Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Liathach – Spidean a' Choire Leith

1,054.8 m

3,461 ftDrop 957 mNG 929 579

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmLiathach – Spidean a' Choire Leith1,054.8Liathach – Mullach an Rathain1,023.9Beinn Eighe – Ruadh-stac Mor1,010Beinn Eighe – Spidean Coire nan Clach993Beinn Dearg913.7
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmLiathach – Spidean a' Choire Leith1,054.8Liathach – Mullach an Rathain1,023.9Beinn Eighe – Ruadh-stac Mor1,010
Looking north, 1311 km wide, heights ×36 (method).

Liathach – Spidean a' Choire Leith is a Munro of 1,054.8 m in Highland. Its drop of 957 m is the 8th greatest of the 1,140 hills here.

In the database's Loch Torridon to Loch Maree region it is the highest of 13 register hills, above Liathach – Mullach an Rathain and 11 others. Its drop is the 6th greatest among the Munros, behind Ben Nevis at the top. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Liathach – Mullach an Rathain, reaches 1,023.9 m.

To scale

Summit1,054.8 mKey col98 mdrop 957 msea level
Key col NG 974 573, 4.5 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,054.8 m74th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

957 m8th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

28.8 km42nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 11,023.9 m
  2. 21,010 m
  3. 3993 m
  4. 4
    Beinn Dearg4.4 km north-west
    913.7 m
1234LiathachBeinn EigheBeinn EigheBeinn DeargN2 km

Lists

  • 74th highest of 282 Munros
  • 59th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr nan Clach Geala, 1,093.4 m, 28.8 km north-east
Region
13A: Loch Torridon to Loch Maree
OS map
25
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
953
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Liathach - Spidean a' Choire Leith

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