The Scottish Munro's

The Munro's

there are 284
Munro's in Scotland

these are mountains
over 3000 feet.

the Munro's are famous the world over, although small in height in global mountain terms, most are well worth a day out

The latest revision was in 1997 see below

The exact nature of the height measuring system is open to debate with the height drop between them and neighbouring hills always being controversial.
Sir Hugh made his original list on the belief that each Munro was a separate mountain.
The controversy being - What is a separate mountain? or just a subsidiary top?

The Munros have survived metrication with the "magic" number being 914.4 metres.
The number of mountain in England and Wales that reach this height is 18,
however some would only be classed as subsidiary tops.

the controversy : how many Munro's should there be ?
shortly after the original list was published the OS revised the maps and the controversy over number of Munro's began. Munro began a revised list but died in 1919 before completion.
Since then the list has been regularly updated as measuring techniques change

as stated above the current list was published in 1997, it included 8 additions and 1 demotion.
the previous revision was in 1981 with over 11 changes.

a complete list of all the Munro's
Munro Tables

a list of the
1997 changes

when Sir Hugh published his original list, it contained 283 Mountains and other peaks that did not "qualify" as they did not have enough re-assent these were classed as "tops"
the total number of Munro's and tops was 530 on the original list)

below is a brief sample of some Munro's in pictures
showing a few of the hundred odd that I have so far managed

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the ridge between
Conival
3238 feet
&
Ben More Assynt
3274 feet
The far North

the two Munro's in "the great wilderness"
Ruadh Stac Mor & A'Mhaighdean
are generally accepted as the two most remote Munro's

right the view from the summit
of A'Mhaighdean

Buachaille Etive Mor, 3353 feet, Glencoe.
this was the first Munro that I climbed, it was during a Wellingborough Mountaineering Club winter meet, staying in Appin
by the end of the week, I had climbed six more

high on the
Cairngorm Plateau
around 4000 feet above sea level

with over 15 Munro's
within reach

Schiehallion 3553 feet
is a pleasant Munro to climb with a easy summit ridge

when pronounced properly
is this the Munro with the best name ?

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Forcan Ridge on
The Saddle,
3314 feet
Glen Sheil

the Summit of Ben Hope
in Scotland's far north, a long way from any British city

yet it is one of the nearest Munro's to a road, with the ascent taking just two hours

traversing the
Aonach Eagach ridge

between the two Munro's of
Soggier nam Fiannaidh 3173 feet &
Meall Dearg 3127 feet

a late lunch break on
Sron a' Choire Ghairbh
3067 feet,
after already completing
Meall na Teanga 3008 feet

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Skye main Ridge, the nearest of the eleven Munros is Sgurr nan Eag 3037 feet. the highest is Sgurr Alasdair at 3258 feet the ridge is Six miles long, with 10,000 feet of Ascent and is a walk graded as a "Very Difficult" rock climb	Munro's in the Islands are situated on two Islands Skye & Mull on Skye is both the Cullin Ridge and Bla Blaven on Mull there is just one Ben More
	the view from Gas-bhein, The small hills on the Island of Soay rise above the clouds picture taken about 8pm having just finished the ridge, and all 11 Munros
	the Inaccessible Pinnacle, at 3235 Feet, is often thought as the hardest Munro to ascend for the non climber
	Bla Blaven also on Skye at 3045 feet