The Munros:
Loch Laggan and Creag Meagaidh.
Loch Laggan and Creag Meagaidh.
The Munros of Loch Laggan and Creag Meagaidh, the highest first. See them on the map.
Creag Meagaidh.
1,128 metres
Creag Meagaidh is the big mountain north-west of Loch Laggan, and it gives its name to the national nature reserve around it. Its great feature is Coire Ardair, where the cliffs rise almost 400 metres from the corrie floor to the plateau.
Read about Creag MeagaidhBeinn a' Chlachair.
1,088 metres
Beinn a' Chlachair stands south of Loch Laggan, one of the three Munros that Ardverikie Estate counts on its ground. The avalanche forecasters who work these hills give the name as the stonemason's hill.
Read about Beinn a' ChlachairStob Poite Coire Ardair.
1,053 metres
Stob Poite Coire Ardair is a Munro of the Creag Meagaidh massif, north-west of Loch Laggan. Creag Meagaidh itself is under two kilometres away to the south-west, and Carn Liath is to the east.
Read about Stob Poite Coire ArdairGeal Charn.
1,050 metres
This Geal Charn stands south of Loch Laggan on Ardverikie Estate. Three other Munros share the name, in the Ben Alder range, the Monadhliath and at Drumochter.
Read about Geal CharnBeinn a' Chaorainn.
1,049 metres
Beinn a' Chaorainn stands above the Laggan dam in Glen Spean, not to be confused with the Munro of the same name in the Cairngorms. Its neighbours are Beinn Teallach, about two and a half kilometres to the west, and Creag Meagaidh, about four kilometres to the north-east.
Read about Beinn a' ChaorainnCarn Liath.
1,006 metres
Carn Liath is one of the three Munros of the Creag Meagaidh range, above Aberarder and Loch Laggan, and the nearest of the three to Aberarder. It is not to be confused with the Carn Liath on Beinn a' Ghlo in Atholl.
Read about Carn LiathCarn Dearg.
946 metres
Carn Dearg stands in the Monadhliath, above Newtonmore and Glen Banchor. It is one of three Munros of the name, and it is higher than its neighbours A' Chailleach and Carn Sgulain, which lie about five and six kilometres away to the north-east.
Read about Carn DeargA' Chailleach.
929 metres
A' Chailleach is a Munro of 929 metres in the Monadhliath, the grey hills above Newtonmore. The village's own page calls it the Old Woman.
Read about A' ChailleachGeal Charn.
926 metres
Geal Charn stands in the Monadhliath above Glen Markie, north of the Spey Dam near Laggan, and is one of four Munros that share the name. It keeps its distance from the others in these hills: the nearest Munro, Carn Dearg, is about eight kilometres away to the north-east.
Read about Geal CharnCreag Pitridh.
925 metres
Creag Pitridh stands south of Loch Laggan, in what the avalanche forecasters call the Ardverikie Forest. It is one of three Munros on Ardverikie Estate, and the smallest of them: Geal Charn is under two kilometres to the east and Beinn a' Chlachair about four to the south-west.
Read about Creag PitridhCarn Sgulain.
920 metres
Carn Sgulain is a hill of the Monadhliath, above Newtonmore. Its neighbour A' Chailleach is less than two kilometres to the south, and Carn Dearg is about six to the south-west.
Read about Carn SgulainBeinn Teallach.
915 metres
Beinn Teallach stands on the north side of Glen Spean, west of Loch Laggan. It is number 282 of the 282 Munros by height, which makes it the lowest of them all.
Read about Beinn TeallachBefore you go.
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