Sgurr Choinnich

About Sgurr Choinnich

Sgùrr Choinnich lies in the Achnashellach Forest area, between Glen Carron and Loch Monar. Its slopes are mostly steep and grassy, rising to a narrow east–west summit ridge; crags line the northern side of that ridge above Coire Choinnich.

The view takes in the Coulin and Torridon peaks northwards, with the broad, empty country around Loch Monar to the south. The hill is often combined with Sgùrr a' Chaorachain to the east, the two being joined by a high bealach at the head of Coire Choinnich. Approaches generally begin near Craig in Glen Carron, with a track running up beside the Allt a' Chonais.

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

Access rights here

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 57.451, -5.208. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

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/Leica RX1250

Record revised

15-May-18

Drop measured from

NH 0817 4460 · 866 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.

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.

Which hill this one belongs to

Sgurr Choinnich is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Sgurr a' Chaorachain (1,053 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 866 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