Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Sgor Gaoith

1,116 m

3,661 ftDrop 242.8 mNN 903 989

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSgor Gaoith1,116Braeriach1,295.5Sgor an Lochain Uaine1,258Monadh Mor1,113.4Cairn Toul1,292.4
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmSgor Gaoith1,116Braeriach1,295.5Sgor an Lochain Uaine1,258
Looking north, 1815 km wide, heights ×46 (method).

Sgor Gaoith is a Munro of 1,116 m in Highland. It sits below Braeriach, only 5.1 km to the east and 179.5 m higher.

All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the east, so it stands at the western edge of its group. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Stob Coire Easain (1,116.2 m) and Aonach Beag (Highland, NN457741) (1,115.8 m). Its nearest higher summit, Carn na Criche (1,265.6 m, 3.7 km east), is a listed top not profiled here. It is 250.3 m above the average height of the 427 register hills in Highland. The highest point is recorded as ground on edge of crag, not a cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 36 and 43.

To scale

Summit1,116 mKey col873.2 msea level
Key col NN 9156 9557, 3.6 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,116 m38th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

242.8 m557th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.7 km463rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Braeriach5.1 km east
    1,295.5 m
  2. 21,258 m
  3. 3
    Monadh Mor5.9 km south-east
    1,113.4 m
  4. 4
    Cairn Toul6.3 km east
    1,292.4 m
1234BraeriachMonadh MorCairn ToulN2 km

Lists

  • 38th highest of 282 Munros
  • 31st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Carn na Criche, 1,265.6 m, 3.7 km east
Region
08A: Cairngorms
OS map
36, 43
Summit
Ground on edge of crag
DoBIH no.
548
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgor Gaoith

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