Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

A' Chraileag

1,119.2 m

A' Chralaig

3,672 ftDrop 785 mNH 094 147

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmA' Chraileag1,119.2Am Bathach798.1Mullach Fraoch-choire1,100.9Sgurr nan Conbhairean1,109Ciste Dhubh981.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmA' Chraileag1,119.2Am Bathach798.1Mullach Fraoch-choire1,100.9
Looking north, 117 km wide, heights ×33 (method).

A' Chraileag is a Munro of 1,119.2 m in Highland. Its drop of 785 m is the 38th greatest of the 1,140 hills here.

In the database's Glen Affric to Glen Moriston region it is the highest of 12 register hills, above Sgurr nan Conbhairean and ten others. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Sgurr nan Conbhairean, reaches 1,109 m. It stands 321.1 m above its nearest neighbour, Am Bathach, 2.1 km to the west. It is 253.5 m above the average height of the 427 register hills in Highland. Its other name is A' Chralaig. The database describes the top as a very large cairn.

To scale

Summit1,119.2 mKey col334 mdrop 785 msea level
Key col NH 045 175, 5.6 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,119.2 m34th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

785 m38th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

8.9 km174th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Am Bathach2.1 km west
    798.1 m
  2. 21,100.9 m
  3. 31,109 m
  4. 4
    Ciste Dhubh3.7 km north-west
    981.1 m
1234Am BathachCiste DhubhN2 km

Lists

  • 34th highest of 282 Munros
  • 29th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan, 1,149.7 m, 8.9 km north-west
Region
11B: Glen Affric to Glen Moriston
OS map
33
Summit
Very large cairn
DoBIH no.
862
Map of Britain and Ireland marking A' Chraileag

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). How high are the Munros?