Ruadh-stac Beag
3 classifications here — Marilyn, HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 896 m · 2,940 ft
- Prominence
- 181 m
- Grid reference
- NG 97279 61328
- Coordinates
- 57.59638, -5.39398
- County / area
- Highland
- OS Landranger
- 19
- OS Explorer
- 433
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NG968605 (715 m)
About Ruadh-stac Beag
Ruadh-stac Beag lies in the Torridon Hills of Wester Ross, an outlier of the Munro Beinn Eighe but a substantial mountain in its own right at 896 m. Rocky crags and steep slopes surround it on every side; ascents are generally made from the south.
Kinlochewe is the nearest village. The hill is a Corbett, Marilyn, HuMP and Simm.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Ruadh-stac Beag (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 57.596, -5.394. 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 cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit
- Record revised
- 10-Mar-07
- Drop measured from
- NG968605 · 715 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.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sgurr Ban | 970 m | 1.3 km |
| Sgurr nan Fhir Duibhe | 963 m | 1.6 km |
| Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach | 993 m | 1.7 km |
| Beinn Eighe - Ruadh-stac Mor | 1010 m | 2.1 km |
| Meall a' Ghiuthais | 887 m | 2.1 km |
| Coinneach Mhor | 976 m | 3.1 km |