| Name: | Carn Aosda |
| Hill number: | 438 |
| Height: | 915.3m / 3003ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 428 Carn a' Gheoidh |
| County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
| Topographical area: | HE10 Tulaichean-bhac |
| SMC/RHB section: | 06B: Pitlochry to Braemar and Blairgowrie |
| Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NO 13398 79155 |
| Summit feature: | small embedded rock on SW edge of cairn |
| Drop: | 122.1m |
| Col: | 793.2m NO 1278 7857  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 43 (1:25k) OL52N 387N |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica GS15/Leica RX1250 Survey of Carn Aosda.pdf |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 1069 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| First hill of the day | Hirta | 03/10/2024 |
| With BA | VIPete28 | 03/09/2024 |
| Solo. From the Ski Centre using tracks to The Cairnwell (including its north top) and Carn Aosda. Really nice weather with excellent views. | pwbellarby | 11/08/2024 |
| The world's quickest Munro. Up in 26 1/2 minutes. I know Munros so I know I'm never beating that total. | craiging619 | 27/07/2024 |
| My least favourite of the 3 today. Climbed with Lorna, David and Ali. | Skerryvore | 21/07/2024 |
| A round of the Munro's and tops from the car park. | Alan Caine | 25/06/2024 |
| Leg stretch on the way home after a day's training course in Aberdeen. 17 mins up from car park. Onto Carn a'Gheoidh. | ajwxyzt | 25/04/2024 |
| Second time at summit. Clear and cool conditions. With Emma, Evie and Karina (their first Munro). | mcbboyd | 20/04/2024 |
| Left the house at about 07:00 and got up to Glenshee Ski Centre just after 09:00. Started the climb up Carn Aosda at about 09:30. When I reached the summit beside the ski lift I overshot the summit cairn as the visibility was so bad and there was a reasonable amount of snow. After wandering around the summit for a while I eventually found the cairn (to the left hand side of the ski lift) at about 10:30. Had I been able to see the cairn I would have reached it at about 10:15, after about 45 mins of climbing. I then started making my way back down to head across to Carn a Gheoidh. Passing by a fully frozen Loch Vrotachan I headed across to the summit however the visibility due to low cloud cover and harsh cold winds were causing me some navigational issues. There were a couple of people in front of me in the distance but they very quickly disappeared into the gloom. Although I made it past a couple of small lochins just before Carn Nah Sac I decided the safest thing to do was retra | Ronh | 09/03/2024 |
| with Tessa | rdhumble | 12/11/2023 |
| With Seumas | assynt_bob | 30/09/2023 |
| With Katie | kindpercy | 11/09/2023 |
| From Ski centre before sunrise. | Waterlog | 21/08/2023 |
| Third ascent, previously in 2005 and 2009. This time on the way to the North Top, a HHB, not climbed on my two earlier visits. | NormanW | 07/08/2023 |
| M85 - Solo | Jonninho70 | 25/07/2023 |
| Start Ski Centre | misheardandfez | 22/06/2023 |
| Mixed day but dry | mynameisdads | 06/06/2023 |
| Fourth visit to this despoiled summit, not quite as ugly as The Cairnwell. TGO Challenge 2023 | Colin Crawford | 22/05/2023 |
| Superb sunny evening ascent after An Socach. ATV track most of the way up from valley below An Socach. Contoured north of lake Vrotachan -mainly pathless-but probably should have kept on south side. Alone, but met Gordon’s back in Glenshee carpark after descent on grassy ski run and gravel track. | Denise | 19/04/2023 |
| Parked at the ski centre (£3 in the cafe or online with a printer). Up service track to Carn Aosda and Cairnwell, then out and back to Carn a Gheoidh and Carn Bhinnein. Heavy snowfall previous day already starting to thaw but down to about 600m. Cloud base improved during the day but limited views. With Gillian. | richard69 | 15/04/2023 |
