The West Mounth: Blair Atholl to Braemar

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The West Mounth: Blair Atholl to Braemar is an area in Scotland as defined by the SMC.

The area contains 3 regions called Atholl, Beinn a' Ghlo & Glen Shee .

There are 21 munros around here.The highest munro is Carn nan Gabhar at a height of 1121 metres .The smallest munro is Carn Aosda at a height of 917 metres .

Details

The area of this section of Munro's Tables may be described as the south-western half of the Mounth. It is bounded on the west by the Minigaig Pass, an historic right of way between Blair Atholl and Glen Tromie, and on the east by the A93 road from Glen Shee to Braemar. The northern boundary is the line of the River Dee westwards from Braemar up Glen Geldie to the head of Glen Feshie. Another important feature of this area is Glen Tilt, which carves a deep trench through the heart of the mountains and is also the line of an historic right of way. As a whole this area is characterised by rounded hills and extensive tracts of high moors, and only Beinn a' Ghlo among the hills is distinctive enough to be recognised from a distance.

On the north-west side of Glen Tilt there is an extensive area of rounded hills extending northwards beyond the Tarf Water to the head of Glen Feshie. Beinn Dearg and Carn a' Chlamain are in the southern part of this area, lying about 10 kilometres north of Blair Atholl and fairly accessible from there. North of them, Carn an Fhidhleir and An Sgarsoch are the highest points in the very remote tract of rounded hills in the wild land where the headwaters of the Feshie, Geldie and Tarf burns have their sources.

The south-east side of Glen Tilt is dominated by the great range of Beinn a' Ghlo, whose several peaks and corries make this the finest mountain massif in the south-west part of the Mounth between Blair Atholl and Braemar. To its north, and accessible from Spittal of Glenshee, is Glas Tulaichean, a large sprawling hill far up Glen Lochsie, and behind it in the mountain hinterland Carn an Righ is another very remote hill. To their north, Beinn Iutharn Mhor and Carn Bhac rise at the head of Glen Ey and are most easily accessible up that glen from Inverey on the River Dee. To their east, and lying just west of the A93 road at its highest point between Glen Shee and Braemar, are The Cairnwell and Carn Aosda, two hills whose flanks are scarred by the ski tows and snow fences of the Glen Shee ski centre. They are probably the two easiest Munros to climb. Hidden between them and the head of Glen Ey are two more retiring hills, An Socach and Carn a' Gheoidh, which are also most easily reached from the A93 road.

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Order	Height	Munro	Grid Ref.
32	(1121 mt.)	Carn nan Gabhar	NN971733 OS View
66	(1070 mt.)	Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain	NN945724 OS View
69	(1068 mt.)	Glas Maol	NO167765 OS View
71	(1064 mt.)	Cairn of Claise	NO185788 OS View
79	(1051 mt.)	Glas Tulaichean	NO051760 OS View
88	(1045 mt.)	Beinn Iutharn Mhor	NO045792 OS View
102	(1029 mt.)	Carn an Righ	NO028772 OS View
113	(1019 mt.)	Carn an Tuirc	NO174804 OS View
124	(1008 mt.)	Beinn Dearg [Blair Atholl]	NN852777 OS View
126	(1006 mt.)	An Sgarsoch	NN933836 OS View
148	(994 mt.)	Carn an Fhidhleir	NN904842 OS View
159	(987 mt.)	Creag Leacach	NO154745 OS View
180	(975 mt.)	Càrn a' Gheòidh	NO107767 OS View
181	(975 mt.)	Carn Liath (Braemar)	NN936698 OS View
192	(963 mt.)	Carn a'Chlamhain	NN915758 OS View
202	(958 mt.)	Tolmount	NO210800 OS View
204	(957 mt.)	Tom Buidhe	NO213787 OS View
221	(946 mt.)	Carn Bhac	NO051832 OS View
227	(944 mt.)	An Socach [Glen Ey]	NO079799 OS View
245	(933 mt.)	The Cairnwell	NO134773 OS View
279	(917 mt.)	Carn Aosda	NO134792 OS View

Thumbnail	Price	Map Name
	£18.64	Lochnagar and Glen Shee (Superwalker)
	£5.59	Braemar and Blair Atholl (Landranger Maps) (Landranger Maps)
	£5.99	Braemar and Blair Atholl (Landranger Maps)
	£6.81	Ballater and Glen Clova (Landranger Maps)
	£7.99	Glenshee and Braemar: The Cairnwell and Glas Maol (OS Explorer Map)
	£15.63	Atholl: Glen Tilt, Beinn Dearg and Carn Nan Cabhar (Explorer Maps)
	£13.99	Atholl ~ Explorer 394 (The Outstanding All Weather Map)
	£7.99	Pitlochry and Loch Tummel: Aberfeldy, Kinloch Rannoch and Schiehallion (Explorer Maps)

Thumbnail	Price	Book Name
	£22.00	The Munros: Scottish Mountaineering Club Hillwalkers' Guide
	£11.52	Walking the Munros: Northern Highlands and the Cairngorms v. 2 (Cicerone British Mountains)
	£18.00	The Cairngorms: The Cairngorms, Lochnagar and the Mounth (Scottish Mountaineering Club District Guidebook)