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Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis), the highest mountain in Scotland and the United Kingdom [1] at 4,413 feet (1,345 m), is in the Highland region at the western end of the Grampian Mountains. A Scottish mountain over 3,000 feet (910 m) is referred to as a Munro, of which there are 282. As of 2019, hundreds of thousands of people visit mountains in ...
This is a list of the 100 highest mountains in Scotland by elevation. List of 100 highest mountains in Scotland ...
226 Scottish Munro Tops This is a list of Munro mountains and Munro Tops in Scotland by height . Munros are defined as Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet (914.4 m) in height, and which are on the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") official list of Munros.
Ben Nevis is the highest Munro and highest mountain in Britain. A Munro (listen ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Rothach [1]) is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over 3,000 feet (914.4 m), and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement.
Martin Moran (19 February 1955 – 26 May 2019) was a British climber, mountain guide and author. In 1985, he became the first person to climb all the Munros (mountains in Scotland over 3000 ft (914.4m) in height) during a single winter excursion.
The Cuillin (Scottish Gaelic: An Cuiltheann) [2] is a range of mostly jagged rocky mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The main Cuillin ridge is also called the Black Cuillin [3] to distinguish it from the Red Cuillin (na Beanntan Dearga), which lie to the east of Glen Sligachan. [4]
A Munro mountain, Schiehallion is popular with walkers due to its accessibility, ease of ascent and views from its summit. An estimated 17,500 to 20,000 walkers made the ascent in 2000. [ 9 ] Most walkers start from the Forestry and Land Scotland car park at Brae of Foss, which lies just outside the boundary of the John Muir Trust estate.
Grahams are defined as Scottish hills between 600 and 762 metres in height, with a minimum prominence, or drop, of 150 metres. The final list of Grahams, with this definition, was published by Alan Dawson in 2022 in the booklet Ten Tables of Grahams: The Official List [1] and in the book Tales from the Grahams: 231 medium-sized hills of ...