Summit Register

Munro · Highland, Scotland

Sgurr a' Mhadaidh

918 m

3,012 ftDrop 72.9 mNG 446 235

Finder: 173 Munros in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr a' Mhadaidh918Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh972.1Sgurr na Banachdich965.5Sgurr Dearg – Inaccessible Pinnacle985.8Bruach na Frithe958.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmSgurr a' Mhadaidh918Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh972.1Sgurr na Banachdich965.5
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Sgurr a' Mhadaidh is a Munro of 918 m in Highland. Higher ground is only 0.4 km away: Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh (972.1 m) to the south.

All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Sgurr Dearg – Inaccessible Pinnacle at 985.8 m. Its key col leads to Sgurr Dearg – Inaccessible Pinnacle, not to its nearest higher summit, Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh. Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh stands only 0.4 km to the south. It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 72.9 m of drop is short of 150 m.

To scale

Summit918 mKey col845.1 msea level
Key col NG 4463 2343.

Where it stands

Height

918 m275th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

72.9 m1008th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.4 km1128th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh0.4 km south
    972.1 m
  2. 2
    Sgurr na Banachdich1.2 km south-west
    965.5 m
  3. 3985.8 m
  4. 4
    Bruach na Frithe2.2 km north-east
    958.8 m
1234Sgurr DeargBruach na FritheN1 km

Lists

  • 274th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh, 972.1 m, 0.4 km south
Region
17B: Minginish and the Cuillin Hills
OS map
32
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
1259
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Sgurr a' Mhadaidh

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