Sgor Gaibhre
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
- 954.7 m · 3,132 ft
- Prominence
- 300 m
- Grid reference
- NN 44480 67438
- Coordinates
- 56.77254, -4.54650
- County / area
- Highland/Perth and Kinross
- OS Landranger
- 42
- OS Explorer
- 385E 385W
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NN465717 (655 m)
About Sgor Gaibhre
Sgor Gaibhre sits deep in the Grampians near Loch Ossian, straddling the boundary between Highland and Perth and Kinross.
Its remoteness shapes the approach: walkers typically come in across Rannoch Moor from the west, or take the train to Corrour station.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Sgor Gaibhre (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 56.773, -4.546. 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
embedded rock 9m ESE of cairn is same height as cairn base.
The recorded summit point is cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 15-Dec-24
- Drop measured from
- NN465717 · 655 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 Sgor Gaibhre group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Sgor Gaibhre as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Sgor Choinnich | 929 m | 126 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sgor Choinnich | 928.6 m | 0.9 km |
| Carn Dearg | 941 m | 3 km |
| Beinn Pharlagain - Meall na Meoig | 867.3 m | 3.2 km |
| Meall Glas Choire | 924 m | 5.4 km |
| Beinn Eibhinn | 1103.3 m | 5.9 km |
| Mullach Coire nan Nead | 922 m | 6.1 km |