Carn Eighe
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
- 1182.8 m · 3,881 ft
- Prominence
- 1147 m
- Grid reference
- NH 12358 26186
- Coordinates
- 57.28770, -5.11516
- County / area
- Highland
- Region
- Loch Duich to Cannich
- OS Landranger
- 25
- OS Explorer
- 414N
- Summit feature
- trig point in shelter
- Key col
- NN289971 (36 m)
About Carn Eighe
Carn Eighe is the highest mountain in Scotland north of the Great Glen and the twelfth-highest in the British Isles; measured by topographic prominence it is second only to Ben Nevis anywhere in these islands. It lies between Glen Affric and Loch Mullardoch, at the core of a massif shared with its twin, the 1,181 m Mam Sodhail.
In administrative terms it falls in the Highland council area, on the old boundary between Inverness-shire and Ross and Cromarty, on land once held by the Clan Chisholm. Access is not straightforward — the nearest road is ten kilometres away, and Beinn Fhionnlaidh, the prominent peak further north, is harder still to reach.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Càrn 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
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 57.288, -5.115. 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
The recorded summit point is trig point in shelter. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 13-Dec-17
- Drop measured from
- NN289971 · 36 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 Carn Eighe group
12 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Carn Eighe as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Mam Sodhail | 1,179 m | 132 m |
| Stob a' Choire Dhomhain | 1,147 m | 50 m |
| Stob Coire Dhomhnuill | 1,139 m | 33 m |
| Sron Garbh | 1,131 m | 24 m |
| Tom a' Choinnich | 1,113 m | 150 m |
| An Tudair | 1,073 m | 64 m |
| Creag Coire nan Each | 1,055 m | 27 m |
| An Leth-chreag | 1,052 m | 57 m |
| Sgurr na Lapaich | 1,037 m | 110 m |
| Tom a' Choinich Beag | 1,032 m | 13 m |
| Mullach Cadha Rainich | 996 m | 35 m |
| Stob Coire Lochan | 917 m | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stob a' Choire Dhomhain | 1146.5 m | 0.8 km |
| Mam Sodhail | 1179.4 m | 0.9 km |
| Stob Coire Lochan | 916.9 m | 1.1 km |
| Stob Coire Dhomhnuill | 1139.1 m | 1.4 km |
| Sron Garbh | 1131 m | 2.1 km |
| Beinn Fhionnlaidh | 1004.8 m | 2.2 km |