Scottish Mountain Areas

The area covering Loch Lomond to Loch Tay is situated in the southern edge of the Highlands. The area is bounded on the South by the extensive flat plain of Central Scotland through which flow the River Forth and its tributaries.

To the north the headwaters of the River Tay in Strath Fillan and Glen Dochart, together with Loch Tay, form the boundary, which continues south-east along the River Tay to Perth. In the west the area of this section extends almost to the western sea board near Loch Fyne and Loch Awe.

Loch Tay to Loch Rannoch stretches from the very recognisable Beinn Dorain on the east which rises over Bridge of Orchy to the ever popular mountain and highland favorite Schiehallion that is on the north-eastern end.

Much of the area is dominated by the Ben Lawers mountian range which rises to the north of Loch Tay.

There is also the quieter less frequented regions of Glen Lochay & Glen Lyon which contain many munros.

At the south-western corner of this area, Ben Cruachan and its two neighbours, Beinn Eunaich and Beinn a' Chochuill rise above the lower reaches of the Strath of Orchy and the Pass of Brander. Ben Cruachan, with its many peaks connected by high ridges, is one of the finest munro in the south-west highlands.

This section includes some of the highest and finest mountains in Scotland, most notably Ben Nevis, the highest of them all. In the south-west corner of the area, between Loch Leven and Glen Nevis, is the long ridge of the Mamores.

The hills on either side of the A9 road where it crosses the Drumochter Pass form a small group of relatively low and featureless Munros lying midway between the great ranges of Lochaber to the west and the Mounth and Cairngorms to the east and north-east. The better half of this group is on the west side of the road, where Sgairneach Mhor and A'Mharconaich are prominent hills with some steep corries.

The area of this section of Munro's Tables may be described as the south-western half of the Mounth. It is bounded on the west by the Minigaig Pass, an historic right of way between Blair Atholl and Glen Tromie, and on the east by the A93 road from Glen Shee to Braemar. The northern boundary is the line of the River Dee westwards from Braemar up Glen Geldie to the head of Glen Feshie. Another important feature of this area is Glen Tilt, which carves a deep trench through the heart of the mountains and is also the line of an historic right of way.

The area included in this section of Munro's Tables includes much of the eastern part of the Mounth, and for the most part it is a vast high plateau from which many of the mountains rise as rounded domes. The finest impression of this area is from Deeside to the north. From many points between Aboyne and Ballater, Lochnagar is seen rising to its full height above the valley, and from further up the River Dee at Invercauld Bridge the plateau of the White Mounth appears far above the pinewoods of Ballochbuie Forest.

The Cairngorms was made a National Park in September 2003 because it is a unique and special place that needs to be cared for - both for the wildlife and countryside it contains and for the people that live in it, manage it and visit it. It is Britain's largest national Park.

The Cairngorms National Park has the largest area of arctic mountain landscape in the UK at its heart, with diverse communities around it. It is home to 16,000 people and 25% of Britain's threatened birds, animals, and plants. It includes moorlands, forests, rivers, lochs and glens.

This is a significantly large area of high ground, and yet it is one which is relatively featureless. The limits of the area are the Corrieyairack Pass and Spey Valley in the south, and the Great Glen and the A9 to the west and east respectively.

It would be feasible to walk over all the Monadh Liath Munros in one long day, but as many of the routes traverse peat hag, this feat should be reserved for a period of deep drought.

This area to the West of the Great Glen is one of the wildest and most mountainous in the Highlands. Its most distinctive feature is the succession of glens and lochs, (both sea-lochs and inland) aligned from east to west, between which the mountains form long ranges, nowhere better seen than on the south and north sides of Glen Shiel.

Near the southern edge of this area, Gulvain is a lone mountain to the north of Loch Eil, and to its west Sgurr Thuilm and Sgurr nan Coireachan stand at the head of Glen Finnan.

The rough peaks of Knoydart give way to the less wild and rocky, but no less steep peaks of Kintail, and further north in Glen Affric the character of the mountains is very different, many of them being higher and more expansive, with broad ridges and relatively gentle slopes.

This section includes the chain of mountains between Glen Cannich and Glen Strathfarrar which goes from Carn nan Gobhar in the east over the high summits of Sgurr na Lapaich and An Riabhachan to An Socach in the west.

The character of the West Coast mountains suddenly changes from high highland ridges to a much more rugged character. Dark red Torridonian sandstone now dominates the area.
The Toridonian triptych of (Tom na Gruagaich and Sgurr Mhor) Benn Alligin, (Mullach an Rathain and Spidean'a Choire Leith) Laithach and Benn Eighe is regarded as one of the fines mountain ranges in scotland.

The country between Loch Maree and Loch Broom is one of the finest wilderness areas in the Highlands.

This is the land of the Letterewe and Fisherfield forests, a land of mountains and lochs but almost totally devoid of human habitation. It is an area highly prized by mountaineers and walkers, for the mountains at its heart are among the most remote in Scotland, and those who penetrate into this wild land should do so with respect for one of the finest unspoiled landscapes in the Highlands.

The seven mountains in this section lie to the north of the A835 road from Garve to Ullapool, and all are accessible from that road, though in the case of Seana Bhraigh the distance to be walked is very long.

The area covering Coigach to Cape Wrath is situated on the northwestern tip of the Highlands.

This area has the most northerly of the 3000ft mountains of Britain and it rises above Loch Hope.

Scotland has over 790 offshore islands, the islands of Mull and Skye are the only two islands that have munros on them.

The Isle of Skye

The Isle of Skye, commonly known as Skye, is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. In Scottish Gaelic it is commonly referred to as An t-Eilean Sgithanach ("The Winged Isle").

The island has some of the most dramatic and challenging mountain terrain in Scotland, including the Cuillin.

The Isle of Mull