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The pale quartzite ridge of Stob Choire Claurigh rising to its top under a blue sky.
Ben Nevis, the Mamores and the Grey Corries

Stob Choire Claurigh

A Munro of 1,177 metres, number 15 of the 282.

Photograph by alan scammell, via Google

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The hill

Stob Choire Claurigh is the highest of the four Grey Corries Munros, the range south of Glen Spean in Lochaber, and at 1,177 metres it is the fifteenth highest Munro of all.

The Lairig Leacach pass lies to its east, with a small bothy that the Mountain Bothies Association has looked after since 1977. From the ridge the avalanche forecasters have photographed Aonach Mor, Aonach Beag and Ben Nevis away to the west.

In the woods below stands the Wee Minister, a cedar statue by Peter Bowsher that replaced an older stone one. It was set up in 2010 with a donation box for Lochaber Mountain Rescue.

The land
Most of the Ben Nevis Site of Special Scientific Interest lies within Jahama Highland Estates' Killiechonate estate, which runs from Glen Nevis in the west to Coire Rath and the Lairig Leacach in the east. The estate office is at Killiechonate, Spean Bridge.
Deer stalking
The Mountain Bothies Association gives the stag season here as 15 August to 20 October and the hind cull as 21 October to 15 February, while Jahama Highland Estates offers stalking on Killiechonate from August to mid December. The first three weeks of October are the busiest. In the season, contact the estate or use Hillphones to find out where deer control is taking place, pay close attention to signs and follow reasonable advice from land managers.
Summit
Grid reference NN 261 738
Parking
Wild About Lochaber, the area's tourism site, gives small parking areas by a metal bridge over the River Spean, on the road signposted Corriechoille off the A86 east of Spean Bridge. It gives them for a track walk to a statue, not for the hill.
Bus and train
Shiel Buses' route 41 between Roy Bridge and Fort William stops at Spean Bridge, which has a railway station. Check the times with the operators.
On the hill today
−1° to 2°Drizzle on the summit, 1,177 m. Feels like −6° in the wind.

West wind to 16 mph, gusting 30
Rain, about 4 mm
Light from 7.53am to 6.16pm, ten hours

Sat 17Some cloud−1° to 2° on top · 7 mph, gusts 15
Sun 18Mostly clear−4° to 2° on top · 10 mph, gusts 18
Mon 19Cloudy−6° to 4° on top · 7 mph, gusts 14

A weather model's forecast for the height of the summit, not a report from the hill. Read the mountain forecast the evening before: West Highlands forecast, Stob Choire Claurigh, Lochaber avalanche forecast.

October2026

MTWTFSS

Going another day?

Choose the day you mean to climb.Near or far: the light you will have, and what the summit is likely to be doing.

Knowledge from the core area is applied to the more outlying mountains such as the Grey Corries range to the east where field observations are carried out in turn as the winter progresses, or specific snowpack assessments are required.The Scottish Avalanche Information Service, on its Lochaber forecast area, whose core is the Aonach Mor range and Ben Nevis
Before you go

Carry

  • A paper map and a compass, and the skill to use them
  • Waterproofs, warm layers, hat and gloves
  • Food and drink
  • A head torch, a whistle and a first aid kit
  • A survival bag
  • Boots with a good grip

Under snow and ice this is a different day, with short light and the risk of avalanche. It needs an ice axe, crampons, winter boots and the skill to use them.

If something goes wrong

  • Dial 999, ask for the police, then mountain rescue
  • Give a six-figure grid reference: the summit is NN 261 738
  • Say how many are hurt, how many are with you, and your number
  • Register to text 999 before the day: text the word register to 999

The summit is optional. Turning back is the right decision whenever the cloud, the wind or the light say so.

How to call for help in the hills · Safety and skills for the hills · ThinkWINTER

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For the route itself, take the map and read these.

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Next along: Stob Ban, Stob Coire an Laoigh, Sgurr Choinnich Mor, Stob Coire Easain. Checked on 10 October 2026. The facts on this page are Jahama Highland Estates', the Mountain Bothies Association's, Mountaineering Scotland's, Wild About Lochaber's and Shiel Buses'; the forecasts are the Mountain Weather Information Service's, the Met Office's and the Scottish Avalanche Information Service's. Height and position from The Database of British and Irish Hills, v18.3, adapted, CC BY 4.0. This page is not a route description and does not replace a map.