Summit Register

Munro · Aberdeenshire, Highland, Scotland

Braeriach

1,295.5 m

4,250 ftDrop 461 mNN 953 999

Finder: 282 Munros in Scotland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBraeriach1,295.5Sgor an Lochain Uaine1,258Cairn Toul1,292.4Ben Macdui1,309.3Sgor Gaoith1,116
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBraeriach1,295.5Sgor an Lochain Uaine1,258Cairn Toul1,292.4
Looking north, 158 km wide, heights ×33 (method).

Braeriach is a Munro of 1,295.5 m in Aberdeenshire, Highland. Only two of the register's Scotland hills are higher.

It is the 3rd highest Munro. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 36 and 43.

To scale

Summit1,295.5 mKey col835 msea level
Key col NH 973 013, 2.4 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,295.5 m3rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

461 m226th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.7 km463rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 11,258 m
  2. 2
    Cairn Toul2.9 km south
    1,292.4 m
  3. 3
    Ben Macdui3.7 km east
    1,309.3 m
  4. 4
    Sgor Gaoith5.1 km west
    1,116 m
1234Cairn ToulBen MacduiSgor GaoithN2 km

Lists

  • 3rd highest of 282 Munros
  • 3rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Ben Macdui, 1,309.3 m, 3.7 km east
Region
08A: Cairngorms
OS map
36, 43
Summit
Rock c 20m NE of cairn
DoBIH no.
519
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Braeriach

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