Sgurr Fhuaran
5 classifications here — Trail 100, 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
- 1068.8 m · 3,507 ft
- Prominence
- 665 m
- Grid reference
- NG 97852 16667
- Coordinates
- 57.19615, -5.34765
- County / area
- Highland
- Region
- Loch Duich to Cannich
- OS Landranger
- 33
- OS Explorer
- 414N 414S
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NH076161 (404 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 57.196, -5.348. 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 cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 13-Dec-17
- Drop measured from
- NH076161 · 404 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
2 waymarked long-distance routes run 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 | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Wrath Trail (Fort William → Invergarry → Morvich) | 107 km | 2.1 km |
| Affric Kintail Way | 75 km | 2.1 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
The Sgurr Fhuaran group
2 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Sgurr Fhuaran as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Sgurr na Carnach | 1,002 m | 134 m |
| Sgurr nan Saighead | 929 m | 108 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sgurr na Carnach | 1002 m | 0.8 km |
| Sgurr nan Saighead | 929 m | 1.2 km |
| Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe | 1027 m | 1.8 km |
| Sgurr nan Spainteach | 990 m | 2.1 km |
| Biod an Fhithich | 645.9 m | 3.4 km |
| Meall an Fhuarain Mhoir | 954.9 m | 3.6 km |