Sgùrr Fhuar-thuill

Sgùrr Fhuar-thuill is a 1 049-metre Munro in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It stands in the Strathfarrar Forest, about forty kilometres west of Inverness. The mountain’s Gaelic name means ‘peak of the cold loch’ or ‘peak of the cold hollow’. Its summit ridge runs roughly east–west across a broad, grassy plateau. Two subsidiary tops, Creag Ghorm a’ Bhealaich and Sgùrr na Fearstaig, lie on the same ridge but are classed only as Munro Tops. The mountain is one of four Munros in a remote chain that stretches between Glen Strathfarrar to the south and Glen Orrin to the north. Its steep, rocky northern face drops to the shores of Loch an Fhuar-thuill Mhòir. Three small lochans nestle in the high corries on its northern side. The southern flanks enclose the wide hollow of Toll a’ Mhuic, which holds Loch Toll a’ Mhuic. Walkers usually reach the summit from the private road in Glen Strathfarrar. The route follows the River Farrar upstream, then turns into Allt Toll a’ Mhuic before climbing the southern slopes of Sgùrr na Fearstaig. From the col between that top and Sgùrr Fhuar-thuill the final ridge leads to the summit. Many climbers combine it with the other three Munros in a circuit that starts at Sgùrr na Ruaidhe.