Carn Ballach (SW Top)
2 classifications here — Simm and Murdo — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 919.8 m · 3,018 ft
- Prominence
- 48.7 m
- Grid reference
- NH 64355 04463
- Coordinates
- 57.11112, -4.24143
- County / area
- Highland
- OS Landranger
- 35
- OS Explorer
- OL56 402
- Summit feature
- a few rocks
- Key col
- NH 6363 0384 (871.2 m)
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 57.111, -4.241. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
cairn 75m N at NH 64354 04537 is 20cm lower.
The recorded summit point is a few rocks. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 24-Dec-20
- Drop measured from
- NH 6363 0384 · 871.2 m
Classification history: summit relocated 75m S in July 2014; this is now the Munro Top.
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
Which hill this one belongs to
Carn Ballach (SW Top) is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Carn Dearg (946 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 871 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carn Ban | 942.3 m | 1.7 km |
| Carn Dearg | 945.7 m | 2.2 km |
| Carn Dearg SE Top | 923.7 m | 2.8 km |
| A' Chailleach | 929.3 m | 3.8 km |
| Carn Sgulain | 920.3 m | 4.2 km |
| Creag Liath | 743.5 m | 4.2 km |