Sgurr a' Chaorachain

About Sgurr a' Chaorachain

Sgurr a' Chaorachain, given in Gaelic as Sgurr a' Chaorthachain, reaches 1,053 m in the Northwest Highlands. It is a remote summit, lying near Glen Carron at the head of Loch Monar.

Its listings run to Munro, Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Murdo. A second, lower hill of the same name stands elsewhere in the region, so this one is generally identified by its Munro status.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Sgùrr a' Chaorachain (Munro) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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Computed astronomically for 57.452, -5.189. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

The Sgurr a' Chaorachain group

2 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Sgurr a' Chaorachain as the independent hill at its head.

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