The Munros:
Glen Affric and Strathfarrar.
Glen Affric and Strathfarrar.
The Munros of Glen Affric and Strathfarrar, the highest first. See them on the map.
Carn Eighe.
1,183 metres
Carn Eighe stands north of Loch Affric, in the hills above Glen Affric, and it is one of the twenty highest Munros: number 13 of the 282. Mam Sodhail, less than a kilometre to the south, is barely three metres lower.
Read about Carn EigheMam Sodhail.
1,179 metres
Mam Sodhail stands north of Loch Affric, in the hills above Glen Affric, and it is the fourteenth highest of the Munros. Of the hills around it only Carn Eighe is higher, and that by little more than three metres. The two summits are under a kilometre apart.
Read about Mam SodhailSgurr na Lapaich.
1,152 metres
Sgurr na Lapaich is the highest of the four Munros that stand in a line north of Loch Mullardoch, above Glen Cannich, and the twenty-second highest of them all. Carn nan Gobhar is to its east and An Riabhachan to its west.
Read about Sgurr na LapaichSgurr nan Ceathramhnan.
1,150 metres
Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan stands at the head of Glen Affric, on the north side of the glen. It is number 23 of the 282 Munros by height, and higher than every one of its nearest neighbours: An Socach, Mullach na Dheiragain, A' Ghlas-bheinn and Beinn Fhada.
Read about Sgurr nan CeathramhnanAn Riabhachan.
1,129 metres
An Riabhachan is one of four Munros that stand in a line along the north side of Loch Mullardoch, above Glen Cannich. It is the second highest of the four, with Sgurr na Lapaich about three kilometres to the east and An Socach about three and a half to the south-west.
Read about An RiabhachanTom a' Choinnich.
1,113 metres
Tom a' Choinnich stands north of Loch Affric, in the hills above Glen Affric. Toll Creagach is about three kilometres to the east, and the higher Carn Eighe and Mam Sodhail are four to five kilometres to the west.
Read about Tom a' ChoinnichSgurr a' Choire Ghlais.
1,084 metres
Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais is the highest of the four Strathfarrar Munros, which stand in a line above Glen Strathfarrar. It is second from the west, with Sgurr Fhuar-thuill about two and a half kilometres to the west, Carn nan Gobhar under two kilometres to the north-east and Sgurr na Ruaidhe about three kilometres to the east.
Read about Sgurr a' Choire GhlaisAn Socach.
1,069 metres
An Socach is the farthest west of the four Munros that stand in a line along the north side of Loch Mullardoch, above Glen Cannich. Its neighbour An Riabhachan is about three and a half kilometres to the north-east.
Read about An SocachToll Creagach.
1,054 metres
Toll Creagach stands north of Loch Affric, in the hills above Glen Affric. Its nearest neighbour is Tom a' Choinnich, about three kilometres to the west, and Carn Eighe is further off the same way, about seven kilometres from the summit.
Read about Toll CreagachSgurr Fhuar-thuill.
1,049 metres
Sgurr Fhuar-thuill is the westernmost of the four Strathfarrar Munros, which stand in a line above Glen Strathfarrar, and the second highest of them. Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais, the highest, is about two and a half kilometres to the east, with Carn nan Gobhar and Sgurr na Ruaidhe beyond it.
Read about Sgurr Fhuar-thuillBeinn Fhionnlaidh.
1,005 metres
Beinn Fhionnlaidh stands in the Affric hills, just south of the head of Loch Mullardoch. It is not to be confused with the Beinn Fhionnlaidh above Loch Creran in Appin.
Read about Beinn FhionnlaidhSgurr na Ruaidhe.
993 metres
Sgurr na Ruaidhe is the easternmost of the four Strathfarrar Munros, which stand in a line above Glen Strathfarrar.
Read about Sgurr na RuaidheCarn nan Gobhar.
992 metres
Carn nan Gobhar is the farthest east of the four Munros along the north side of Loch Mullardoch, above Glen Cannich, and the nearest of them to the Mullardoch dam. Sgurr na Lapaich is about two kilometres to the west. It is not to be confused with the Carn nan Gobhar above Glen Strathfarrar.
Read about Carn nan GobharCarn nan Gobhar.
992 metres
Carn nan Gobhar is one of the four Strathfarrar Munros, strung out west to east above Glen Strathfarrar. It is third from the west, between Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais, a little under two kilometres away, and Sgurr na Ruaidhe, about two kilometres to the south-east.
Read about Carn nan GobharMullach na Dheiragain.
982 metres
Mullach na Dheiragain stands in the hills at the head of Glen Affric. It is one of four Munros above Alltbeithe, the Hostelling Scotland hostel at the top of the glen.
Read about Mullach na DheiragainAn Socach.
920 metres
An Socach stands at the head of Glen Affric, a long way beyond the end of the public road. It is one of the smaller Munros, number 271 of the 282, and it has far bigger neighbours: Sgurr nan Ceathramhnan about three kilometres to the west, and Mam Sodhail and Carn Eighe to the north-east.
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