📌 Glenlivet, Moray
★★★
Carn Daimh is the 570-metre high point on the broad ridge rising behind Glenlivet Distillery; rain falling here may one day make it into a barrel of whisky. There are multiple worthwhile ascent options, often forming parts of Glenlivet Estate’s extensive waymarked trail network; this one starts from a car park near Tomnavoulin, a couple of miles up the glen from the distillery. The summit panorama is extensive, overlooking miles of heathery humps with Ben Rinnes dominating the northern skyline. And why not celebrate with a dram afterwards?
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish on unclassified road just off the B9008, northwest side of Tomnavoulin
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference.: NJ 208265
🛰️GPS coordinates: 57.322206,-3.316029
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 10 km / 6 mi | ▲ 360 m | ⌛ 3.5-4 hr
Features: △ Carn Daimh (570 m, sub-2000′ Marilyn)
⬤ Moderate | Mostly clear paths & tracks, steady ascent. One rougher / wetter section beyond the summit.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Westertown – join Speyside Way east of Cairn Ellick – Carn Daimh – leave Speyside Way at 🧭 NJ 181262 – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Several red deer around the summit ridge. Cows & sheep in same field as track on ascent. Chaffinches, tits, robins, wrens, goldcrest. Butterflies, bees, hairy caterpillars.
Weather: Sunny with high cloud approaching from southwest. 8°C at start, light wind.
September 2025
