Sgùrr Choinnich Mòr

Sgùrr Choinnich Mòr stands on Scotland’s west coast in the Highland council area, east of Fort William. It is part of the Grey Corries range, a chain of pale quartzite peaks that stretches east from the Nevis Range. The mountain’s Gaelic name means ‘great rocky peak of the moss’, and its sharp summit forms the western end of the main ridge. At 1 094 metres it is the third-highest Munro in the Grey Corries. The ridge links north-east to the 1 080-metre Stob Coire Easain and south-east to the 963-metre Sgùrr Choinnich Beag. Two high bealachs, one at 730 metres and another at 930 metres, separate the mountain from its neighbours. The final pyramid of rock rises steeply above Coire an Easain on the north-west side and above a small boulder-filled corrie on the south-east. Walkers usually start from Coirechoille farm near Spean Bridge. The route follows the main ridge past Stob Choire Claurigh to reach the summit. An alternative uses Beinn na Socaich to the north before joining the ridge at Stob Coire Easain. From Glen Nevis the mountain can also be climbed via its southern flank, passing the smaller Sgùrr Choinnich Beag along the way.