Beinn Iutharn Mhor

About Beinn Iutharn Mhor

Tucked away in the remote heart of the Mounth, this bulky Munro offers a true sense of isolation. Its distinctive form features steep northern crags plunging toward Lochan Uaine, contrasting with broad, stony southern slopes. It is a significant undertaking from Braemar, often climbed alongside its neighbour, Càrn an Rìgh.

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• •The name translates from Scottish Gaelic as the 'Big Hill of Hell'. While 'Iutharn' is the modern word for hell, some place-name experts suggest it might be a corruption of an older term for 'boundary,' reflecting the mountain's position on the edge of the ancient Mar Forest.
• •The mountain’s most striking feature is its northern corrie, which holds the deep, dark Lochan Uaine (the Green Lochan). This sits in sharp contrast to the rounded, heathery slopes found on the mountain’s southern side.
• •Reaching the summit usually requires a long, 10-kilometre trek up Glen Ey from the road-end at Inverey. Many walkers choose to use a mountain bike for the initial valley section to save time on what is one of the more remote days in the eastern Grampians.
• •From the cairn, the view to the west is dominated by the massive bulk of Beinn a' Ghlò, while to the north, the high peaks of the central Cairngorms, including Ben Macdui and Braeriach, are clearly visible across the upper reaches of the Dee.
• •Despite the name 'Hill of Hell', the most hellish part of the day is typically the persistent bog encountered when crossing the peat hags toward the neighbouring Munro of Glas Tulaichean.