| Name: | Ben Buie |
| Hill number: | 1305 |
| Height: | 718.1m / 2356ft |
| County/UA: | Argyll and Bute |
| Topographical area: | IM01 Mull |
| SMC/RHB section: | 17E: Mull and Nearby Islands |
| Island: | Mull |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,Y,P500) |
| Grid ref: | NM 60419 27068 |
| Summit feature: | large cairn |
| Drop: | 515m |
| Col: | 203m NM614302  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 49 (1:25k) 375E |
| Observations: | N top (hill 4504) is 2.7m lower |
| 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 201 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Heather | garbo1103 | 17/04/2024 |
| From Creach-Bheinn up east ridge onto Cnap nan Gobhar and south along ridge to summit. Cloud and rain had come in on route so didn't hang around or get any view. Headed back north to Glen More. | Jossker | 10/07/2023 |
| Bob & Duke Wednesday 21st/6/2023 Z 1701 hrs. | DukeNukem | 21/06/2023 |
| From Creach Beinn then back down south ridge to Lochbuie. Tough wee hills but ground bone dry. | daviemore | 08/06/2023 |
| From meeting of old and new roads to north with Robert. Very dry which made for easier progress on grass to 500m. Then undulating ridge to Cnap nan Gobhar where visibility caused GPS to come out! Over to summit and return by same route in clear now. | SS | 06/06/2023 |
| from A849 up north ridge, which has lots of lumps and bumps. | IanHHill | 27/06/2022 |
| From Lochbuie via south ridge. | Winterfloodian | 04/05/2022 |
| With Sunny. Ben Buie (G) & Creach Beinn | Huwel | 10/09/2021 |
| The one that had got away...nice walk from the high point of the A849 where there's a parking place on the loop track. Path across nice dry bogs, then lanky grass, better when the ground steepens below Creag na h-Iolaire. Once above 500m, it's an interesting stroll up the bumpy ridge, with grass, scree, little crags making the going blissfully easy. | Gill | 19/06/2021 |
| With Rob. Followed SMC guidebook route from Glen More. Fantastic moonscape on upper Ben Buie. Initial low cloud lifted to give glorious views on both hills from Skye and Rum cullin to Arran hills over Kintyre, colonsay, Jura and Islay. | alexmaclennan | 31/08/2020 |
| Circuit from Lochbuie including Creach Bheinn on a hot August day. Tough going but great hills. Final descent from Buie through long tussocks grass, bracken and bog Myrtle extremely vexatious... | Rockdoctor | 16/08/2020 |
| Quick up and down Ben Buie from the north. 2hrs return from the car... | Nicky C | 30/03/2020 |
| Ben Buie and Creach Beinn from the stone circle parking. This completes all the Marilyn's in the Highlands; just 6 in the Borders remain. | PGCE | 24/02/2020 |
| Parked at the bridge - 615255. Headed up the path NE up Abhainn a Chaiginn Mhoir and at the highest point went directly west to the summit. Steep and hard work in hot conditions. Solo. Returned the same way as I decided Creach Beinn was too much in the conditions. | bolton | 21/09/2019 |
| With Dave Roeder. Followed route in SMC Graham book, parking at bridge; path to step in glen, then up slopes to Creach Bheinn (16:00). Back down to glen at watershed (17:00). Up broad ridge (some fine gabbro slabs) to N summit and thence to Ben Buie top (19:00). Down S to path leading R through cliff line then steep slopes to road by phone box. Car 20:05. Warm sunny day, good views. | dbb | 01/05/2019 |
| Round of Creach-Beinn and Ben Buie, with tops, from N. Started with drizzle, rained more heavily as day progressed. Cloud fairly low, some interesting route finding. | RobertP | 30/04/2019 |
| From north starting at top of road pass. | Topographer57 | 12/04/2019 |
| With Mark, Malky & Des, plus Creach Beinn. Clag above 400m. | Rounsfell | 14/04/2018 |
| 1 of 3: From Lochbuie stone circle CP. | ChrisR | 17/10/2017 |
| Bus out and back from Craignure.Up via Cnap nan Gabhar to Beinn Buie, doubled back top first top and ridge down to south end of loch before the slog back up to Creach Beinn. Path back to road was poorer than I had hoped. Good tops rather spoilt by cloud. | dickscroop | 13/04/2017 |
