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Name: | Carn Aosda |
Hill number: | 438 |
Height: | 915.3m / 3003ft |
Parent (Ma): | 428 Carn a' Gheoidh |
RHB Section: | 06B: Pitlochry to Braemar and Blairgowrie |
County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
Class: | Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
Grid ref: | NO 13398 79155 |
Summit feature: | small embedded rock on SW edge of cairn |
Drop: | 120m |
Col: | 795m NO127785 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 43 (1:25k) OL52N 387N |
Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica GS15 Survey of Carn Aosda.pdf |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 1036 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
with Tessa | rdhumble | 12/11/2023 |
With Katie | kindpercy | 11/09/2023 |
Third ascent, previously in 2005 and 2009. This time on the way to the North Top, a HHB, not climbed on my two earlier visits. | NormanW | 07/08/2023 |
Mixed day but dry | mynameisdads | 06/06/2023 |
Fourth visit to this despoiled summit, not quite as ugly as The Cairnwell. TGO Challenge 2023 | Colin Crawford | 22/05/2023 |
Superb sunny evening ascent after An Socach. ATV track most of the way up from valley below An Socach. Contoured north of lake Vrotachan -mainly pathless-but probably should have kept on south side. Alone, but met Gordon’s back in Glenshee carpark after descent on grassy ski run and gravel track. | Denise | 19/04/2023 |
Parked at the ski centre (£3 in the cafe or online with a printer). Up service track to Carn Aosda and Cairnwell, then out and back to Carn a Gheoidh and Carn Bhinnein. Heavy snowfall previous day already starting to thaw but down to about 600m. Cloud base improved during the day but limited views. With Gillian. | richard69 | 15/04/2023 |
With Ben B, Lucy W, Alexis DeV, and Bronte P | anabel.martinez | 02/01/2023 |
Circuit of An Socach, Carn a'Gheoidh, Carn Aosda, The Cairnwell, on CHMC Mar Lodge trip | tleach12 | 02/01/2023 |
Brilliant deep snow, with CHMC group from Marr Lodge | D.Hoyle | 02/01/2023 |
Third hill. Followed track up and double backed to reach summit. Met a family with little boy (about 6years). Very enthusiastic about hill walking and asked me if I enjoyed it! Sun decided to bless us - lots of hares seen. GMacthen led down to coffee and cake! | elizyanne | 14/10/2022 |
The Cairnwell > The Cairnwell North Top > Carn Aosda West Top > Carn Aosda from GR: NO 13481 77556 [car parking at NO 13888 78162] | ronaldo333 | 18/08/2022 |
The Cairnwell > The Cairnwell North Top > Carn Aosda West Top > Carn Aosda from GR: NO 13481 77556 [car parking at NO 13888 78162] | Hippster | 18/08/2022 |
Glenshee Ski Centre - The Cairnwell - The Cairnwell N Top - Creag a’ Choire Dhirich - Carn nan Sac - Carn a’ Gheoidh - Carn Bhinnein - Carn Aosda - Glenshee Ski Centre. | Mark Jackson | 06/08/2022 |
Re-visit. Superb weather. | dal | 07/06/2022 |
solo | Cumbrianexile | 20/05/2022 |
Glenshee & Lochnagar | maclrc | 08/05/2022 |
Revisit. From SSE en route to N Top, then the W Top a bonus SimmBeag. Unpaved road to summit from cafe, with a coffee first; main car park is £3 nowadays. Down just before late pm rain | RHW | 07/05/2022 |
Cairnwell munros from Glenshee. Cold, low cloud. | thekirkie pirate | 02/05/2022 |
Carn Aosda, The Cairnwell North Top, The Cairnwell, Creag a' Choire Dhirich, Carn nan Sac & Carn a' Gheoidh from Glenshee Ski Centre. | JasonStark | 15/04/2022 |
From ski centre: Carn Aosda, Creag a’ choire Dhirich, Carn a’ Gheoidh, Carn Bhinnein, Carn nan Sac, The Cairnwell (both tops). Some snow on tops. Started day in sunshine and had descended to howling wind and driving rain by the end. Great fun though! With GFE. 19km | Fionalevey | 02/01/2022 |
