Scotland · Cairngorms National Park

West Meur Gorm Craig

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
1023.1 m · 3,357 ft
Grid reference
NJ 15343 03661
Coordinates
57.11614, -3.39960
County / area
Moray
OS Landranger
36
OS Explorer
OL58S 404S
Summit feature
tor
Key col
NJ 1504 0304 (981.8 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 57.116, -3.400. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

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Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

ground 60m SE is lower.

The recorded summit point is tor. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level/Leica RX1250
Record revised
24-Dec-20
Drop measured from
NJ 1504 0304 · 981.8 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

West Meur Gorm Craig is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Ben Avon - Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe (1,172 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 982 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
East Meur Gorm Craig 935.3 m 0.8 km
Ben Avon - Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe 1172 m 2.8 km
Stob an t-Sluichd 1106.7 m 4.2 km
Cnap a' Chleirich 1172.6 m 5.3 km
Carn Eas 1087.9 m 5.4 km
Creag an Dail Bheag 863 m 5.5 km