what area should be described as
"the far north" ?
certainly its a romantic sounding name.

I suppose
you could use the road from Ullapool to Inverness
but that would put Ben Wyvis in, and An Tallach out !

BUT
Ben Wyvis is a lot further south than Ullapool

If you use a grid line
then its almost certain to cut across a mountain range.

So I will stick
to Sutherland and Easter Ross and the main land to it's north

to make the web site navigation easier
the following will have their own pages
An Teallach (not yet online - but one pic below)
"the Great Wilderness"
the Fannichs
the "Ullapool hills" (Beinn Dearg, Am Faochagach, etc)

Ben Hope   ~   3041 feet
the most northern of the Munro's.

above Ben Hope from Tongue

In Scotland's far north, a long way from any British city, yet one of the nearest Munro's to a road, with the ascent taking just two hours.

the view from the summit

An Teallach

lower slopes before snow and bad weather forced an abandonment of the ridge

the ridge between
Conival
3238 feet

&

Ben More Assynt
3274 feet

when other peaks are out of condition try
Sail Mhor
from
Little Loch Broom,
O/S map: 19 ref: 053 896

they were taken just a few minutes apart

the camp site at Ardmair,
just North of Ullapool
and is a good base for many mountains on this site

if you are going further north still
try the even better camp site at Scourie

or as it is often called Stac Polly
is one of the best known but smallest mountains in Scotland

It is situated in the Inverpolly National Nature Reserve and rises just over 2000 feet

the pictures below of the scramble on the ridge shows just how good it is even on a very wet day

You do not need to reach a summit to have a good day out, there are many "wilderness" walks in Scotland, that give a excellent day out.  Indeed many parts of Northern Scotland are the only real wilderness areas we have left in Britain.

I have chosen to mention two walks.   The first one I have completed, the second I have not yet tried, but can not wait until I get a chance to. I will describe the statistics in the meantime.

(1)  Cape Wrath coastal walk   ~  Oldsmore to Cape Wrath (16 miles) then Cape Wrath to Kearvaig Bay (4 miles)
the route passes such landscapes as Sandwood Bay, and Am Buachaille sea stack.  It also is a ferry journey and a hitch hike back to your car, and involves a night in a bivvy or Bothy (unless you are supper fit).  The day I tried it it rained and we did not start to mid afternoon, hence it was very late, and very wet by the time we reached the Bothy.
pictures of this walk

(2) A Scottish coast to coast  ~   With a difference  ~  in one day !!!
I want to walk from Inverlael (182 853) to Ardgay (590 892) along the route in Richard Gilbert's book "Exploring The Far North West Of Scotland"  its a distance of 33 miles and on O/S sheets 20 & 21, with logistics also being a headache is such a remote area.

the islands around Orkney and Shetland
are obviously
further north still

Hoy