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| Name: | Cairn Bannoch |
| Hill number: | 468 |
| Height: | 1012m / 3320ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 457 Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag |
| County/UA: | Aberdeenshire, Angus |
| Topographical area: | HE12 Lochnagar-mellon |
| SMC/RHB section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
| Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen), Catchment Boundaries, South Esk |
| Watershed: | Aberdeen Bay |
| Class: | Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo (Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur) |
| Grid ref: | NO 22289 82546 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 77m |
| Col: | 935m NO211835  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 44 (1:25k) OL53N 388N |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 852 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Cycled up to Callater Lodge, walked along Loch Collater and up the Jock's Road, then onto Fafernie (1000m), Munro Top. East to Cairn Bannoch (1012m), Munro number 211, then south east across Cairn of Gowl (991m) Munro Top and Craig of Gowl (927m), Munro Top number 122. Back by heading west across the bogfest around Burn of Fafernie, then down the Jock's Road, back to the bike and car. 8:20hrs all in, sunny all day. | chillyman8 | 28/07/2024 |
| Munro 89 | wanderingstar | 23/06/2024 |
| Climbed with Ben as part of White Mounth Circuit. | honey badger | 07/08/2023 |
| G R From Spittal of Glenmuick | Idris | 26/06/2023 |
| From Glenmuick Car Park via Dubh Loch | PDuncan82 | 15/06/2023 |
| Conachcraig, Lochnager and the 4 other White Mounth Munros from Bridge of Muick, 20 miles. | Gary Heath | 30/05/2023 |
| Alan's 40th Birthday. Climbed from Caen Dearg Club Hut. Counter Clockwise circuit of Broad Cairn, Cairn Bannoch, Tolmount and Tom Buidhe. With Lena, Andei and Paul. | electricfox | 27/05/2023 |
| With Eve. 4th summit of the day. Hill of the cake, topped with Granite tor icing. Celebrated 20th munro appropriately with some oatcake. | RufusHodge | 26/05/2023 |
| Second visit. From Glen Doll after Tom Buidhe and Tolmount, third of four on a clear day. | Windy Corner | 21/04/2023 |
| Second visit in two days, with nice, easy, scrambly outcrops. This time with a view and I met Richard there. I had just done the east top of Carn an T- Sagairt Mor and we went south to do Cairn of Gowal together. Lovely, clear sunny day, some snow patches. easy terrain and path after descent from east top. | Denise | 18/04/2023 |
| Parked at the Spittal of Glenmuick (£5 cash/card in machine). Took the track on the N side of loch and up to above the Falls of the Glasallt from where a stalkers path goes up the SE ridge to Creag a Ghlas-uillt. From there the walk around the top of Allt an Dubh-loch valley opens up - Eagles Rock, Carn a'Choire Bhoidheach, Carn an t-Sagairt Beag, Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, Fafernie, Cairn Bannoch, Cairn of Gowal, Creag an Dubh-loch, Broad Cairn - and follows the track back down on the S side of Loch Muick. Long day with a cold wind but wonderful views. With Gillian, Tony, Richard and Denise, although R&D split off at times with different peak objectives, meeting up again finally below Broad Cairn. | richard69 | 18/04/2023 |
| With Chattos. From Fafernie in mild weather, low cloud, no views, soft snow. Onto Munro- Carn an t Saigairt Mor. Rock outcrops. | Denise | 17/04/2023 |
| Round of 9 Tops from Braedownie Hut with ATMC. | andy | 18/03/2023 |
| Clockwise circuit of Lochnagar Munros from the Spittal of Glenmuick. Early mist clearing by midday; Drizzly rain above 900m after 5pm | geoffh12 | 29/09/2022 |
| Broad Cairn, Creag an Dubh-loch, Cairn of Gowal, Cairn Bannoch, Fafernie, Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, Carn an t-Saigairt Beag, Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach, Cac Carn Mor, Lochnager - Cac Carn Beag & Meikle Pap from Spittal of Glenmuick. | JasonStark | 21/08/2022 |
| Five Munro circuit from Spittal of Glenmuick: Spittal - Meikle Pap - Cuidhe Crom - Cac Carn Mor - Lochnagar - Carn a’ Choire Bhoidheach - Carn an t-Sagairt Beag - Carn an t-Sagairt Mor - Fafernie - Cairn Bannoch - Cairn of Gowal - Creag an Dubh-loch - Broad Cairn - Sandy Hillock - Spittal. | Mark Jackson | 05/08/2022 |
