The Munros:
the scrambles.

Ben Cruachan
Steeply up through woodland to the dam, then steep, rocky paths above it, with some scrambling.

Sgurr a' Mhaim
Mountaineering Scotland warns that scrambling grades are set for dry summer conditions, and that in anything less the same ground is likely to become much more difficult and dangerous.

An Teallach - Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill
The traverse of An Teallach requires some stretches of scrambling, and the British Mountaineering Council grades it a solid Grade 3 when taken directly. Read the route, and the rescue team's and Mountaineering Scotland's pages below, before deciding.

An Teallach - Sgurr Fiona
Mountaineering Scotland warns that scrambling can potentially be the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities. Its grades are set for dry summer conditions, and in anything less than ideal the same ground is likely to become much more difficult and dangerous.

Liathach - Spidean a' Choire Leith
If the route you read asks for it, Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities. Its grades are set for dry summer conditions, and in anything less than ideal the ground is likely to become much more difficult and dangerous.

Liathach - Mullach an Rathain
If the route you read asks for it, Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities. Its grades are set for dry summer conditions, and in anything less than ideal the ground is likely to become much more difficult and dangerous.

The Saddle
Sandy Paterson, writing in Mountaineering Scotland's magazine Scottish Mountaineer in spring 2021, gives the Forcan Ridge as an example of a scramble.

Beinn Eighe - Ruadh-stac Mor
Read the route in full before deciding whether the walk asks for scrambling.

Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach
Read the route in full before deciding whether the walk asks for scrambling.

Sgurr Alasdair
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.

Beinn Alligin - Sgurr Mor
The guidebook gives two ways down from this summit: back the way you came up, or on over the Horns of Alligin, which means exposed scrambling. Mountaineering Scotland warns that scrambling grades are set for dry summer conditions, and that in anything less than ideal the ground is likely to become much more difficult and dangerous.

Sgurr Dearg - Inaccessible Pinnacle
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.

Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.

Sgurr nan Gillean
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.

Sgurr na Banachdich
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.

Bruach na Frithe
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.

Aonach Eagach - Meall Dearg
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities. Its grades are set for dry summer conditions, and in anything less the same ground is likely to become much more difficult and dangerous.

Sgurr Mhic Choinnich
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.

Sgurr Dubh Mor
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.

Am Basteir
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.

Beinn Narnain
Taken directly from the Loch Long side, the park authority says, the way is quite rocky, with a little scrambling.

Sgurr nan Eag
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.

Beinn Alligin - Tom na Gruagaich
The Horns of Alligin, further round the mountain, are where the guidebook describes exposed scrambling. Mountaineering Scotland warns that scrambling grades are set for dry summer conditions, and that in anything less than ideal the ground is likely to become much more difficult and dangerous.

Sgurr a' Mhadaidh
Mountaineering Scotland counts scrambling as potentially the most dangerous of all mountaineering activities, and names the Black Cuillin among its ground. Scrambling grades assume a dry summer day: in wet, wind or cold the same rock becomes much harder and more dangerous.