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Name: | Beinn Bhreac West Top |
Hill number: | 588 |
Height: | 927.9m / 3044ft |
Parent (Ma): | 559 Beinn a' Chaorainn |
Parent (SMC): | 587 Beinn Bhreac |
RHB Section: | 08B: Cairngorms |
County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
Class: | Munro Top, High Hills of Britain, Subsimm (MT,HHB,sSim) |
Grid ref: | NO 05285 97193 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 20.6m |
Col: | 907.3m NO 0551 9715 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 36 43 (1:25k) OL57S OL58S 403S 404S |
Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 392 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Walked from Linn of Dee then up Beinn Bhreac and the west top and across a boggy plateau to Beinn a’ Chaorainn. It was very windy with a significant wind chill and showers of sleety rain. Due to the weather I didn’t bother with the top but headed down to the relative quiet of the Lairigh an Laoigh and down Glen Derry where the winds were lighter and the sun made a few appearances. Time taken 6 hours 53 minutes including stops for 18.87 miles. | isabelle | 03/10/2023 |
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 S from Beinn a`Chaorainn Bheag over the Moine Bhealaidh. Cold crosswind with some showers. | 187lenny | 16/10/2022 |
From Derry Lodge | geoffh12 | 03/10/2022 |
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 |
2 Munros and the two tops. Biked out to Derry Lodge then started the hike. | Pilotralph | 23/08/2021 |
With Sue on a fine day. Also climbed on 29/10/95 and 30/1/99. | Phreerunner | 27/06/2021 |
From Beinn a'Bhuird (to NE), via Beinn a' Chaorainn (to N). Biked up Glen Quoich. Track re-routed from NO 1018 9208 (very steeply uphill) to NO 0873 9250 (very steeply down) - rough stony track for just over a mile. Too rough for me to bike, massive effort to push. Good surface next mile. Car park meter currently covered - free parking. | carole engel | 07/07/2020 |
From Linn of Dee Car Park (NO 06278 89774). Good track to Derry Lodge, good track/path up Glen Derry before taking the uphill path marked by a small cairn at NO 04536 94998. Very wet and boggy underfoot most of the way to the summit. Quick detour to the west top before returning to Linn of Dee by the same route. | david230201 | 05/10/2019 |
Debs and Tali from Linn of Dee Car park (£3), up past Derry lodge, turned off main track at NO 0454 9500, small pike of rocks by side. | Mountain Goat | 26/03/2019 |
Beautiful walk in from Linn of Quoich and up heathery SE slopes of Meall an Lundain in the snow. Easier wintry walking from there onto Beinn Bhreac and the W top. Direct line SE back down to Glen crossing Poll Bhat, then the long walk back. | jenx | 23/01/2019 |
With Jenx and Bryher walking up Glen Quoich, beautiful clear skies, very cold, snowy day. Up via first marked track to south flank of Meall an Lundain, heather thrash/snow to 650m. Then North into top of Poll Bhat for lunch, taking path and easy snowy slopes to pick off Beinn Breac and West Top before descent to Dubh-Gleann and long walk out to car at road head | nordicstar | 23/01/2019 |
Solo - camped at 900m | Topsaswell | 08/06/2018 |
With Christine | Keith99 | 21/05/2018 |
With Keith | christine99 | 21/05/2018 |
From Glen Quoich, passed Poll Bhat then the Munro first. | Robinho08 | 19/11/2017 |
With Beinn a' Chaorainn, Beinn Mheadhoin, Derry Cairngorm from Linn of Dee | Geoff Briggs | 06/10/2017 |
Solo | HFB | 18/09/2016 |
From Linn of Quoich, round of Beinn a'Bhuird (four Munro tops), Beinn a'Chaorainn (both tops) and Beinn Bhreac (both tops) | kdbennett | 03/09/2016 |
Cycled from Linn of Dee to Derry Lodge then an anti-clockwise circuit of Beinn Bhreac & Beinn a'Chaorainn. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 27/08/2016 |
MTB to Derry Lodge from Lin of Dee then a round of Beinn Bhreac, WT, Beinn a'Chaorainn Bheag and Beinn a'Chaorainn. | rhalstead | 21/06/2016 |
Lin of Dee, via Meall an Lundain to Beinn Bhreac & Beinn a'Chaorainn, back down Glen Derry to Lin of Dee. | gandrew | 18/06/2016 |
With Mark. | Jonathan Willingham | 25/04/2016 |
yorkielad | 25/04/2016 | |
SMHC club walk. Emma's first outing with club 12 walkers in our group 2 men 10 women, its nice to see more women out walking 
Eaten alive by midgies at the car park & thru the woods up to the bridge. | LizzieG | 20/09/2015 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 16/07/2015 |
R Chris bike to past Derry Lodge | Richard Tait | 07/05/2014 |
Winter walk on own | LizzieG | 06/01/2013 |
4 of 4 : From Beinn Bhreac. | ChrisR | 04/10/2012 |
Done with Beinn Bhreac | SteveF | 26/06/2012 |
Adding old logs | Angelaf | 26/06/2012 |
Linn of Dee - Derry Lodge - Beinn a' Chaorainn - Beinn a' Chaorainn Bheag - Beinn Bhreac west top - Beinn Bhreac - Derry Lodge - Linn of Dee | davidpettit84 | 08/04/2012 |
dazza4994 | 11/12/2011 | |
Veryhappybunny | 26/10/2011 | |
With Colin on 3-day backpack around the eastern Cairngorms. | alistairpooler | 23/10/2011 |
On the way to the main top. | robertphillips | 20/05/2011 |
Frances and I biked into Derry Lodge. Beautiful day, rain to South but we were ok until we got back to car. We did not go on to Beinn a'Chaorainn as Frances did not want a late finish. Frances lost sunglasses. Mountain Rescue teams and helicopter on training exercise at Derry Lodge. | langskill | 22/08/2010 |
Solo | dickscroop | 24/09/2009 |
self | davidsbatty | 12/09/2009 |
KeithByTheC | 23/08/2009 | |
With Rod, Andrew, John and Stephen from Linn of Dee while staying at Inverey. Good day but feeling my weight these days. | SS | 07/06/2009 |
easy tag from the E top | torkm | 07/06/2009 |
t147 | redcon | 16/02/2008 |
On attempt of all Munros and tops in 2007 | ancient brit | 05/09/2007 |
See Cairn Gorm. | Messiaen | 20/05/2007 |
With Ian Soulsby. | Dangerous Dave | 05/02/2007 |
CK, club | SheilaS | 28/12/2006 |
Long day's solo walk from Linn of Dee (Bike punctured) | barnz48 | 10/09/2006 |