A vast granite plateau in the eastern Cairngorms scattered with tors, the summit one needing a scramble to reach the top
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Ben Avon is more a high, rolling plateau than a single peak, a vast granite tableland in the eastern Cairngorms scattered with tors, weathered lumps of rock standing proud of the moss. The true summit is one of those tors, called Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe (“bed of the yellow stag”); it reaches 1172m and needs a short scramble to stand on top, which makes the hill a Munro, a Scottish hill over 3,000 feet (914m). It’s a long way from anywhere, usually reached on a big day or a two-day trip from Braemar or across the Mar Lodge Estate, often together with neighbouring Beinn a’ Bhuird. The sheer scale of the plateau makes it easy to lose your bearings in cloud, so it’s very much map-and-compass country.
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