Cairn Toul

{{For|the similarly named mountain in Ireland|Carrauntoohil}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{short description|Mountain in Scotland}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Cairn Toul

| other_name = Càrn an t-Sabhail

| photo = Cairn Toul - geograph.org.uk - 381800.jpg

| photo_caption = Cairn Toul from Braeriach, with Lochan Uaine

| elevation_m = 1291

| elevation_ref = {{cite web |url=https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=521 |title=Cairn Toul (Càrn an t-Sabhail) |author= |year=2019 |publisher=Hill Bagging - the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH) |accessdate=20 June 2019}}

| prominence = c. 166 m

| isolation_ref = 2.85 km (1.77 miles) {{cite web |url=https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=9232|title=Cairn Toul isolation}}

| parent_peak = Braeriach

| listing = Munro, Marilyn

| translation = hill of the barn

| language = Gaelic

| pronunciation = {{IPA|gd|ˈkʰaːrˠn ən ˈt̪o.əl̪ˠ|lang}}

| location = Cairngorms, Scotland

| range =

| grid_ref_UK = NN963972

| topo = OS Landrangers 36, 43

}}

Cairn Toul ({{langx|gd|Càrn an t-Sabhail}}, 'hill of the barn'){{cite web|url=https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/cairn-toul/ |title=Cairn Toul |work=Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba: Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland}} is the 4th-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis, Ben Macdui and Braeriach. The summit is 1,291 metres (4,236 feet) above sea level. It is in the western massif of the Cairngorms, linked by a bealach at about 1125 m to Braeriach. The mountain towers above the Lairig Ghru pass.

Cairn Toul is often climbed together with other peaks. From the south, it may be climbed with The Devil's Point, which lies about 2.5 kilometres south-southeast. Alternatively, it may be climbed from the north, including Braeriach and Sgor an Lochain Uaine. Both routes are long days by Scottish standards: around 15 km (plus return) regardless of whether one starts from Coire Cas above Speyside, or Linn of Dee to the south. The mountain may also be climbed from the west, starting from Achlean in Glen Feshie. This provides for a slighter shorter route (around 27 km for the round trip), though the walker must negotiate a large expanse of undulating boggy plateau in order to reach the Braeriach-Cairn Toul massif.

There is a bothy, Corrour, at the point below Cairn Toul in the defile of the Lairig Ghru.