| SMMC Clova meet, with Paul Phillips and Eric Sim | clashcityrocker | 13/07/2022 |
| Glenshee & Lochnagar | maclrc | 07/05/2022 |
| Broad Cairn, Cairn Bannoch, Carn an t-Saigart Mor, Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach, Cac Carn Mor & Lochnagar Cac Carn Beag from Spittal of Glenmuick. | JasonStark | 30/04/2022 |
| Jeff | Cumbrianexile | 15/02/2022 |
| Great day out running the White Mounth Munros with Brian Smith, weather was brilliant! | Kevthecat | 21/01/2022 |
| From Acharn CP. Very pretty spot. Beautiful walk up S Esk river valley, onto Broad Cairn, then Creag an Dubh Loch, Cairn of Gowal, Cairn Bannoch, Fafernie, Creag Lachdach, Crow Craigies, back via Glen Doll. With B, B, and R. | jenx | 07/09/2021 |
| The classic round of 5 Munro’s. Stunning | LaurieIson21 | 03/08/2021 |
| White Mounth Munros, Glen Muick - 5 Lochnagar munros, Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 30/06/2021 |
| From Loch Callater - 5 Munros and 11 Munro Tops but only 1 Marilyn! Cloud base around 800m all day. 9 Hours. | Geoff Briggs | 19/06/2021 |
| Lochnager Backpacking | fellwanderer92 | 17/06/2021 |
| With Jack Cairngorms summer hol (backpacking) | fellie | 16/06/2021 |
| lonely loop of Lochnagar munros and any tops that seemed to get in the way! 32km, 7hrs | Nicky C | 03/06/2021 |
| Followed the well worn path from Carn an t-Sagairt Mor | Canny | 03/06/2021 |
| On White Mounth wildcamp taking in all 5 Munros and 11 MTs. Would have been a nice place to stop had I had the time! | iangpark | 02/06/2021 |
| With Tom. From (very crowded) car park at Spittal of Glenmuick (8:05) walked along the SE shore of the loch and up the slanting path to the plateau and thence to Broad Cairn (10:50). Cloudy but dry with increasing sunshine through the day; cold wind. Continued over Cairn of Gowal (~11:20), Cairn Bannoch (11:35), Carn an t'Saigart Mor (12:25), Carn an t'Saigart Beag (12:50), Carn a'Choire Bhoidheach (13:25) and Lochnagar (14:15) and finally back to car (16:55). 29 km. Great day in fine granite scenery, met 50+ people, saw ptarmigan with a chick and a tiny shrew on the summit pyramid of Lochnagar. | dbb | 18/07/2020 |
| After Broad Cairn. Climbed from Glen Doll, via Bachnagarn. | mcbboyd | 12/07/2020 |
| Lochnagar 5 from Spitall of Glenmuick, plus Conachcraig. | quadbarrel | 02/02/2020 |
| Spittal of Glenmuick CP now £4 | carole engel | 14/10/2019 |
| Alan, Gavin, Graham, Toril | NHWC | 08/09/2019 |
| With SJW. WE had a 10.5 hour, 23 mile circular around the Loch Muick horseshoe coming up from Loch Muick at Broad Cairn, around to Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, across to Lochnagar, Meikle Pap and back down to Loch Muick. | meltdiceburg | 08/08/2019 |
| Heather | garbo1103 | 05/07/2019 |
| A round of 5 munro with a couple of extras | Pilotralph | 03/07/2019 |
| From Downie up River Esk South valley via Moulzie. Ascend out of valley at Bachnagairn to mountain track at Corrie Chash. Follow track to Broad Cairn and on to Cairn Bannoch. Round head of valley to Fafernie and Shank of Fafernie. Ascent of Tolmount and then contour round via Ca Whims to Tom Buidhe. Descet to Little Kilrannoch, round to Dun Hillocks and round to Mayar. Descent into Glendoll via Kilbo path, and return to Brawdownie. | raymooremanx | 01/06/2019 |
| Solo (2nd time) | vgiorgio | 12/05/2019 |
| Lochnagar, Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach, Carn an t-Sagairt,Cairn Bannoch, Broad Cairn | Huwel | 24/04/2019 |
| With Will, Jon, Housechild, James & James from Dunfermline. | Grinner-Munros2 | 20/04/2019 |
| With Karen & Buster. Stayed at Glaa allt Shiel Bothy. T-shirt weather. | Highland Days | 26/02/2019 |
| From Glas-allt-Shiel. Did White Mounth circuit anticlockwise. 50-60mph winds, but clear and dry, no ice or snow. Did not go to Lochnagar summit, just to Cac Carn Mor. Continued around Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach and dropped into the glen before heading up to Cairn Bannoch and Broad Cairn. With HFS. 20km. | PiranhaFish | 23/02/2019 |
| Anticlockwise circuit of the five White Mounth Munros from Spittal of Glenmuick CP. Also included the Munro Top Carn an t-Sagairt Beag and deleted Top Cac Carn Mor. | welshyboyo | 06/01/2019 |
| Loch Muick round | Samll | 24/09/2018 |
| From Invercauld bridge | Peterb | 07/08/2018 |
| With Billy | Danmawr | 22/07/2018 |
| With Kat | j_com | 22/07/2018 |
| Fidget | 22/07/2018 |