Beinn a' Bheithir - Sgorr Dhearg
4 classifications here — Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Murdo — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 1024.2 m · 3,360 ft
- Prominence
- 729 m
- Grid reference
- NN 05688 55838
- Coordinates
- 56.65393, -5.17151
- County / area
- Highland
- OS Landranger
- 41
- OS Explorer
- 384
- Summit feature
- embedded rock
- Key col
- NN051543 (295 m)
About Beinn a' Bheithir - Sgorr Dhearg
Sgorr Dhearg is the higher of the two Munro tops on Beinn a' Bheithir, the mountain that rises south of Ballachulish and Loch Leven. It reaches 1,024 metres; its companion summit, Sgorr Dhonuill, stands at 1,001 metres.
The mountain as a whole takes a horseshoe form, with ridges running north to enclose the corrie of Gleann a' Chaolais, also known as Glenachulish. Conifer plantations clothe the lower ground on that side. On the southern flank a steep ridge forms the northern wall of Glen Duror, which is likewise forested.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Beinn a' Bheithir (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
Access rights here
Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.
Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.
General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland · check another location.
Daylight at this summit today
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Computed astronomically for 56.654, -5.172. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (1024 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
rock is 3m N of remains of trig point base; cairn no longer present.
The recorded summit point is embedded rock. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 05-Feb-23
- Drop measured from
- NN051543 · 295 m
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
The Beinn a' Bheithir - Sgorr Dhearg group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Beinn a' Bheithir - Sgorr Dhearg as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Sgorr Bhan | 946 m | 48 m |
Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sgorr Bhan | 946.2 m | 0.6 km |
| Beinn a' Bheithir - Sgorr Dhonuill | 1002.1 m | 1.7 km |
| Sgorr a' Choise | 661.8 m | 2.9 km |
| Meall Lighiche | 772 m | 4.8 km |
| Meall Mor | 676 m | 4.9 km |
| Fraochaidh | 879 m | 5 km |