Carn Bhac
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
- 945.1 m · 3,101 ft
- Prominence
- 186.9 m
- Grid reference
- NO 05104 83218
- Coordinates
- 56.93056, -3.56090
- County / area
- Aberdeenshire
- OS Landranger
- 43
- OS Explorer
- OL52N 387N
- Summit feature
- small cairn 30m S of large shelter cairn
- Key col
- NO 0476 8065 (758.2 m)
About Carn Bhac
Carn Bhac lies in the southern Mounth, south-west of the village of Inverey in Aberdeenshire, within the Grampians.
It is one of the quieter hills in this part of the Cairngorms and offers a good chance of solitude. Ascents usually begin at Inverey.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Càrn Bhac (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
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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Computed astronomically for 56.931, -3.561. 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
shelter cairn is at NO 05099 83246.
The recorded summit point is small cairn 30m S of large shelter cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica Disto D510/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 31-Oct-22
- Drop measured from
- NO 0476 8065 · 758.2 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 Carn Bhac group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Carn Bhac as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Carn Bhac SW Top | 918 m | 25 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Carn Bhac SW Top | 918.1 m | 1.1 km |
| Beinn Iutharn Mhor | 1045 m | 4 km |
| Beinn Iutharn Bheag | 953 m | 4.3 km |
| An Socach | 942.8 m | 4.3 km |
| Mam nan Carn | 986 m | 5.3 km |
| An Socach East Top | 937.3 m | 5.5 km |