Sgurr na Lapaich

About Sgurr na Lapaich

Rising steeply between Glen Strathfarrar and Glen Cannich, this is a massive, stony Munro of significant stature. Its rugged ridges and vast eastern corries provide a truly alpine character. Remote and commanding, the summit offers a sense of scale and isolation rarely matched elsewhere in the North Highlands.

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• •The name is Gaelic, translating as the ‘Peak of the Bog.’ This refers to the saturated ground in the glens far below rather than the mountain’s rocky upper reaches, which are among the stoniest in the region.
• •Ranking as the fourth-highest mountain north of the Great Glen, its topographic prominence of 839 metres makes it a dominant landmark visible from the Moray Firth, thirty miles to the east.
• •From the summit, the view south across the deep trench of Loch Mullardoch is exceptional, framed by the soaring ridges of Mam Sodhail and Càrn Eige, the only peaks in the immediate area that exceed it in height.
• •Hillwalkers must take care not to confuse this Munro with another Sgùrr na Lapaich located just a few miles south; the latter is a lower 'Top' on the slopes of Mam Sodhail.
• •If you are approaching from the north, your day is governed less by your physical fitness and more by the opening hours of the Glen Strathfarrar gate, which operates with a punctuality that would unnerve a Swiss watchmaker.