Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Sail Chaorainn

999.2 m

3,278 ftDrop 87 mNH 133 154

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSail Chaorainn999.2Sgurr nan Conbhairean1,109Carn Ghluasaid956.3Carn a' Choire Ghairbh862.5A' Chraileag1,119.2
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSail Chaorainn999.2Sgurr nan Conbhairean1,109Carn Ghluasaid956.3
Looking north, 119 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Sail Chaorainn is a Munro of 999.2 m in Highland. It sits below Sgurr nan Conbhairean, only 1.6 km to the south and 109.8 m higher.

It shares its height of 999.2 m with Stob Daimh. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Stob Daimh (999.2 m) and Ben More Assynt (998.9 m). It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 87 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Sgurr nan Conbhairean, is also the hill its key col leads to. The highest point is recorded as rock rib, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit999.2 mKey col912 msea level
Key col NH 129 147, 0.8 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

999.2 m141st highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

87 m988th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.6 km893rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 11,109 m
  2. 2
    Carn Ghluasaid3.2 km south-east
    956.3 m
  3. 3862.5 m
  4. 4
    A' Chraileag3.9 km west
    1,119.2 m
1234Carn GhluasaidA' ChraileagN2 km

Lists

  • 141st highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr nan Conbhairean, 1,109 m, 1.6 km south
Parent Marilyn
Sgurr nan Conbhairean
Region
11B: Glen Affric to Glen Moriston
OS map
34
Summit
Rock rib
DoBIH no.
867
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sail Chaorainn

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