The Devil's Point

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The Devil's Point - or Bod an Deamhain (Penis of the Demon) to give its original Gaelic name - is a bare pyramid of rock which guards the entrance to the Lairig Ghru from the south. From other directions its true nature as the southern termination of Cairn Toul is more apparent.

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Region: Cairngorms

Altitude: 1004 metres

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Detailed route description and map

Cairn Toul and Braeriach traverse

Other routes and challenges

The Devil's Point is more readily climbed from Deeside, though still making for a long walk on its own. Head to Corrour bothy via either Glen Luibeg or Glen Dee, before ascending via the path up Coire Odhar.

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Panoramic summit view (click to open)


The Devil



Users' walk reports for The Devil's Point

There are 7127 Walkhighlanders who have climbed The Devil's Point. They have contributed 142 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report AuthorDate walked LikesHills
  26/2/15  35 M4
  2/8/21  31 M4
  15/6/15  28 M4
  27/8/16  27 M5
  15/7/21  26 M6
  12/7/17  23 M3
  28/8/21  21 M4
  2/4/17  20 M8C1
  13/7/13  20 M4
  14/4/18  19 M4
  13/6/14  19 M11
  12/8/22  14 M4
  24/8/19  14 M6
  2/10/14  14 M5
  30/7/11  14 M3
  10/7/22  13 M5
  28/3/17  13 M6
  21/7/16  13 M4
  20/7/13  13 M8
  2/7/12  12 M7C4
  20/7/17  11 M4
  3/6/15  11 M7
  9/6/23  10 M4
  21/9/18  10 M4
  7/9/16  9 M6
  11/9/15  9 M6
  1/9/13  9 M13
  21/9/12  9 M5
  27/5/12  9 M1C1
  19/8/16  8 M11
  2/7/16  8 M3
  18/6/13  8 M4
  29/7/11  8 M7
  13/8/22  7 M4
  11/8/22  7 M7
  18/7/20  7 M3
  11/9/18  7 M4
  17/8/18  7 M7
  7/6/13  7 M4
  25/7/12  7 M3
  25/3/12  7 M4
  4/9/11  7 M3
  5/6/11  7 M3
  24/8/19  6 M4
  5/7/18  6 M4
  18/8/12  6 M4
  2/6/12  6 M5
  1/8/11  6 M8
  1/6/23  5 M4
  23/9/21  5 M14
  28/6/21  5 M9
  21/9/20  5 M4
  15/7/18  5 M7
  24/6/18  5 M6
  12/7/17  5 M1
  27/8/16  5 M3
  6/7/16  5 M1
  15/7/15  5 M4
  8/6/11  5 M4
  15/5/96  5 M4
  17/7/76  5 M4
  13/11/22  4 M4
  6/9/20  4 M7
  24/8/19  4 M8
  19/6/17  4 M8
  8/8/15  4 M2
  26/6/14  4 M2
  15/6/14  4 M5
  14/4/14  4 M4
  23/9/13  4 M5
  6/7/13  4 M4
  9/10/12  4 M1
  4/6/12  4 M6
  2/4/12  4 M3
  5/6/11  4 M3
  17/8/22  3 M7
  26/5/22  3 M11
  20/5/22  3 M5
  6/2/22  3 M8
  22/8/21  3 M6
  23/7/21  3 M3
  12/5/18  3 M4
  25/9/15  3 M3
  22/8/15  3 M6
  30/5/14  3 M3
  10/8/13  3 M6
  27/5/12  3 M4
  12/8/11  3 M5
  1/1/70  3 M3
  25/7/23  2 M5
  25/8/22  2 M4
  28/5/21  2 M4
  24/5/15  2 M4
  17/8/13  2 M4
  7/6/13  2 M7
  1/6/13  2 M4
  21/5/13  2 M3
  29/10/12  2 M4
  24/6/11  2 M8
  28/6/10  2 M4
  1/1/70  2 M1
  5/10/22  1 M4
  29/6/21  1 M9
  21/8/19  1 M8
  4/8/18  1 M6
  17/4/17  1 M3
  3/10/16  1 M1
  30/11/14  1 M7
  24/6/11  1 M4
  9/4/11  1 M3
  21/5/10  1 M1
  8/8/96  1 M8
  17/11/18  0 M5
  29/9/18  0 M3
  23/9/17  0 M4
  28/7/17  0 M4
  5/7/17  0 M4
  22/8/16  0 M4
  19/8/16  0 M3
  29/7/16  0 M5
  8/8/15  0 M2
  8/8/15  0 M2
  8/8/15  0 M2
  7/8/15  0 M7
  1/5/14  0 M8
  21/7/13  0 M12
  17/7/13  0 M4
  8/7/13  0 M4
  8/6/13  0 M6
  1/7/12  0 M5
  4/10/11  0 M3
  28/9/11  0 M4
  18/8/11  0 M3
  24/7/11  0 M1
  22/4/11  0 M7
  6/9/10  0 M4
  18/8/10  0 M8
  8/8/10  0 M4
  23/5/10  0 M2
  17/4/10  0 M1
  9/3/10  0 M1
  12/6/93  0 M7

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