Scotland

Sgurr an Fhuarail

Munro TopSimmMurdo

2 classifications here — Simm and Murdo — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
987 m · 3,238 ft
Grid reference
NH 05446 13971
Coordinates
57.17526, -5.22008
County / area
Highland
OS Landranger
33
OS Explorer
414N 414S
Summit feature
large rock 6m N of cairn
Key col
NH051138 (916 m)

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 57.175, -5.220. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (987 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is large rock 6m N of cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level
Record revised
28-Oct-01
Drop measured from
NH051138 · 916 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

One place 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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Sgurr an Fhuarail
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Cluanie InnHotel/bed & breakfast/guest housePass5.1 km · SE

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.

Which hill this one belongs to

Sgurr an Fhuarail is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Aonach Meadhoin (1,001 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 916 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

PeakHeightDistance
Aonach Meadhoin1001 m0.6 km
Am Bathach798.1 m1.9 km
Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg1036 m2 km
Ciste Dhubh981.1 m2.7 km
Saileag956 m3.8 km
A' Chraileag1120 m4.1 km