
| SunnyAdventures | 23/04/2021 | |
| With Mark & Hannah. Camped in Glen Derry. | Grinner | 09/10/2020 |
| Simon Winton | 05/09/2020 | |
| alanm | 05/09/2020 | |
| govanah2 | 18/10/2019 | |
| duchally | 19/09/2019 | |
| Peterb | 27/06/2019 | |
| Dave McG | 01/06/2019 | |
| Erik B | 01/05/2019 | |
| Kevin29035 | 04/01/2019 | |
| foggieclimber | 17/09/2018 | |
| Pommyjon | 05/08/2018 | |
| fimm | 22/07/2018 | |
| Solo | Topsaswell | 09/06/2018 |
| With Christine | Keith99 | 21/05/2018 |
| With Keith | christine99 | 21/05/2018 |
| spallen | 19/10/2017 | |
| With Beinn Bhreac, Beinn Mheadhoin, Derry Cairngorm from Linn of Dee | Geoff Briggs | 06/10/2017 |
| Cycled into Faindouran from Tomintoul and into the morning did the Munro and the top from Fords of Avon refuge. | Robinho08 | 27/08/2017 |
| Badders | 13/08/2017 | |
| Sick Kid | 30/07/2017 | |
| weaselmaster | 30/07/2017 | |
| Crazily windy, hard to stand up but plenty of boulders to offer respite. | alda | 18/07/2017 |
| tuxer | 17/07/2017 | |
| Evening walk up from tent at lochans | callumblack | 25/05/2017 |
| en route to Beinn a'Chaorainn | Denise | 02/10/2016 |
| Back-packing trip. Across S slopes of Beinn a' Chaorainn from Lairig an Laoigh. A nice conical summit cairn. Also on:- 20-02-1988, | RichardM | 02/10/2016 |
| 2 day bothy trip after a night in the hutchison hut went over beinn a chaorainn, beinn a chaorainn beag,A choinneach, bynack more, bynack beg,stac na h lolaire, carn lochan na beinne, and back to the ski centre. | robertphillips | 23/09/2016 |