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The rounded top of Beinn Iutharn Mhòr with the last snow patches, under a deep blue sky.
Glenshee, Lochnagar and Glen Clova

Beinn Iutharn Mhor

A Munro of 1,045 metres, number 88 of the 282.

Photograph by Nick Bramhall (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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The hill

Beinn Iutharn Mhor stands right on the boundary between Aberdeenshire and Perth and Kinross, about halfway between the Spittal of Glenshee and the Linn of Dee.

Each is roughly seven miles away as the crow flies.

It has Munros on every side. Carn an Righ and Glas Tulaichean are to the south-west and south, An Socach is to the east and Carn Bhac to the north, and none of them is more than about four kilometres away.

Before you go
Read the route before choosing where to leave the car.
The ground
The national park authority asks walkers to plan ahead and find out whether any stalking is taking place on the land they mean to visit.
Summit
Grid reference NO 045 792
Food
Our nearest places to eat are in Braemar.
On the hill today
0° to 4°Drizzle on the summit, 1,045 m. Feels like −5° in the wind.

West wind to 13 mph, gusting 26
Dry, or nearly
Light from 7.48am to 6.10pm, ten hours

Sat 17Drizzle−3° to 3° on top · 10 mph, gusts 24
Sun 18Clear−5° to 4° on top · 10 mph, gusts 20
Mon 19Drizzle−6° to 5° on top · 9 mph, gusts 18

A weather model's forecast for the height of the summit, not a report from the hill. Read the mountain forecast the evening before: Southeastern Highlands forecast, Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath forecast, Beinn Iutharn Mhor, Southern Cairngorms avalanche forecast.

October2026

MTWTFSS

Going another day?

Choose the day you mean to climb.Near or far: the light you will have, and what the summit is likely to be doing.

Photographs by DL and James Caven, via Google

Photographs by Nick Bramhall (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Before you go

Carry

  • A paper map and a compass, and the skill to use them
  • Waterproofs, warm layers, hat and gloves
  • Food and drink
  • A head torch, a whistle and a first aid kit
  • A survival bag
  • Boots with a good grip

Under snow and ice this is a different day, with short light and the risk of avalanche. It needs an ice axe, crampons, winter boots and the skill to use them.

If something goes wrong

  • Dial 999, ask for the police, then mountain rescue
  • Give a six-figure grid reference: the summit is NO 045 792
  • Say how many are hurt, how many are with you, and your number
  • Register to text 999 before the day: text the word register to 999

The summit is optional. Turning back is the right decision whenever the cloud, the wind or the light say so.

How to call for help in the hills · Safety and skills for the hills · ThinkWINTER

From our readers

Nobody has written from Beinn Iutharn Mhor yet. If you were up, yours would be the first.

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For the route itself, take the map and read these.

Sleep and eat at its foot

Next along: Carn an Righ, Glas Tulaichean, An Socach, Carn Bhac. Checked on 10 October 2026. The advice on stalking is the Cairngorms National Park Authority's and on river crossings Mountaineering Scotland's; the forecasts are the Mountain Weather Information Service's, the Met Office's and the Scottish Avalanche Information Service's. Height and position from The Database of British and Irish Hills, v18.3, adapted, CC BY 4.0. This page is not a route description and does not replace a map.