Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Sgorr Ruadh

960.7 m

3,152 ftDrop 723 mNG 959 505

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgorr Ruadh960.7Beinn Liath Mhor926Fuar Tholl907Sgorr nan Lochan Uaine871.3Maol Chean-dearg933
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgorr Ruadh960.7Beinn Liath Mhor926Fuar Tholl907
Looking north, 106 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Sgorr Ruadh is a Munro of 960.7 m in Highland. In the database's Applecross to Achnasheen region it is the highest of 15 register hills, above Maol Chean-dearg and 13 others.

Its drop of 723 m is 75% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 238 m above sea level. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Maol Chean-dearg, reaches 933 m.

To scale

Summit960.7 mKey col238 mdrop 723 msea level
Key col NH 073 587, 14.0 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

960.7 m196th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

723 m52nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

8.0 km198th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Beinn Liath Mhor1.6 km north
    926 m
  2. 2
    Fuar Tholl2.3 km south-east
    907 m
  3. 3871.3 m
  4. 4
    Maol Chean-dearg3.5 km west
    933 m
1234Beinn Liath MhorFuar ThollMaol Chean-deargN2 km

Lists

  • 195th highest of 282 Munros
  • 155th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Liathach – Spidean a' Choire Leith, 1,054.8 m, 8.0 km north-west
Region
13B: Applecross to Achnasheen
OS map
25
Summit
Rock 4m S of cairn
DoBIH no.
981
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgorr Ruadh

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