Beinn Bhreac by Glen Derry from the Linn of Dee

The walk starts from the National Trust for Scotland's pay car park at the Linn of Dee and goes out and back. A forest path with a boardwalk leads to the Glen Lui track, which runs up the glen to Derry Lodge, a shooting lodge on the Trust's Mar Lodge estate. Beyond the lodge a footbridge crosses the Derry Burn and the path follows the east side of the burn up Glen Derry through the pines. About 7 km from the car park a mapped path turns east, climbs the hillside and then open moor, and ends on the plateau at 897 m. The summit of Beinn Bhreac, 930 m, is about 290 m further over open ground with no path: the line stops where the path does. Return the same way.

It is 19.4 km (12.1 miles) with 557 m (1,830 ft) of ascent; allow about 6¼ hours. The grade is Hard, for the distance and the open ground at the top.

The plateau has few landmarks and no path to the summit, so in cloud you need map, compass and the skill to use them. The Heading for the Scottish Hills table lists no stalking issues on the National Trust for Scotland ground of Beinn Bhreac and the Glen Derry approach. The Trust asks for dogs to be kept on a lead or under close control, especially in the ground-nesting bird season.

The Linn of Dee car park is a pay car park (OpenStreetMap lists a fee).

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.