The following list of Munros to bag in Scotland is ideal for anyone starting their first round or perhaps anyone who just wants to climb a single Munro to say they’ve done it. However, you should have a few basics under your belt before setting off which include map reading skills and a moderate level of fitness. Murdos are Scottish hills over 3,000ft with a minimum drop of 30 metres on all sides - all Munros are Murdos, but not all Munro Tops are Murdos. There are 442 Murdos. Of course, you don’t have to climb every single Munro and if you’re anything like me you’ll have an amazing time just reaching the summit when and wherever you can. You’ll get to see places of extraordinary beauty that you would never otherwise see, you’ll have unforgettable encounters with wildlife, and you’ll get immense personal satisfaction from pushing yourself harder than you ever thought you were capable of. Where Are the Munros in Scotland? Hill Lists: Munros and Munro Tops". Scottish Mountaineering Club. The current Munro list contains 282 peaks. The SMC maintains the list of Munros. In recent times the list has only been altered to reflect updates to nationally recognised topographic data (i.e. data recognised and adopted by the Ordnance Survey). We record all such changes as hill news. Munro Tops are the list of distinct Scottish peaks of 3000ft and over, that fail to meet the criteria of "sufficient separation" from their neighbouring peaks (see above). There are currently 226 Munro Tops.

Ben Hope (Beinn Hòb)". Hill Bagging – the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH). 2019 . Retrieved 19 June 2019. Beinn Eighe (Spidean Coire nan Clach)". Hill Bagging – the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH). 2019 . Retrieved 19 June 2019. The Scottish Mountaineering Club maintains a list of walkers who have reported completing the Munros. As of 9October2023 [update], there are 7,581 names on the list. [60] (The club uses the spelling compleater for someone who has completed the Munros.) [ citation needed] To get started try searching using one of the options to the right. You can also choose to view a directory of the all the Munros, Corbetts, Grahams or similar mountains in England & Wales.

A Munro ( listen ⓘ) is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over 3,000 feet (914.4m), and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis), the highest mountain in the British Isles at 4,411ft (1,345 m). The Mamores ridge is one of the finest mountain ranges in Scotland, with 10 Munros linked by ridges and crests. Fit hillwalkers and hill-runners will find this a terrific Munro-bagging challenge. Drummond, Peter; Ian Mitchell (1993). The First Munroist – the Reverend A E Robertson. Ernest Press.

It takes around 4 hours to complete both routes but whichever you take you can be assured of amazing views along the way. One tip I have is to take binoculars with you as there’s every chance you’ll get to see Britain’s biggest bird, the white-tailed sea eagle, soaring overhead. Ben NevisMunro researched and produced a set of tables that were published in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal in September 1891. The tables listed 538 summits over 3,000 feet, 282 of which were regarded as "separate mountains". The term Munro applies to separate mountains, while the lesser summits are known as Munro Tops. Munro did not set any measure of topographic prominence by which a peak qualified as a separate mountain, so there has been much debate about how distinct two hills must be if they are to be counted as two separate Munros. Munros". Scottish Mountaineering Club. 2018. The list of distinct Scottish peaks of 3,000ft (910m) and over, of "sufficient separation" from their neighbouring peaks. The list that was originally drawn up by Sir H.T. Munro in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal in 1891 was unfinished at the time of his death. Munro did not write down a precise definition of what he meant by "sufficient separation", though the character of a mountain did enter into it. Through regular use these hills have become known as the Munros. of the 282 Scottish Munros have an official OSI prominence above 30 m, except Maoile Lunndaidh, who was found in a 2014 survey to be lower than nearby Creag Toll a' Choin. [6] Thus, Maoile Lunndaidh had its prominence reduced from 400 m to just under 11 m, and the 400 m of prominence given to Creag Toll a' Choin. Note that Creag Toll a' Choin had previously been a Munro until later mapping favoured Maoile Lunndaidh. Munro Tops are summits that are over 3,000ft, but considered to be a subsidiary top of a nearby Munro. There are currently 227 Munro Tops. The Murdos, a list created by Alan Dawson to bring objectivity to the classification of subsidiary summits of Munros, are Scottish hills over 3,000ft with a minimum drop of 30 metres on all sides. All Munros are Murdos, but not all Munro Tops are Murdos. There are 442 Murdos. The first reported completion of all the Munros plus the Munro Tops in one continuous expedition was by Chris Townsend in 1996. His trip lasted between 18 May and 12 September (118 days), he covered a distance of 1,770 miles (2,849km) (240 miles or 386 kilometres by bicycle) with 575,000ft (175,000m) of ascent. The round was broken twice for spells at the office, [72] which could be regarded as stretching the meaning of "continuous".