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Name: | Sgurr Mhurlagain |
Hill number: | 763 |
Height: | 880m / 2887ft |
RHB Section: | 10B: Knoydart to Glen Kingie |
County/UA: | Highland |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Lochy, Ness |
Watershed: | Inner Moray Firth, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Greater Loch Linnhe, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Corbett, High Hills of Britain, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,C,HHB,Y,P500) |
Grid ref: | NN 01263 94459 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 515m |
Col: | 365m NM975948 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 33 (1:25k) 399 |
Observations: | knoll 90m ENE at NN 01345 94495 is 5m lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
Comments: | Section aligns with Corbett Tops booklet. RHB gives 10C. |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 280 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Fantastic clear views fr summit w bit of fresh snow; WSW ridge horribly boggy up to about 500m, which was a nightmare especially in descent. | NorfolkPT21 | 07/01/2024 |
From end of the Loch Arkaig road. Walked vehicle track for ~980m till small cairn in ditch (NM 9792 9163), then took a direct line up keeping on SE side of Dearg Allt. | jonglew | 01/12/2023 |
With Jill R, Bolton, CJM & MissAdventure. 
Super weather. 
From Loch Arkaig road head. 
(11km,820m). | ger | 30/11/2023 |
From Strathan with CM, Jill R, Ger and Helen B. Up the intermettent stalkers path to around 450m and then directly to the summit. Glorious sunny day - again! Now wind, cold but great conditions. The indistinct path starts with a cairn just before the Dearg Allt. | bolton | 30/11/2023 |
With Ger, Helen, JR & PM. Great views. | CJM | 30/11/2023 |
With Jill, Phil, Chris and Reg | MissAdventure | 30/11/2023 |
Wallked il by right of way to Tomdoun which rapidly degenerated into a maze of very boggy ATV tracks. Soggy and sloggyin equal measure, the top was pleasant surprise rising above the Glen below. Visibility limited to the west and despite easterly gales stayed more or less dry. | kenmorti | 28/10/2023 |
With K+J. From Strathan, just under 6 hrs. Bourach of boggy tracks made by heavy tracked vehicles for 2/3 of walk. Good walking higher up and a cracking summit despite the lack of views and general mirk. Knees struggling with final steep descent. | niallp | 28/10/2023 |
Solo from camp at Strathan. Ascent via Dearg Allt path which was heavily 'mauled' by large excavators involved with 'conservation work' on the SW slopes of the hill. From summit retraced steps to Dessarry/Kingie watershed and ascended steeply up the east slopes of Fraoch Bheinn. Decent via S. ridge. | John Lee | 08/09/2023 |
Time includes more than an hour dozing on second summit. Before Fraoch Bheinn by Via Webstri. Dire forecast for high winds not borne out in reality, although pretty blowy lower down. Summits pretty calm. Weak sunshine with lenticular cloud. Interest added by three digger drivers landscaping open hillside to prevent climate change. | Rounsfell | 18/08/2023 |
A pity about the churned, boggy state of the approach path, ridge itself was fine, a nice walk. | dickscroop | 08/09/2022 |
after Fraoch Bheinn, with Alisdair. From car park at the end of the road. | jef | 16/08/2022 |
Solo round of Sgurr Mhurlagain and Fraoch Bheinn from car park at end of Loch Arkaig road. Followed road to Glen Dessary, then up the track to Tomdoun - decided to do Fraoch Bheinn first to get the steepest parts out of the way. Blue morning skies made for some stunning views. Descent down to the bealach of bog was fine, some deer grazing all around the glen. Cut across the bog ENE to join the Sgurr Mhurlagain ridge at a higher point than the popular routes. Hit the summit at 4h 30mins in, took some pics and started the fairly quick 
 (and boggy) descent back down. Total time 5h 52min. | mproudfoot | 31/07/2022 |
elma | donmeister | 05/06/2022 |
