Pap of Glencoe

About Pap of Glencoe

The Pap of Glencoe, in Gaelic Sgorr na Cìche, rises on the north side of Glen Coe at the western end of the Aonach Eagach ridge, standing directly above the point where the River Coe reaches Loch Leven. Its conical outline, most pronounced from the west, gave it the name, and it forms part of the familiar view into the entrance of the glen.

Ascents typically begin from the unclassified road between Glencoe village and the Clachaig Inn, where a pebble path leaves the road about a kilometre west of the youth hostel and climbs past a white house towards the bealach between the Pap and Sgor nam Fiannaidh. The section up to the bealach follows a small gully and is often very muddy. The last 100 m of ascent involve some scrambling, and conditions change in winter.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Pap of Glencoe (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 56.689, -5.063. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

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

Survey method

obvious summit/Leica RX1250

Record revised

31-Aug-19

Drop measured from

NN 1267 5912 · 586.6 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.

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.

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