The Munros - your complete guide

The Munros are the mountains in Scotland over 3000 feet high.

They were first listed by Sir Hugh Munro (1856 - 1919) in his 'Munros Tables', published in the Journal of the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) in 1891. Sir Hugh divided the summits into 283 seperate mountains (now known as the Munros), whilst 255 further summits over 3000 feet were considered to be only subsidiary 'Tops'. His list caused quite a stir at the time, as it had previously been thought that there were only around 30 mountains of that height.

Sir Hugh never managed to complete the ascent of all the summits on his list, and it was left to the Revd A E Robertson to complete the first round of the Munros in 1901. Since then, attempting to ascend all the peaks ('Munro-bagging') has become a popular pursuit among British walkers and mountaineers.

Sir Hugh had been planning to revise his list of Munros, and after his death the SMC took over the job of keeping the list upto date. The first revised edition was publised in 1921, and several further changes were made - the most recent revision being in 1997. There are currently 284 Munros and 227 Tops.

The links below access an alphabetical list of Munros. Where the mountain is ascended on one of the Walkhighlands routes, it's name links to the route. Each route on the site has a Gaelic pronunciation podcast, an Ordnance Survey map, GPS waypoints in GPX and Memory Map format, photos and a detailed description. You can also add your own experiences and photos.