Sgurr Ruadh

Tucked away in the remote North West Highlands, this 761m summit offers a rugged, pathless character typical of the Monar Forest hinterland. It provides a stark sense of isolation, looking out across the deep troughs of Glen Strathfarrar toward the towering eastern ridges of Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais.

• •The name is Gaelic for 'Red Peak', a descriptive title frequently given to Scottish hills where the rock—often sandstone or granite—takes on a warm hue in the evening light or is stained by iron deposits.
• •Located south of the main Strathfarrar ridge, the summit provides an exceptional, 'earned' view of the massive southern corries of Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais and the remote, sprawling waters of Loch Monar to the west.
• •The hill is largely overlooked in favour of its Munro-status neighbours, meaning the ascent is an exercise in pure navigation across pathless heather and peat hags rather than following a worn trail.
• •The summit offers the kind of profound silence that suggests every other walker in the region is currently busy queuing for a cairn photo on a Munro three miles to the north.