En route to North Top. | richtea5040 | 29/09/2021 |
From the ski centre car park solo no views | colinfielding | 19/09/2021 |
Jan's first ever Munro outing. From Glenshee out to Carn a Gheoidh then return to The Cairnwell and down and up to Carn Aosda. Long stops (by my standards) but walking was only marginally below Naismith - glorious day and she smashed it. | SS | 24/07/2021 |
Solo | HFB | 17/07/2021 |
The 3 Cairnwell Munros, Walkhighlands Route | hummusg | 08/06/2021 |
Walked up from Glenshee ski centre car park, up to Carn Aosda first, then to Carna’Gheoidh, then The Cairnwell, and walk (or bounced) back down to car park on the heather , parallel to the running ski lift, on a hot and sunny day. With Nick, and dog Figgy. | mazz | 31/05/2021 |
Family birthday hike. | Tisteln | 22/05/2021 |
Climbed with family, Aunty and Granny. | Dibber | 22/05/2021 |
After Cairnwell; snow shoes off going up, on going down; Boarders, skiiers about | bertbarnett123 | 22/02/2021 |
With Tom Oldham. Cairnwell munros as a crosswalk from Spittal of Glenshee to Glenshee ski carpark. Very windy dry day with great viz. | alexmaclennan | 01/11/2020 |
Steep ascent | Alan Bothwell | 08/10/2020 |
With Liz & Kevin Whyte | duchally | 29/09/2020 |
Clockwise circuit of three Munros from the Ski Centre, with Dunblane Hillwalking Club. | TRG318 | 20/09/2020 |
With Al and J. Missed the turn so this was 3rd. 
After a windy night in the tent. | nrowan | 12/09/2020 |
Solo. Good weather. 9 Munro's - Glenshie 6 & Carinwell 3 | Huwel | 10/09/2020 |
Round of 3 munros and all of the minor tops! Joyous 3 hr round! Definitely the easiest munros! | Nicky C | 18/08/2020 |
Glen Shee Ski Centre up Carn Aosda by ski track, return to the col. along to Carn a Gheoidh, Ben's highest Munro so far. back same route to The Carnwell and straight down under the chairlift. 
Hot sunny day. Lots of people walking up these munros, but less reaching Carn a Gheoidh. 
With Ben and Sally. Set off 11:45 finished 16:45. | Victor | 06/08/2020 |
Glen Shee Ski Centre up Carn Aosda by ski track, return to the col. along to Carn a Gheoidh, My highest Munro so far. back same route to The Carnwell and straight down under the chairlift. 
Hot sunny day. Lots of people walking up these Munros, but less reaching Carn a Gheoidh. 
With Dad and Sally. Set off 11:45 finished 16:45. | Ben | 06/08/2020 |
Three Munro circuit from Glenshee Ski Centre. Carn Aosda -> Carn nan Sac -> Carn Gheoidh -> The Cairnwwell | thecoopers | 28/07/2020 |
The three Munros Carn Aosda, Cairn a'Gheoidh and The Cairnwell from the Glen Shee Ski centre. Good dry weather conditions. | knarf | 21/07/2020 |
Dawdle up the access track from Glenshee with a 3 yr old in nice weather | Canny | 20/07/2020 |
With D & A, from Ski Center car park, up via tracks and ski routes. | Danmawr | 17/07/2020 |
From Glenshee Ski Centre ascent of Carn Aosda and on to The Cairnwell and Carn a’Gheoidh. Return the same route. | raymooremanx | 27/09/2019 |
Clare, Steve | NHWC | 12/09/2019 |
With AB | Johnthemate | 09/09/2019 |
1st of a 2 day 7 munro loop. | honey badger | 24/08/2019 |
From Glenshee Ski Centre (NO 13944 78092) - Carn Aosda - Carn nan Sac - Carn a' Gheoidh - The Cairnwell North Top - The Cairnwell. Navigation not too difficult, a mixture of good tracks and grassy paths throughout. Very windy during most of the walk, especially on The Cairnwell summit. | david230201 | 01/07/2019 |
Done with Alex Kelso, Gordon Stevenson and the boys | Shibby | 22/06/2019 |
Sunny blue skies warm. | anderson24 | 14/05/2019 |