Sgùrr nan Coireachan

Sgùrr nan Coireachan stands in the remote Highland massif between Loch Arkaig, Loch Morar and Loch Shiel, about eight kilometres north-east of Glenfinnan. The mountain reaches 956 m and is classed as a Munro and Marilyn. Its Gaelic name means ‘rocky peak of the corries’. The massif forms a horseshoe ridge that encloses two large corries, Coire Thollaidh and Coire a’ Bheithe. The summit is marked by a trig point and is the second-highest point of the massif. The mountain is famous for the night of 18–19 July 1746 when Charles Edward Stuart crossed the ridge during his flight after the Jacobite defeat at Culloden. Local guides led the prince’s party, yet hunters or shepherds must have reached the top long before. The usual route starts at the Glenfinnan Monument car park and follows the valley past Corryhully bothy to the south-east ridge. Visitors climb the south-east ridge past Sgùrr a’ Choire Riabhaich to the summit trig point. Many walkers combine this with the nearby Munro Sgùrr Thuilm by continuing along the main ridge. The return can be made over Sgùrr Thuilm’s south ridge back to Corryhully. From the north the mountain is reached via the north-east ridge of Meall an Tàrmachain and the main ridge from Strathan at the end of the single-track road west of Loch Arkaig.