Beinn a' Bhùird is a
Munro
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in the
Cairngorm mountain range of
Scotland
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.
In ''Watson'' (1975) the author suggests the mountain should be named ''Beinn Bòrd - table hill'', saying that local
Scottish Gaelic
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speakers pronounced the mountain ''Paing Bòrd'', with some of the older local folk still using ''Painna Bòrd''.
The closest 'village' to Beinn a' Bhùird is
Braemar
Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee, sitting at an elevation of .
The Gaelic ''Bràigh Mhàrr'' p ...
,
Aberdeenshire
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It takes its name from the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, which had substantial ...
and the most common approach by car is through this village. To reach Beinn a' Bhùird by car, the most common approach is by the Linn of Dee road along the south side of the River Dee to the Linn of Dee, looping back along the north bank to the car park at
Allanaquoich where camping is permitted. By this route, the distance between Braemar and Allanaquoich is about .
In 2006, a glider pilot from Deeside Gliding Club crashed on the hillside, spending 24 hours trapped in his plane until he was located by the RAF.
Ascents
The usual ascent of Beinn a' Bhùird is from the car park at
Allanaquoich walking up Glen
Quoich and following the new path along the line of the old Land Rover road up An Diollaid.
An alternate ascent follows the Quoich Water through the
Am Beitheachan to the
bealach
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named The Sneck (''Watson'', 1975) (and the 1:25000 series
Ordnance Survey
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maps) - between Beinn a' Bhùird and
Ben Avon.
Skiing
In the early 1960s, there was an attempt to develop a large ski area on Beinn a' Bhùird. The development was financed by the Panchaud brothers (Gerald and Jhon) of
Switzerland
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who had purchased the estate when
skiing
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in
Scotland
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was booming. The area was to be called Mar Lodge and opened in 1963 after a series of record snowfalls. At the time of opening, there were two
T-bars on site, one long and one long. These offered a total uphill capacity of 1,400 people per hour. Unfortunately, the seasons of 1963–64 and 1964–65 offered very little snow to the area, meaning that the ski lifts were rarely used, with the resort becoming abandoned in 1965. When the resort closed both T-bars were moved to
Glenshee to become the Cairnwell T-Bar and Trainer Tow (removed for the 2003 season).
Gallery
Image:beinn-a-bhuird-04.jpg, Beinn a' Bhùird from Linn of Dee road
Image:beinn-a-bhuird-02.jpg, Garbh Choire on Beinn a' Bhùird
Image:beinn-a-bhuird-03.jpg, Beinn a' Bhùird from Ben Avon
Image:quoichcottage.jpg, Parking at Allanaquoich
See also
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Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis ( ; , ) is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles. Ben Nevis stands at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Highland region of Lochaber, close to the town of Fort William.
The mount ...
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List of Munro mountains
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Mountains and hills of Scotland
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Sources
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Marilyns of Scotland
Mountains and hills of the Cairngorms
Mountains and hills of Aberdeenshire
Mountains and hills of Moray
One-thousanders of Scotland
Strath Avon