The challenge that started it all in 1891! Includes mountains in Scotland at least 3,000 ft / 914.4 m high that satisfy the subjective measure of being "separate" mountains. Possibly the oldest peak challenge in existence, it was originally compiled by Sir Hugh Munro in 1891 and since then has occasionally been modified by the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC). Special thanks to peakery member Mark Trengove for help with this challenge.
Highest peak
Ben Nevis
4,411 ft / 1,344 m
Most prominent peak
Ben Nevis
4,411 ft / 1,344 m prom
Most summited peak
Ben Nevis
155 summits
Most difficult peak
Ben Starav
Class 2
Difficulty breakdown
Class 1/2 1 peak
Class 3/4 3 peaks
Class 5+ 1 peak
Highlights
Latest summits
"Traverse of the Five Sisters Ridge, from the Glenshiel battlefield car park at NH 00907 13524. Steep climb of 550m to Bealach an Lapain, then rough ridge walking over Beinn Odhar, Sgurr nan Spainteach, Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe, Sgurr na Carnach and Sgurr Fuaran. Then followed the main path around and down to Ault a'Chruinn by the stalkers' path. Misty at first, clearing to bright sunshine later. Windless. Attacked by midges, flying ants and keds! Solo." — marktrengove2 • Aug 30, 2021
"Traverse of the Five Sisters Ridge, from the Glenshiel battlefield car park at NH 00907 13524. Steep climb of 550m to Bealach an Lapain, then rough ridge walking over Beinn Odhar, Sgurr nan Spainteach, Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe, Sgurr na Carnach and Sgurr Fuaran. Then followed the main path around and down to Ault a'Chruinn by the stalkers' path. Misty at first, clearing to bright sunshine later. Windless. Attacked by midges, flying ants and keds! Solo." — marktrengove2 • Aug 30, 2021
"Traverse of the Five Sisters Ridge, from the Glenshiel battlefield car park at NH 00907 13524. Steep climb of 550m to Bealach an Lapain, then rough ridge walking over Beinn Odhar, Sgurr nan Spainteach, Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe, Sgurr na Carnach and Sgurr Fuaran. Then followed the main path around and down to Ault a'Chruinn by the stalkers' path. Misty at first, clearing to bright sunshine later. Windless. Attacked by midges, flying ants and keds! Solo." — marktrengove2 • Aug 30, 2021
"From lay-by 87, using the stony track up past the small quarry to the cairn 879m on A' Bhuidheanach. Then a steep descent to a burn and up onto the plateau and trig point. Returned much the same way, avoiding the steep re-ascent of A' Bhuidheanach by a path skirting its east flank. Solo. Thin high cloud obscuring the sun most of the time. Light westerly wind, no rain." — marktrengove2 • Jul 18, 2021
"Summits today:
STOB A’ GHLAS CHOIRE 995m Munro Top
CREISE 1099m Munro
MAM COIRE EASAIN 1079m Deleted Munro Top
CLACH LEATHAD 1099m Munro Top
MEALL A’ BHUIRIDH 1107m Munro
CREAG DHUBH 746m Subsimm
Start 1050 + Finish 1710 = 6h20, 13km, 1220m ascent
Followed route 26 in Andrew Dempster’s “Classic Mountain Scrambles in Scotland”. Cicerone guide “Scotland’s Mountain Ridges” by Dan Bailey also refers. Began from the Glen Etive road, from where Sron na Creise and Buachaille Etive Mor appear as mirror image pyramidical twins. Warm, dry conditions today and with water levels low, I boulder hopped the river Etive near my parking spot (limited space).
Took a beeline over moorland to a small grey patch of rock at the base of the Sron na Creise ridge. The lower section was grassy with a couple of rocky bands I took direct, then a grassy green ramp (visible from the road) sloping up left got me to the distinctive house sized boulder, from where I contoured left on a climbers path to the other side of the large scree gulley filled with reddish rock. The main scramble came next, directly up a buttress of rough slabs.
Beyond Stob a’ Ghlas Choire the route becomes a fine high le..." — davidb • Jul 1, 2021