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The Devil's Point: a steep prow of slabbed rock rising from the flat floor of the glen, with a river winding below under a blue sky.
The Cairngorms

The Devil's Point

A Munro of 1,007 metres, number 125 of the 282.

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The hill

The Devil's Point stands over the Lairig Ghru, the old right of way through the Cairngorms between Deeside and Speyside.

Close underneath it, less than a kilometre from the summit in a straight line, is Corrour Bothy, which the Mountain Bothies Association counts among the most famous of all bothies.

The Cairngorms National Park Authority gives the hill's Gaelic name as Bod an Deamhain.

Its big neighbour is Cairn Toul, about two and a half kilometres to the north-west and more than 280 metres higher. Carn a' Mhaim is about two kilometres to the east.

Under the hill
Corrour Bothy stands in the Lairig Ghru close under the hill, at NN 981 958.
Stalking
Mountaineering Scotland counts the first three weeks of October the busiest of the stag season. Hind stalking currently runs from 21 October to 15 February.
Summit
Grid reference NN 976 951
Car park
The Linn of Dee, near Braemar, is one of the ways into the Lairig Ghru. When it and the Quoich car park are full, drivers are sent to an overflow car park just before the Linn of Dee, and when that fills too, asked to go elsewhere.
No telephone
The emergency telephone at Derry Lodge has been removed, Braemar Mountain Rescue Team says. Do not count on a phone signal in the glens.
Food
We know of no café or shop at the Linn of Dee or in the glens beyond it. The nearest places of ours to eat are in Braemar.
On the hill today
0° to 3°Drizzle on the summit, 1,007 m. Feels like −5° in the wind.

North-west wind to 20 mph, gusting 36
Rain, about 4 mm
Light from 7.49am to 6.11pm, ten hours

Sat 17Cloudy−1° to 3° on top · 14 mph, gusts 29
Sun 18Clear−3° to 4° on top · 8 mph, gusts 14
Mon 19Drizzle−4° to 6° on top · 11 mph, gusts 19

A weather model's forecast for the height of the summit, not a report from the hill. Read the mountain forecast the evening before: Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath forecast, The Devil's Point, Southern Cairngorms avalanche forecast, Northern Cairngorms avalanche forecast.

October2026

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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 Dave, Jian Zhang, John Irvine and Billy Turner, via Google

The emergency telephone at Derry Lodge has now been removed.Braemar Mountain Rescue Team, the volunteer team for the Southern Cairngorms
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 NN 976 951
  • 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

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

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Next along: Carn a' Mhaim, Cairn Toul, Sgor an Lochain Uaine, Beinn Bhrotain. Checked on 10 October 2026. The facts on this page are the Mountain Bothies Association's, Mountaineering Scotland's, Braemar Mountain Rescue Team's, Visit Cairngorms' and the Cairngorms National Park Authority'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.