The Munros:
Ben Nevis, the Mamores and the Grey Corries.
Ben Nevis, the Mamores and the Grey Corries.
The Munros of Ben Nevis, the Mamores and the Grey Corries, the highest first. See them on the map.
Ben Nevis.
1,345 metres
Ben Nevis stands above Fort William and Glen Nevis: at 1,345 metres, in its keepers' figure, the highest mountain in Britain.
Read about Ben NevisAonach Beag.
1,234 metres
Aonach Beag is the seventh highest of the Munros, and it keeps grand company in Lochaber. Aonach Mor is about a kilometre and a half to the north and Ben Nevis about three kilometres to the west. Of the two Aonachs this is the higher, by nearly fourteen metres.
Read about Aonach BeagAonach Mor.
1,220 metres
Aonach Mor is the eighth highest of the 282 Munros, and it keeps grand company. Aonach Beag is about a kilometre and a half to the south, Carn Mor Dearg much the same to the south-west, and Ben Nevis only about three kilometres away.
Read about Aonach MorCarn Mor Dearg.
1,220 metres
Carn Mor Dearg is Ben Nevis's nearest neighbour, less than a kilometre and a half to the north-east, and the two are joined by the arête that carries its name. The John Muir Trust calls that ridge "spectacular but exposed".
Read about Carn Mor DeargStob Choire Claurigh.
1,177 metres
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.
Read about Stob Choire ClaurighBinnein Mor.
1,130 metres
Binnein Mor stands in the Mamores, about three miles in a straight line from Kinlochleven, the village at the head of Loch Leven. It is higher than every Munro around it, and the avalanche forecasters, captioning a photograph of the range, pick it out as the highest peak at the back.
Read about Binnein MorStob Coire an Laoigh.
1,116 metres
Stob Coire an Laoigh is one of the four Grey Corries Munros, south of Glen Spean in Lochaber. Sgurr Choinnich Mor is about a kilometre and a half to the south-west, and Stob Choire Claurigh is a little further to the north-east.
Read about Stob Coire an LaoighStob Coire Easain.
1,115 metres
Stob Coire Easain is the higher of the two Easains, the pair of Munros that stand together above Loch Treig. Its partner, Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin, is about a kilometre away to the north-east and ten metres lower.
Read about Stob Coire EasainSgurr a' Mhaim.
1,099 metres
Sgurr a' Mhaim stands in the Mamores, the range above Glen Nevis. At number 51 of the 282 Munros it is higher than any of its near neighbours: Am Bodach, Stob Ban, Stob Coire a' Chairn and An Gearanach all stand about two kilometres away.
Read about Sgurr a' MhaimSgurr Choinnich Mor.
1,094 metres
Sgurr Choinnich Mor is one of the four Grey Corries Munros in Lochaber, above Glen Spean. Stob Coire an Laoigh is less than two kilometres to the north-east, with Aonach Beag about three kilometres to the west and Aonach Mor about four.
Read about Sgurr Choinnich MorNa Gruagaichean.
1,054 metres
Na Gruagaichean stands in the Mamores, the range with Glen Nevis on one side and Kinlochleven on the other. The village, at the head of Loch Leven, is a little over two miles away in a straight line.
Read about Na GruagaicheanAm Bodach.
1,032 metres
Am Bodach stands in the Mamores, the range with Glen Nevis on one side and Kinlochleven on the other. The village, at the head of Loch Leven, is about two miles away in a straight line.
Read about Am BodachSgurr Eilde Mor.
1,010 metres
Sgurr Eilde Mor stands in the Mamores, about three and a half miles in a straight line from Kinlochleven, with the loch that shares its name, Loch Eilde Mor, below it.
Read about Sgurr Eilde MorStob Ban.
1,000 metres
Stob Ban stands in the Mamores above Glen Nevis. At 999.7 metres it is 30 centimetres short of a thousand. It is not to be confused with the Stob Ban of the Grey Corries, a lower hill east of the Nevis Range.
Read about Stob Ban
An Gearanach.
982 metres
An Gearanach is the hill behind Steall Falls. It stands in the Mamores above upper Glen Nevis, under a mile in a straight line from the falls, and the avalanche forecasters who work these hills photograph the two together time and again.
Read about An GearanachStob Coire a' Chairn.
981 metres
Stob Coire a' Chairn stands in the thick of the Mamores, about two and a half miles in a straight line from Kinlochleven. Four other Munros are within a little over two kilometres: An Gearanach to the north, Am Bodach to the south-west, Na Gruagaichean to the south-east and Sgurr a' Mhaim to the west.
Read about Stob Coire a' ChairnStob Ban.
977 metres
Stob Ban is the lowest of the four Grey Corries Munros, above the Lairig Leacach pass in Lochaber, and is not to be confused with the Stob Ban of the Mamores above Glen Nevis. Stob Choire Claurigh, the highest of the four, is about a kilometre and a half to the north.
Read about Stob BanBinnein Beag.
943 metres
Binnein Beag is one of the Mamores, the range that rises between upper Glen Nevis and Kinlochleven.
Read about Binnein BeagMullach nan Coirean.
939 metres
Mullach nan Coirean is the westernmost Munro of the Mamores, about five miles in a straight line from Fort William.
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