| Ben Buie and Creach Beinn from Lochbuie by the route described in Dempster's Graham guidebook. | davidpettit84 | 02/01/2017 |
| SOLO | donmeister | 16/05/2016 |
| Started at Lochbuie then climbed up Ben Buie, Cnap nan Gobhar, Beinn Fhada and finally Creach-Beinn for Jim Fothergill's 1500th Marilyn with Alex Cameron. | Dugswell2 | 29/05/2015 |
| Changeable weather on a fine round with Douglas and Jim. | Alex C | 29/05/2015 |
| With Jenx from A road highpoint. Easy grass slopes first, then over craggy tops. Neat Graham top snow blew in and became a blizzard. Compass problems due to the rocks made for an interesting descent in 4 inches of snow! | nordicstar | 27/04/2015 |
| with Peter Willimott | davidsbatty | 23/06/2014 |
| From NM 615 255 via Gleann a Chaiginn Mhoir and the excellent rock slabs of the E ridge - returning more directly and v steeply to Lochbuie. | summitsup | 13/09/2013 |
| With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 15/05/2013 |
| Started at NM616303, where it is possible to park. Bagged all the subsidiary tops including Cnap nan Gobhar. Dropped down to Lochbuie car park where I had hidden my little folding bike behind a shed, the day before. Long cycle ride back to start. Sun and | Martin R | 23/04/2012 |
| corra bheinn, cruach choirceall, and ben buie. | robertphillips | 06/04/2012 |
| With Damian. Parked at the water edge by the memorial in Loch Buie. Along the road to the telephone box then up boggy slopes to gain the broad grassy south ridge. Dense cloud and rain made the going difficult between the crags higher up. Found a scree track rising from right to left then over a slippery slab. Magnificent old cairn on the summit. No views. Back same way. Absolutely soaked! | Dangerous Dave | 30/10/2011 |
| From top of Glen More, via Cnap nan Gobhar. Easy scree and short rock bands, could be confusing in poor visibility. Hail shower on top. For descent, head just to the right (East) of Beinn Talaidh. | malcorbett | 30/05/2011 |
| From the A949 at nm 622303 | BLACKHILL | 20/04/2011 |
| Ascended from the telephone box in Lochbuie in sunny weather. | JohnW | 21/04/2010 |
| CK | SheilaS | 28/05/2008 |
| On road to telephone box and uphill on lumpy tussock easing to deer grass. Grassy strips with scree runs. Press up on rock to gully leading to R. and to top at 12.50. Cloud came in with rain. to Gobhar. | arranc | 15/08/2007 |
| With DC | Martin66 | 04/01/2007 |
| With Martin66, JC & Shaky from Lochbuie on a sunny day during the New Year week in Tobermory. Straight up the rough & steep S slopes of the hill. Worth it for the view. Went across to the N top & then descended E for variety reaching the path just S of Loch Airde Glais & then followed path back to Lochbuie. | NotReallyABagger | 04/01/2007 |
| Solo | HFB | 07/08/2005 |
| With Ian Orr | fergie | 18/06/2004 |
| fine rocky hill, view S incl Jura. 617303 A849: Creach + Buie | RHW | 29/04/2000 |
| From A849 with Jo. Parking at NM622303. Ascended ridge to summit. Retraced steps to N of Cnap nan Gobhar, fine descent E down gabbro slabs to glen and back to road. | Galltywenallt | 17/04/2000 |
| With: sb (ab); Climbed from A849 to N at top of pass over Creag na h-Iolaire and Cnap nan Gobhar. I was carrying AB but SB walked. Not bad day with good coast views. Returned same way. | Ian Baines | 22/05/1997 |
| Morning run over Ben Buie and Creach Beinn from wild camp in Glen More. | Eddie | 22/04/1995 |
| Unsure of date but climed in glorious sunshine. | iangalbraith | 10/06/1992 |
| Solo. Climbed up from Lochbuie through the cloud of a fine temperature inversion with magnificent views to the hills of the Hebrides. Via Creach Beinn & Ben Buie. | Vin | 24/10/1991 |
| With Yeltzbagger | Stevie n Tay | 23/04/1984 |
| With Stevie n Tay on wonderful backpacking trip round Mull. Sunshine every day. | Yeltzbagger | 23/04/1984 |
| Munros and corbetts compleated in 2013 Grahams and Dinald, donald tops and new donalds compleated in 2017 | VerySlowPlodder | blank |
| bobhem25 | 14/07/2024 |