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Last updated: 03/03/09

 
 

Muir Cottage

The Club hut, known as Muir of Inverey, is situated on the north side of the Linn of Dee road, some 8 kilometres west of Braemar, about  1 kilometre beyond the bridge over the River Ey, shortly before the road comes to the river (OS grid reference 076896). It is available for use by Club members and guests accompanying them, by members of other recognised mountaineering clubs, with whom it is much in demand throughout the year, and also by 50+ groups and special needs groups.



The Club has had the use of Muir Cottage for some sixty years, beginning with a lease of the original stone cottage. In 1971 it became possible to purchase the site through the generosity of a former Club member, Dr. George A. Taylor, who on his death in 1965 had bequeathed to the Club a quarter of the residue of his estate. The cottage was then considerably expanded by the construction of a substantial timber extension for the sleeping accommodation and toilet/washroom facilities, with the old toilet/washroom becoming a kitchen. In 2004, with funding from Cairngorm Leader Plus, Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council, Awards for All, the Scottish Mountaineering Trust, and other donors including Club members, alterations were undertaken to allow use of the cottage by disabled persons and to form a larger better equipped kitchen.
 


The accommodation comprises a common room a in the original stone building, a kitchen in a side extension, and four bedrooms, three washrooms (one equipped for disabled users), a member's room and a drying room in the wooden extension. The bedrooms are for 6, 6, 4 and 2 persons in double-tiered bunks, and each washroom has a shower cubicle. The member's room contains four beds normally reserved for use by members even when the 18 bedroom places have been booked by non-members. The bunks are equipped with mattresses, pillows and ample blankets, but these must be used with sleeping bags or sheets and pillowcases. The kitchen is equipped with an electric cooker, a 4-ring hob with oven below, two microwaves, two kettles, two toasters, a plumbed-in hot water dispenser, two refrigerators and a wide range of utensils, crockery and cutlery. Space heating, water heating and cooking is by electricity. For the bedroom heating 20p coins are needed for the prepayment meters.
 


In the summer of 2008 we replaced the built-in bunks which had served us well for some 35 years with new freestanding ones, still with the same deployment – two six-bedded rooms, one four-bedded room and one two-bedded.  We also had the flooring in the bedrooms renewed, with the same material that has proved so successful in the common room, kitchen and washrooms.  One or two other improvements for the bedrooms, such as new mirrors, still have to be dealt with.
 

New bunks


Enquiries about availability and booking applications must be made to David Kirk, the Muir Booking Secretary:
Email: muir-booking@cairngormclub.org.uk
Weekends tend to become well booked as much as a year ahead, often more, so early booking is advised.  Prospective users who cannot secure a weekend booking are encouraged to think of midweek bookings, which could be as much as Sunday night to Thursday night inclusive.
 


Charges are currently £5 a night for members and £10 a night for others, except where reductions apply.  Special needs groups and 50+ groups based in Aberdeen City or Aberdeenshire qualify for a 50% reduction.  There is no charge for children under 5 accompanying member parents;  otherwise children under age 16 qualify for a 50% reduction. Those taking children accept responsibility for the safety and welfare of the children, and for the avoidance of disturbance to other visitors present.

Bookings and payments should be made to the Muir Booking Secretary, who will send out a key shortly before the arrival date booked for.

The cottage is also available for day use to members and their guests accompanying them, the charge being £2.50 per person. Day use should be booked in the same way as overnight use.

The use of tents and dormobile-type accommodation within the precincts or on nearby ground is not permitted. Animals are not permitted within the building.

During the shooting season, mid-August to mid-October, walkers should before venturing onto the hills check with the local keepers - Mr. Ian Campbell, Pinewood, Inverey (01339 741368) for the Mar Estate; Mr. Stuart Cumming, Loin na Veaich, Glen Ey (01339 741349) for the Mar Lodge Estate.
 

Not all mobile telephone networks reach Muir Cottage. There is a public telephone (coin-operated) just over one kilometre away, close to the bridge over the Ey.


A large number of hills are within close proximity to Muir Cottage. Within 12 miles, as the crow flies Eagle soars there are 37 Munros, 8 Corbetts and a Graham.

Hill Height Type Distance from Muir
Creag Bhalg 668m Graham 1.3 miles
Morrone 859m Corbett 3.1 miles
Carn na Drochaide 818m Corbett 3.9 miles
Carn Bhac 946m Munro 4.3 miles
Sgor Mor 813m Corbett 5.0 miles
Beinn Bhreac 931m Munro 5.1 miles
Creag nan Gabhar 834m Corbett 5.5 miles
An Socach 944m Munro 5.9 miles
Carn a’Mhaim 1037m Munro 6.6 miles
Beinn Iutharn Mhor 1045m Munro 6.7 miles
Derry Cairngorm 1155m Munro 6.8 miles
Carn Aosda 917m Munro 7.0 miles
Beinn a’Bhuird 1197m Munro 7.0 miles
Carn Liath 862m Corbett 7.3 miles
The Devil’s Point 1004m Munro 7.6 miles
Beinn a’Chaorainn 1083m Munro 7.8 miles
Carn an Tuirc 1019m Munro 7.9 miles
Carn a’Gheoidh 975m Munro 8.0 miles
Cairnwell 933m Munro 8.1 miles
Beinn Bhrotain 1157m Munro 8.2 miles
Carn an Righ 1029m Munro 8.3 miles
Ben Avon 1171m Munro 8.3 miles
Carn an t’Sagairt Mor 1047m Munro 8.3 miles
Ben Macdui 1309m Munro 8.3 miles
Beinn Mheadhoin 1182m Munro 8.5 miles
Glas Tulaichean 1051m Munro 8.5 miles
Cairn Toul 1291m Munro 8.9 miles
Culardoch 900m Corbett 9.0 miles
Cairn of Claise 1064m Munro 9.1 miles
Carn a Choire Boidheach 1110m Munro 9.3 miles
Monadh Mor 1113m Munro 9.5 miles
Glas Maol 1068m Munro 9.5 miles
Sgor an Lochan Uaine 1258m Munro 9.5 miles
Cairn Bannoch 1012m Munro 9.6 miles
Creag Mhor 895m Corbett 9.8 miles
Tolmount 958m Munro 9.8 miles
An Sgarsoch 1006m Munro 10.0 miles
Lochnagar 1155m Munro 10.1 miles
Creag Leachach 987m Munro 10.2 miles
Cairngorm 1244m Munro 10.3 miles
Tom Buidhe 957m Munro 10.4 miles
Braeriach 1296m Munro 10.4 miles
Ben Gulabin 806m Corbett 10.7 miles
Broad Cairn 998m Munro 10.9 miles
Bynack More 1090m Munro 10.9 miles
Carn an Fhidleir 994m Munro 11.6 miles

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