Tom Buidhe

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Tom Buidhe is a featureless dome-like upswelling on the vast Mounth plateau, looking nothing like a mountain from any direction. It is nearly always climbed with its neighbour Tolmount, and can be ascended from Glen Callater, Glen Doll or from the Cairnwell Pass.

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Region: Cairngorms

Altitude: 957 metres

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Detailed route description and map

Tolmount and Tom Buidhe via Loch Callater

Other routes and challenges

There are several alternative options for climbing Tom Buidhe and its neighbour. One is to start from Glen Doll at the head of Glen Clova, approaching via Jock's Road over Crow Craigies and Tolmount.

Another longer option is to include this pair of Munros with the Glas Maol group of 4, making a total of 6 Munros on an outing from the top of the Cairnwell Pass.

Panoramic summit view (click to open)


Tom Buidhe



Users' walk reports for Tom Buidhe

There are 11359 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Tom Buidhe. They have contributed 139 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
  25/8/18  35 M14
  29/7/14  26 M6
  20/9/13  24 M9
  25/3/15  23 M6
  4/7/20  21 M4
  29/4/19  21 M7
  4/9/12  19 M2
  12/6/21  15 M6
  7/5/17  12 M2
  15/8/15  12 M10
  23/5/15  10 M4
  13/8/15  9 M6
  2/6/13  9 M9
  3/5/12  9 M2
  7/6/21  7 M5
  10/8/13  7 M6
  27/12/11  7 M6
  29/4/11  7 M14
  24/3/11  7 M3
  15/4/17  6 M9
  15/4/14  6 M8
  15/11/11  6 M8C1
  19/10/24  5 M4
  14/8/24  5 M7
  19/9/22  5 M2
  23/9/21  5 M14
  12/9/21  5 M11
  12/9/14  5 M3
  29/9/24  4 M3
  7/9/23  4 M2
  28/8/23  4 M7
  11/10/21  4 M4
  5/8/13  4 M5
  29/6/13  4 M2
  2/5/13  4 M6
  26/5/12  4 M4
  9/9/11  4 M9
  1/6/23  3 M6
  16/8/21  3 M9
  25/5/18  3 M7
  23/6/17  3 M7
  27/6/16  3 M4
  29/8/15  3 M6
  16/7/14  3 M6
  10/8/12  3 M2
  10/10/11  3 M2
  11/10/10  3 M2
  5/5/23  2 M12
  17/9/22  2 M6
  31/7/21  2 M9
  1/5/21  2 M13
  6/9/20  2 M5
  31/7/20  2 M4
  19/11/17  2 M2
  27/5/17  2 M3
  14/8/16  2 M11
  4/10/15  2 M6
  24/7/15  2 M6
  1/6/14  2 M2
  14/9/13  2 M2
  6/7/13  2 M6
  30/6/13  2 M9
  19/5/13  2 M2
  16/5/13  2 M6
  14/7/12  2 M9
  24/8/11  2 M6
  20/8/11  2 M4
  20/8/11  2 M6
  23/7/11  2 M4
  30/12/00  2 M4
  20/4/23  1 M7
  3/4/23  1 M3
  8/8/20  1 M2
  6/1/19  1 M7
  8/10/17  1 M4
  26/8/17  1 M2
  31/5/17  1 M7
  9/10/16  1 M2
  18/9/16  1 M4
  30/8/15  1 M4
  29/8/15  1 M2
  19/6/15  1 M8
  4/6/15  1 M5
  30/11/14  1 M6
  8/9/13  1 M4
  2/3/13  1 M3
  16/12/12  1 M6
  4/9/12  1 M8
  26/8/12  1 M4
  3/7/12  1 M6
  2/6/12  1 M2
  20/5/12  1 M6
  6/5/12  1 M11
  1/4/12  1 M9
  28/1/12  1 M4
  17/8/11  1 M4
  6/8/11  1 M6
  17/5/11  1 M5
  25/7/10  1 M6
  14/10/09  1 M3
  22/8/23  0 M3
  15/8/20  0 M8
  28/7/20  0 M4
  21/7/17  0 M6
  24/5/17  0 M5
  24/8/16  0 M3
  14/8/16  0 M6
  30/4/16  0 M3
  19/9/15  0 M6
  23/6/15  0 M3
  23/5/15  0 M6
  28/7/14  0 M6
  10/7/14  0 M4
  26/6/14  0 M11
  18/8/13  0 M6
  12/6/13  0 M4C1
  11/9/12  0 M4
  21/7/12  0 M2
  30/3/12  0 M6
  10/3/12  0 M6
  12/1/12  0 M4
  14/11/11  0 M6
  6/11/11  0 M6
  25/7/11  0 M6
  17/7/11  0 M3
  3/7/11  0 M11
  5/6/11  0 M3
  14/5/11  0 M9
  16/4/11  0 M4
  10/4/11  0 M4
  2/4/11  0 M6
  19/3/11  0 M6
  5/3/11  0 M6
  10/2/11  0 M3
  5/2/11  0 M3
  24/9/10  0 M2
  19/6/10  0 M9
  14/6/09  0 M6
  19/9/92  0 M6

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