Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach

About Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach

Spidean Coire nan Clach is the lower of the two Munro summits on Beinn Eighe, the Torridon massif whose name means "file mountain"; the other is Ruadh-stac Mòr at 1,010 m. Rather than a single peak, Beinn Eighe is a long ridge throwing out numerous spurs and tops, of which this is one.

A cap of Cambrian basal quartzite, unusual among the hills hereabouts, gives the summits their pale colouring. The complex layout of the massif draws both hillwalkers and climbers, and the national nature reserve on the northern side, south of Loch Maree, opens the area up to other visitors as well.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Beinn Eighe (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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 57.582, -5.404. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

obvious summit

Record revised

10-Nov-12

Drop measured from

NG956595 · 821 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.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

The Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach group

4 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach as the independent hill at its head.

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