Stob Choire Claurigh
4 classifications here — 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
- 1177 m · 3,862 ft
- Prominence
- 446 m
- Grid reference
- NN 26199 73869
- Coordinates
- 56.82379, -4.84962
- County / area
- Highland
- OS Landranger
- 41
- OS Explorer
- 392
- Summit feature
- cairn/shelter
- Key col
- NN211705 (731 m)
About Stob Choire Claurigh
Stob Choire Claurigh, in Gaelic Stob Coire Chlamhraidh, is the high point of the Grey Corries in Lochaber, about 16 km east of Fort William and not far from Ben Nevis. The traverse of the range has been described as one of the finest ridge walks on the Scottish mainland.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Stob Choire Claurigh (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
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 56.824, -4.850. 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/shelter. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit
- Record revised
- 28-Oct-01
- Drop measured from
- NN211705 · 731 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.
The Stob Choire Claurigh group
8 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Stob Choire Claurigh as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Stob Coire na Ceannain | 1,123 m | 59 m |
| Stob Coire an Laoigh | 1,116 m | 74 m |
| Caisteal | 1,106 m | 51 m |
| Stob a' Choire Leith | 1,105 m | 14 m |
| Stob Coire Cath na Sine | 1,082 m | 19 m |
| Stob Coire Easain | 1,080 m | 45 m |
| Beinn na Socaich | 1,007 m | 19 m |
| Stob Coire Gaibhre | 958 m | 34 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stob a' Choire Leith | 1105 m | 0.6 km |
| Stob Coire na Ceannain | 1123 m | 0.9 km |
| Stob Coire Cath na Sine | 1082.4 m | 1.3 km |
| Stob Ban | 977 m | 1.6 km |
| Caisteal | 1106 m | 1.8 km |
| Stob Coire Gaibhre | 958 m | 1.8 km |