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.

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.