There are in total 282 Munros across Scotland. There are also 227 Munro Tops, which are lesser peaks, which are also over 3,000 feet but are lower than the nearby primary mountain, bringing the total number of summits over 3000 ft listed by the Scottish Mountaineering Club to 509.

Hamish Brown is known for being being the first person to walk all the Munros in a single trip with only ferries and a bicycle as means of transport, starting a trend of attempting what is now known as a continuous round. The mountain is located in Perth and Kinross 10 miles northwest of Aberfeldy, not far from the lochs of Tay, Rannoch, and Tummel. For the map, you don’t need to look any further than Ordnance Survey. OS Maps have been going for decades and they’ve perfected making maps that are easy to read and ultra-detailed, plus you can get waterproof maps that are ideal for Scotland’s wet weather. This is, without doubt, the remotest Munro I’ve included in this article as it’s located in the far-northern county of Sutherland and is, in fact, the most northerly mountain on the British mainland. Climbing mountains is an inherently risky hobby and while some Munros are easier to bag than others the fact is there’s no ‘easy’ Munro.What makes a mountain great? Is it the difficulty to climb it? The views from the summit? The wildlife that lives on it? I have to say this is one of my favourite regions of Scotland, with a wild and dramatic coastline, countless picturesque lochs, and a beautiful landscape that’s a haven for wildlife. This is a list of Munro mountains and Munro Tops in Scotland by height. Munros are defined as Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet (914.4m) in height, and which are on the Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") official list of Munros. [b] [1] [2] In addition, the SMC define Munro Tops, as Scottish peaks above 3,000 feet (914.4m) that are not considered Munros. [1] Where the SMC lists a Munro Top, due to "insufficient separation", it will also list the "Parent Peak", a Munro, of the Munro Top. [c] [3] As of 6 September 2012, there were 282 Scottish Munros after the SMC confirmed that Beinn a' Chlaidheimh had been downgraded to a Corbett and as of 10 December 2020, there were 226 Scottish Munro Tops after Stob Coire na Cloiche, a Munro Top to Parent Peak Sgùrr nan Ceathramhnan, was surveyed at 912.5m and was deleted as a Munro Top and downgraded to a Corbett Top. [4] The current SMC list totals 508 summits. [5] The list has grown and shrunk over the years - in 1984 it was 277, in 1997 it grew to 284 and in September 2009 it returned to 283 after Sgurr nan Ceannaichean was re-measured and found to miss the magic height by 1 metre. Alan Dawson. "Surveying Report 2014". The Relative Hills of Britain (rhb.org.uk). Creag Toll a'Choin was never officially a twin but turned out to be 0.35m higher than Maoile Lunndaidh. This was a surprise, as some OS maps show Maoile Lunndaidh to be 2m higher, so a second survey was carried out to confirm the finding.

Munro published his findings in the Scottish Mountaineering Club journal in 1891 with a set of tables that detailed 538 summits over 3,000 feet. Of these, 282 were classified as separate mountains, and it’s these that we refer to today as ‘Munros’.

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The Munro Society: This is another club for Munro baggers, although The Munro Society aims to serve compleationists rather than people that are still working towards finishing their first round. The society aims to act as a social network as well as provide mountain surveys and environmental reports on Scotland’s changing mountain scenery.

Buachaille Etive Mór in Glencoe is one of the most recognisable mountains in Scotland – you’ve probably seen it on postcards and calendars – and more than 30,000 people try to climb it every year. This beautiful ridge is only a short drive from Glasgow and is home to two Munros: Stob Dearg and Stob na Broige. The youngest person to complete a round is believed to be Ben Fleetwood who climbed the final Munro of his round at the age of just 10 years and 3 months on the 30th August 2011.

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There’s no such thing as an easy Munro – that would take the fun out of it. But every Munro-bagger has to start somewhere, and these climbs are less arduous than others … At the top you’ll find a cairn and a stone wind shelter where you can soak up the gorgeous views across Sutherland, before returning to the car park on the same route as used for the ascent. Cairn Gorm Climbing Scotland’s Munros doesn’t have to be a massive undertaking and it’s worth bearing in mind that many peaks are quite accessible. That being said, no Munro could ever be described as easy but it’s certainly true that some are easier than others. There are also gradings for mountains under 3,000 feet, all of which were surveyed and published through the Scottish Mountaineering Club. These are:

Harold Street Munros Lists of GPS waypoints + Grid References for walking in UK mountains and hills in various GPS file formats. Ben Macdui is the second highest peak in Britain, behind Ben Nevis. Macdui sits in the centre of a vast wilderness in Mar Lodge Estate, and the remote hike from the Linn of Dee up to the summit (avoiding the ski slopes on the Cairngorm) is 18 miles long. If you want to extend the route there’s a path from Ben Vorlich to Stuc a’Chroin that’s relatively straightforward apart from the last section which involves a steep scramble to the summit. The mountains in Scotland over 3,000 feet (914.4 metres) in height are called the Munros. Named after Hugh Munro, who was the first person to compile a list of them in 1891. Originally there were 283 Munros. The list has grown and shrunk over the years – currently totaling at 282 Munros.

Map of mountains in Scotland over 3,000ft

This map is a great gift for a walking/climbing enthusiast whether they have never climbed a Munro or are on their second or third round! This is an inspiring map designed with the Munro Bagger in mind aiming to fuel their enthusiasm encouraging them to climb as many as they can! The SMC recognises six peaks in England, fifteen in Wales and thirteen in Ireland that would be Munros or Munro Tops if they were in Scotland. These are referred to asFurth Munros, i.e. the Munros furth of Scotland. Munros Safety Ben More sits on the western side of the island more-or-less in the middle, and as it’s the highest mountain in the Inner Hebrides it dominates the landscape for miles in every direction. It’s impossible not to have heard of Ben Nevis. As children we’re taught it’s the highest mountain in Britain and as adults who love the great outdoors we aspire to climb it one day.