Creise
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
- 1099.8 m · 3,608 ft
- Prominence
- 169.4 m
- Grid reference
- NN 23858 50636
- Coordinates
- 56.61445, -4.87199
- County / area
- Highland
- Region
- Glen Etive to Glen Lochy
- OS Landranger
- 41
- OS Explorer
- 384
- Summit feature
- small rock 3m from cairn
- Key col
- NN 2434 5007 (930.4 m)
About Creise
Creise is a long, fairly flat ridge in the Black Mount, overlooking the northern end of Glen Etive. Its highest point had no name until 1981.
The steep, craggy northern buttress, Sron na Creise, is the feature most people see, prominent from the A82 and the Kings House Hotel. Creise is one of four Black Mount Munros alongside Meall a' Bhuiridh, Stob Ghabhar and Stob a' Choire Odhair, and its proximity to the White Corries ski area makes it a draw for cross-country skiers as well as walkers, who often pair it with Meall a' Bhuiridh.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Creise (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 56.614, -4.872. 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 small rock 3m from cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica Disto D510/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 28-Jul-14
- Drop measured from
- NN 2434 5007 · 930.4 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 Creise group
2 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Creise as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Clach Leathad | 1,099 m | 68 m |
| Stob a' Ghlais Choire | 996 m | 26 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' Ghlais Choire | 995.6 m | 1 km |
| Meall a' Bhuiridh | 1107.9 m | 1.2 km |
| Clach Leathad | 1099 m | 1.3 km |
| Beinn Mhic Chasgaig | 864 m | 1.8 km |
| Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg | 1021.4 m | 3.9 km |
| Stob na Doire | 1010.5 m | 4.1 km |