Scotland · Cairngorms National Park

Beinn a' Ghlo - Carn nan Gabhar

MunroMarilynHuMPSimmMurdo

4 classifications here — Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Murdo — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
1121.9 m · 3,681 ft
Grid reference
NN 97119 73306
Coordinates
56.83985, -3.68802
County / area
Perth and Kinross
OS Landranger
43
OS Explorer
OL51E 394E
Summit feature
rock at base of large cairn
Key col
NN990726 (464 m)

Access rights here

Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.

Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.

General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland · check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Civil twilight ends

Computed astronomically for 56.840, -3.688. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

trig point 140m SW at NN 97047 73187 is probably lower.

The recorded summit point is rock at base of large cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica RX1250
Record revised
22-Aug-15
Drop measured from
NN990726 · 464 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

The Beinn a' Ghlo - Carn nan Gabhar group

One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Beinn a' Ghlo - Carn nan Gabhar as the independent hill at its head.

Listed summits in the Beinn a' Ghlo - Carn nan Gabhar prominence group
SummitHeightDrop
Airgiod Bheinn 1,062 m 53 m

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Airgiod Bheinn 1061.7 m 1.6 km
Beinn a' Ghlo - Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain 1070 m 2.7 km
Ben Vuirich 903.1 m 4.2 km
Beinn a' Ghlo - Carn Liath 975.8 m 4.9 km
Carn a' Chlamain 963.5 m 6 km
Carn an Righ 1029 m 7 km