Scotland
Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg
1036M
3399FT
About Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg
Situated at the heart of the Brothers of Kintail, this prominent Munro is defined by its impressive north-east ridge. The summit sits away from the main spine, requiring a short detour to a massive cairn. It offers an exceptional vantage point over the neighbouring Five Sisters and the deep glens of Kintail.
Key Statistics
Rank
24th Highest in Region
Parent Range
North West Highlands
Prominence
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311m
Nearest Town
Kyle of Lochalsh
Geology
Under your boots lies the Glenfinnan Group, a rugged foundation of ancient sandy and muddy rocks that have been compressed and hardened over time.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NH035143
Latitude
57.1773°N
Longitude
5.2524°W
Did You Know?
- •The name is Scottish Gaelic for the 'Peak of the Red Pass', likely referring to the Bealach a' Chait to the north-east, where the scree and soil take on a distinctively warm, reddish hue.
- •Most walkers tackle this as part of the 'Brothers of Kintail' ridge walk, a three-Munro traverse that bridges the gap between the Five Sisters to the west and the remote wilderness of Glen Affric to the east.
- •Unusually for a Munro, the true summit is located roughly 100 metres away from the main ridge path. It sits at the end of a narrow, rocky spur that requires a steady head and a short out-and-back scramble to reach the massive summit cairn.
- •From the top, the view south is dominated by the near-perfect linear wall of the South Glen Shiel Ridge, a 13-kilometre chain of peaks that stays above the 800-metre contour for almost its entire length.
- •The summit cairn is so disproportionately large for the narrow ridge it sits upon that it often serves as a primary navigational handrail for those attempting the ridge in the thick Atlantic mists common to Kintail.
- •The mountain is the highest point of the 'Brothers', standing taller than its immediate neighbours, Saileag and Aonach Meadhoin.