The Munros:
Knoydart and Loch Quoich.
Knoydart and Loch Quoich.
The Munros of Knoydart and Loch Quoich, the highest first. See them on the map.
Sgurr na Ciche.
1,040 metres
Sgurr na Ciche is the highest of the three Munros that Glen Dessary Estate draws on the map of its deer forest, a map that also takes in Loch Arkaig and Loch Nevis. The estate describes 15,000 acres of mountains, rivers and lochs in a wilderness location.
Read about Sgurr na CicheGleouraich.
1,035 metres
Gleouraich stands in the hills between Glen Shiel, Loch Hourn and Loch Quoich, and it is one of the hundred highest of the 282 Munros.
Read about GleouraichSgurr a' Mhaoraich.
1,027 metres
Sgurr a' Mhaoraich rises in the hills between Glen Shiel, Loch Hourn and Loch Quoich, and it stands a little apart from its neighbours. The nearest Munros, Sgurr an Lochain and Sgurr an Doire Leathain to the north-east and Creag nan Damh to the north, are all between four and five kilometres away.
Read about Sgurr a' MhaoraichLadhar Bheinn.
1,020 metres
Ladhar Bheinn is the highest mountain of Knoydart, by the John Muir Trust's account. There is no road to it.
Read about Ladhar BheinnGarbh Chioch Mhor.
1,013 metres
Garbh Chioch Mhor is one of three Munros that Glen Dessary Estate draws on the map of its deer forest, a map that also carries Loch Arkaig, Loch Nevis and the rivers Dessary and Pean. It stands between the other two: Sgurr na Ciche is under a kilometre to the north-west and Sgurr nan Coireachan about two and a half kilometres to the east.
Read about Garbh Chioch MhorSgurr Mor.
1,003 metres
Sgurr Mor stands by Loch Quoich and Glen Kingie, and is one of three Munros of the name.
Read about Sgurr MorSpidean Mialach.
996 metres
Spidean Mialach stands in the hills between Glen Shiel, Loch Hourn and Loch Quoich, on the Loch Quoich side. Its nearest Munro is Gleouraich, about three kilometres to the west and the higher of the two.
Read about Spidean MialachGulvain.
987 metres
Gulvain, Gaor Bheinn in Gaelic, stands above Loch Eil in the hills between Fort William and Mallaig.
Read about GulvainSgurr Thuilm.
963 metres
Sgurr Thuilm stands above Glen Finnan, in the hills between Mallaig and Fort William. Sgurr nan Coireachan, the other Munro above the glen, is about three and a half kilometres to the west, and Gulvain is a little over six kilometres to the east.
Read about Sgurr ThuilmSgurr nan Coireachan.
956 metres
This Sgurr nan Coireachan stands above Glen Finnan, in the hills between Mallaig and Fort William, not to be confused with its namesake above Glen Dessary, about eight kilometres to the north. Sgurr Thuilm, the other Munro above the glen, is about three and a half kilometres to the east.
Read about Sgurr nan CoireachanSgurr nan Coireachan.
954 metres
Two Munros are called Sgurr nan Coireachan. This is the Glen Dessary one, in the deer forest beyond the head of Loch Arkaig, and not the hill of the same name above Glen Finnan, about five miles to the south.
Read about Sgurr nan CoireachanMeall Buidhe.
946 metres
This is the Meall Buidhe of Knoydart, which the Knoydart Foundation names with Ladhar Bheinn and Luinne Bheinn as the three Munros of the peninsula. A different Meall Buidhe stands above Glen Lyon.
Read about Meall BuidheLuinne Bheinn.
939 metres
Luinne Bheinn is one of the three Munros of Knoydart, as the Knoydart Foundation names them, with Ladhar Bheinn and Meall Buidhe. There is no road to it.
Read about Luinne BheinnSron a' Choire Ghairbh.
936 metres
Sron a' Choire Ghairbh is the higher of the two Munros above Loch Lochy in the Great Glen. Meall na Teanga, the other, is about two kilometres to the south.
Read about Sron a' Choire GhairbhGairich.
919 metres
Gairich stands south of Loch Quoich, above Glen Kingie, in the stretch of hills the Scottish Mountaineering Club calls Knoydart to Glen Kingie.
Read about GairichMeall na Teanga.
917 metres
Meall na Teanga is the lower of the two Munros above Loch Lochy in the Great Glen. Its partner, Sron a' Choire Ghairbh, is about two kilometres to the north, and after that the nearest Munro is more than fifteen kilometres away.
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