Scotland

Sgurr Ban

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
970 m · 3,182 ft
Grid reference
NG 97459 60008
Coordinates
57.58463, -5.38987
County / area
Highland
OS Landranger
19
OS Explorer
433
Summit feature
outcrop 25m W of cairn
Key col
NG969597 (905 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 57.585, -5.390. 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 outcrop 25m W of cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level
Record revised
10-Nov-12
Drop measured from
NG969597 · 905 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.

Which hill this one belongs to

Sgurr Ban is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach (993 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 905 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
Sgurr nan Fhir Duibhe 963 m 0.7 km
Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach 993 m 0.9 km
Ruadh-stac Beag 896 m 1.3 km
Beinn Eighe - Ruadh-stac Mor 1010 m 2.6 km
Coinneach Mhor 976 m 3 km
Meall a' Ghiuthais 887 m 3.4 km