| With Ben B, Lucy W, Alexis DeV, and Bronte P | anabel.martinez | 02/01/2023 |
| Circuit of An Socach, Carn a'Gheoidh, Carn Aosda, The Cairnwell, on CHMC Mar Lodge trip | tleach12 | 02/01/2023 |
| Brilliant deep snow, with CHMC group from Marr Lodge | D.Hoyle | 02/01/2023 |
| Third hill. Followed track up and double backed to reach summit. Met a family with little boy (about 6years). Very enthusiastic about hill walking and asked me if I enjoyed it! Sun decided to bless us - lots of hares seen. GMacthen led down to coffee and cake! | elizyanne | 14/10/2022 |
| The Cairnwell > The Cairnwell North Top > Carn Aosda West Top > Carn Aosda from GR: NO 13481 77556 [car parking at NO 13888 78162] | ronaldo333 | 18/08/2022 |
| The Cairnwell > The Cairnwell North Top > Carn Aosda West Top > Carn Aosda from GR: NO 13481 77556 [car parking at NO 13888 78162] | Hippster | 18/08/2022 |
| Glenshee Ski Centre - The Cairnwell - The Cairnwell N Top - Creag a’ Choire Dhirich - Carn nan Sac - Carn a’ Gheoidh - Carn Bhinnein - Carn Aosda - Glenshee Ski Centre. | Mark Jackson | 06/08/2022 |
| Re-visit. Superb weather. | dal | 07/06/2022 |
| solo | Cumbrianexile | 20/05/2022 |
| Glenshee & Lochnagar | maclrc | 08/05/2022 |
| Revisit. From SSE en route to N Top, then the W Top a bonus SimmBeag. Unpaved road to summit from cafe, with a coffee first; main car park is £3 nowadays. Down just before late pm rain | RHW | 07/05/2022 |
| Cairnwell munros from Glenshee. Cold, low cloud. | thekirkie pirate | 02/05/2022 |
| Carn Aosda, The Cairnwell North Top, The Cairnwell, Creag a' Choire Dhirich, Carn nan Sac & Carn a' Gheoidh from Glenshee Ski Centre. | JasonStark | 15/04/2022 |
| From ski centre: Carn Aosda, Creag a’ choire Dhirich, Carn a’ Gheoidh, Carn Bhinnein, Carn nan Sac, The Cairnwell (both tops). Some snow on tops. Started day in sunshine and had descended to howling wind and driving rain by the end. Great fun though! With GFE. 19km | Fionalevey | 02/01/2022 |
| En route to North Top. | richtea5040 | 29/09/2021 |
| From the ski centre car park solo no views | colinfielding | 19/09/2021 |
| Jan's first ever Munro outing. From Glenshee out to Carn a Gheoidh then return to The Cairnwell and down and up to Carn Aosda. Long stops (by my standards) but walking was only marginally below Naismith - glorious day and she smashed it. | SS | 24/07/2021 |
| Solo | HFB | 17/07/2021 |
| The 3 Cairnwell Munros, Walkhighlands Route | hummusg | 08/06/2021 |
| Walked up from Glenshee ski centre car park, up to Carn Aosda first, then to Carna’Gheoidh, then The Cairnwell, and walk (or bounced) back down to car park on the heather , parallel to the running ski lift, on a hot and sunny day. With Nick, and dog Figgy. | mazz | 31/05/2021 |
| Family birthday hike. | Tisteln | 22/05/2021 |
| Climbed with family, Aunty and Granny. | Dibber | 22/05/2021 |
| After Cairnwell; snow shoes off going up, on going down; Boarders, skiiers about | bertbarnett123 | 22/02/2021 |
| With Tom Oldham. Cairnwell munros as a crosswalk from Spittal of Glenshee to Glenshee ski carpark. Very windy dry day with great viz. | alexmaclennan | 01/11/2020 |
| Steep ascent | Alan Bothwell | 08/10/2020 |
| With Liz & Kevin Whyte | duchally | 29/09/2020 |
| Clockwise circuit of three Munros from the Ski Centre, with Dunblane Hillwalking Club. | TRG318 | 20/09/2020 |
| With Al and J. Missed the turn so this was 3rd. After a windy night in the tent. | nrowan | 12/09/2020 |
| Solo. Good weather. 9 Munro's - Glenshie 6 & Carinwell 3 | Huwel | 10/09/2020 |
| Round of 3 munros and all of the minor tops! Joyous 3 hr round! Definitely the easiest munros! | Nicky C | 18/08/2020 |