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A' Bhuidheanach Bheag

A Munro of 936 metres east of the A9 at Drumochter, near Dalwhinnie, climbed by a track from the A9 south of the Dalwhinnie turn.

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A' Bhuidheanach Bheag, 936 metres, is one of the Drumochter hills, on the east side of the A9 near Dalwhinnie.

Its top is flat, open ground, and the highest point is bare ground eleven metres from a trig point. Its partner Carn na Caim is about five kilometres to the north, and the two are normally climbed together. A' Mharconaich is about six kilometres to the west. The Cairngorms National Park Authority names the Drumochter hills as the southern end of the Park's mountains.

Walkers climb it from the A9 just south of the turn for Dalwhinnie, crossing that fast road on foot to a track that climbs to the high moorland plateau. There is no avalanche forecast for this hill, but under snow the risk is here all the same. Choose a day with a good forecast, and carry a map, a compass and warm clothes.

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  1. The rounded, snow-capped top of Càrn na Caim above brown moorland and pale grass.Carn na CaimA Munro of 941 metres east of the A9 at Drumochter, near Dalwhinnie, climbed by a track from the A9 south of the Dalwhinnie turn.3 miles as the crow flies
  2. Geal-charnA Munro of 917 metres on the west side of the A9 at the Pass of Drumochter, climbed from Balsporran by its north-east ridge.4 miles as the crow flies
  3. Sgairneach MhorA Munro of 991 metres on the west side of the A9 at the Pass of Drumochter, climbed from Coire Dhomhain by its north-east ridge.5 miles as the crow flies
  4. Rocky river flowing towards a pointed mountain peak under cloudy skiesBen Alder11 miles as the crow flies
  5. A toasted sandwich with crisps and a dressed salad on a dark blue plate.Laggan Stores Coffee BothyThe village café, shop and gallery in Laggan, on the upper Spey in Badenoch, serving breakfast, lunch and homemade cakes.11 miles as the crow flies
  6. The Shed GalleryThe Shed Gallery12 miles as the crow flies
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A sign reading "Garden Cottage" hangs on a white gate before a gravel drive, the white cottage and hills visible beyond.Garden CottageSleeps 2 · 13 miles
A stone steading with a slated roof and an arched green door stands beside a gravel courtyard, daffodils growing at its base.West Tempar BothySleeps 2 · 13 miles
A white harled house with a slated roof sits among woodland below a hill, a track winding up to it through fields.Lassintullich HouseSleeps 16 · 13 miles
A small stone bothy joined to a stone steading, seen across long grass under a Scots pine bough, a corrugated shed to the right.Lassintullich BothySleeps 2 · 13 miles
Rannoch from across the clearing: a black cabin with a larch end, a rope-railed deck and a mossy drystone dyke, tall pines behind.Kinloch RannochRannoch at Redhill RetreatSleeps 2 · 13 miles
A landscape view of Kin between two birch trunks, its black boards and rusted panels above the blaeberry, spruce behind.Kinloch RannochKin at Redhill RetreatSleeps 2 · 13 miles
A landscape view of Loch on the crest of its grassy bank, the glass front reflecting the birches and a rusted screen by an old stump.Kinloch RannochLoch at Redhill RetreatSleeps 2 · 13 miles
A whitewashed cottage sends a thread of smoke from its chimney, framed between pine trunks with a dog bounding through the grass.GlenfeshieCoire Domhain CottageSleeps 10 · 15 miles

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A sign reading "Garden Cottage" hangs on a white gate before a gravel drive, the white cottage and hills visible beyond.Garden Cottage
  • Sleeps 2
  • 13 miles from A' Bhuidheanach Bheag
Free 11–14 DecA stone steading with a slated roof and an arched green door stands beside a gravel courtyard, daffodils growing at its base.West Tempar Bothy
  • Sleeps 2
  • 13 miles from A' Bhuidheanach Bheag
Free 16–19 NovA white harled house with a slated roof sits among woodland below a hill, a track winding up to it through fields.Lassintullich House
  • Sleeps 16
  • 13 miles from A' Bhuidheanach Bheag
Free 4–7 NovA small stone bothy joined to a stone steading, seen across long grass under a Scots pine bough, a corrugated shed to the right.Lassintullich Bothy
  • Sleeps 2
  • 13 miles from A' Bhuidheanach Bheag
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