Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Beinn Alligin – Sgurr Mor

986 m

3,235 ftDrop 601 mNG 865 612

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn Alligin – Sgurr Mor986Beinn Alligin – Tom na Gruagaich921.8An Ruadh-mheallan671.7Beinn Dearg913.7Baosbheinn875
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn Alligin – Sgurr Mor986Beinn Alligin – Tom na Gruagaich921.8An Ruadh-mheallan671.7
Looking north, 128 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Beinn Alligin – Sgurr Mor is a Munro of 986 m in Highland. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Beinn Alligin – Tom na Gruagaich, reaches 921.8 m.

On the Munros height ladder it sits between Lurg Mhor (987.5 m) and Sgurr Dearg – Inaccessible Pinnacle (985.8 m). The database describes the top as a very large cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 19 and 24.

To scale

Summit986 mKey col385 mdrop 601 msea level
Key col NG 925 603, 6.1 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

986 m162nd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

601 m118th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

5.8 km285th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1921.8 m
  2. 2
    An Ruadh-mheallan2.9 km west
    671.7 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Dearg3.0 km east
    913.7 m
  4. 4
    Baosbheinn4.2 km north
    875 m
1234Beinn AlliginBeinn DeargBaosbheinnN2 km

Lists

  • 161st highest of 282 Munros
  • 130th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Liathach – Mullach an Rathain, 1,023.9 m, 5.8 km south-east
Region
13A: Loch Torridon to Loch Maree
OS map
19, 24
Summit
Very large cairn
DoBIH no.
957
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn Alligin - Sgurr Mor

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