Braeriach

Braeriach
Am Bràigh Riabhach
Braeriach from the southeast
Highest point
Elevation1,296 m (4,252 ft)[1]
Prominence461 m (1,512 ft)
Parent peakBen Macdui
ListingMarilyn, Munro
Naming
English translationThe brindled upland
Language of nameGaelic
PronunciationScottish Gaelic: [əm ˈpɾaːj ˈrˠiəvəx]
Geography
OS gridNN953999
Topo mapOS Landranger 36, 43
Listed summits of Braeriach
Name Grid ref Height Status
Braeriach NN953999 1296 m Munro, Marilyn
Carn na Criche NN939982 1265 m Munro Top
Sròn na Lairige NH964006 1184 m Munro Top

Braeriach or Brae Riach (Scottish Gaelic: Am Bràigh Riabhach, 'the brindled upland')[2] is the third-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui, rising 1,296 metres (4,252 ft) above sea level. It is in the Scottish Highlands and is the highest point in the western massif of the Cairngorms, separated from the central section by the Lairig Ghru pass. The summit is a crescent-shaped plateau, overlooking several corries.

Probably the most commonly used route up Braeriach starts from Sugar Bowl car park, on the road leading to the Cairn Gorm ski area. From here a path leads over the hillside to a steep-sided rocky ravine known as the Chalamain Gap, before descending around 100 metres (330 ft) to the Lairig Ghru. After crossing this pass the route heads for the summit via Braeriach's north ridge, crossing a subsidiary peak, Sròn na Lairige. The summit is about nine kilometres (5+12 miles) from the car park by this route.

  1. ^ "Braeriach". Hill Bagging - the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH). 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Braeriach". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba: Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland.