Beinn Sgritheall

Beinn Sgritheall has one of the finest situations of any of the Munros, towering above the tiny village of Arnisdale on Loch Huorn. Its ascent is unrelentingly steep but the views from the summit are amongst the finest in Scotland.

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Region: Kintail

Altitude: 974 metres

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Routes and maps

Beinn Sgritheall from Arnisdale

Other routes and challenges

Less steep approaches are possible, but these are much longer. One option is to head up into Coire Min before heading for the bealach between the summit and point 906m. Another, finer one is to tackle the NE ridge, which provides a dramatic walk with no scrambling involved.

Open summit panorama
Beinn Sgritheall



Users' walk reports for Beinn Sgritheall

There are 5445 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Beinn Sgritheall. They have contributed 75 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report AuthorDate walked LikesHills
  21/3/13  44 M4C6
  20/6/15  29 M1
  26/3/17  24 M1
  22/8/15  23 M9C1S1
  18/11/18  17 M1C2F1S1
  1/8/26  15 M1
  21/6/25  11 M1
  30/7/24  10 M1C2F1
  8/4/13  10 M1
  6/3/13  10 M1
  17/2/13  10 M1
  18/1/26  9 M1
  28/5/24  9 M1
  1/9/22  9 M1
  5/3/22  9 M1C2F2
  4/2/18  9 M1
  24/6/11  9 M1C2F1
  11/5/26  8 M1
  14/3/15  8 M1C3
  25/8/12  8 M1
  15/11/11  8 M1C1
  26/5/17  7 M1
  24/2/13  7 M1
  9/6/24  6 M1
  14/7/19  6 M1
  17/10/14  6 M1F1
  30/5/25  5 M1
  22/4/24  5 M1
  7/6/23  5 M1
  24/9/18  5 M1C2
  29/10/16  5 M1
  2/8/14  5 M1
  26/7/13  5 M1
  27/5/24  4 M1
  2/5/24  4 M1
  15/10/20  4 M1
  14/6/15  4 M1
  24/5/14  4 M1
  17/10/13  4 M1
  8/8/12  4 M1
  18/10/11  4 M1
  13/6/10  4 M1C1
  19/9/22  3 M1
  25/9/20  3 M1
  9/6/16  3 M1C2
  22/9/13  3 M7
  10/5/09  3 M1
  11/5/24  2 M1
  18/7/23  2 M1
  15/10/21  2 M1
  19/4/18  2 M1
  12/1/14  2 M1
  11/3/13  2 M1
  2/8/11  2 M1
  23/6/11  2 M1
  26/7/23  1 M1
  11/4/18  1 M1
  9/9/12  1 M1
  27/5/12  1 M1
  6/5/09  1 M1
  28/8/18  0 M1
  4/8/18  0 M1
  19/7/18  0 M1
  9/7/18  0 M1
  29/12/17  0 M1
  21/5/17  0 M1
  25/3/16  0 M1
  20/6/15  0 M1
  24/8/14  0 M1
  18/1/14  0 M1
  19/11/11  0 M1
  22/7/11  0 M1C2
  28/8/10  0 M1
  11/7/09  0 M1
  15/6/89  0 M1

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