Up the Dearg Allt path until its highest point, then NE over rougher ground with occasional animal tracks to assist to Sgurr Mhurlagain. Returned back to the glen path before deciding to go straight up a rock band directly to Fraoch Bheinn. We took in the north top before retreating down the south flank to just north of Meallan Dubh. | summitter | 31/07/2021 |
From Fraoch Bheinn, following the walkhighlands route, no difficulties. Descended SW towards the parking area, from 400m height took a direct pathless, grassy line to join the road about quarter of a mile from the parking rather than head for Dearg Allt. | Owen B | 26/05/2021 |
Alan, Andrew, Chris, Craig, Gerry, Jan, Jane, Kate, Ken | NHWC | 30/11/2019 |
An anticlockwise circuit of the 2 corbetts starting from Strathan. Weather wet and moderately windy. | justin999 | 23/08/2019 |
After long drive thought I'd claim my first corbett for this trip. Hard work from Loch Arkaig, guess my legs were tired. Good views from summit. Company: Solo | iandesbottes | 11/04/2019 |
Up and back from Strathan | rjf35 | 08/08/2018 |
Colin and I. A very hot dry day. Did it in conjunction with Sgurr Mhurlagain | iansm | 06/07/2018 |
From Strathan via SW ridge, above cloud inversion | davidpettit84 | 03/06/2018 |
Veryhappybunny | 30/05/2018 | |
Up from the col between the 2 Corbett's, again no views due to the low cloud just covering the top. | Nozzer | 07/05/2018 |
R from end Loch Arkaig | Richard Tait | 17/05/2017 |
Sgurr Mhurlagain & Fraoch Bheinn from Strathan. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 09/05/2017 |
From road end up S ridge of Fraoch Bheinn and then dropped down rough ground to col and up open slopes to Sgurr Mhurlagain. Cold, crisp day. | benalder284 | 25/03/2017 |
Ascended this in low cloud and rain walking back out from Kinbreack. | alexmaclennan | 19/06/2016 |
CK | SheilaS | 13/05/2016 |
Carried on to Fraoch Bheinn | duchally | 10/05/2016 |
From end of public road, long west ridge | Topographer57 | 12/10/2015 |
Cloud and sun, with fine views along Loch Arkaig, and all of Knoydart and Loch Quoich area from the top. | Gill | 06/09/2015 |
climbed from col between Fraoch Beinn and this hill, sunny and good views | oatcake | 10/06/2015 |
Sgurr Mhurlagain and Fraoch Bheinn. Showers of rain / hail / snow and even occasional sunshine | RobertP | 17/05/2015 |
Late start, limited daylight hours and snowy conditions means just one Marilyn at a time. Great views of temperature inverson over L Archaig. | Martin R | 29/12/2014 |
On Day 2 of my TGO Challenge walk. Ascended easily from Glen Dessarry on a lovely afternoon. | Phreerunner | 10/05/2014 |
fraoch bheinn,squrr mhuragain and squrr cos na breachd-loaidh from strathan. | robertphillips | 05/08/2013 |
Alone, but on way to meet Will in Kinbreak bothy. | Grinner | 13/07/2013 |
self | davidsbatty | 11/08/2012 |
Tough ascent. Weather warm and clear after thick moring mist. 6 hours. Much easier descent than yesterday. Saw painted lady on summit! | gercal53 | 03/08/2012 |
Alone. In conjunction with Fraoch Bheinn. Hazel turned back before 1st hill | SpudGunn | 01/05/2011 |
With D Roeder. From car park at end or road (9:20), about 500m along road then angled up to ridge and eventually to summit. Back along ridge and down to col then steeply up Fraoch Bheinn. Long grassy descent to Strathan & car (15:05). Weather good. | dbb | 13/07/2010 |
RS & JH. Loch Archaig, Strathan to Sgurr Mhurlagain then on to Kinbreack Bothy. Overcast with hill fog. | Vin | 26/03/2010 |
Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 10/06/2009 |
Walked in w Jenx/MVW over Mhurlagain to Klibreck bothy from STrathan. Then round Fhuarain/Breachd-laoidh and meet ASC/NW at Bothy, out over Fraoch Bheinn - for Sgurr Mor - Scotty's penultimate Munro | nordicstar | 02/04/2009 |
1 of 4: From road end at Strathan. | ChrisR | 12/06/2008 |
Summit bivvy. | ARM | 23/06/2007 |
Parked car above Loch Arkaig and walked to west bank of Dearg Allt above Strathan then up very wet path to the bealach then plod up South West ridge of Sgurr Mhurlagain, indestinct top so walked east along summit, then back down again same way to bealach then up Fraoch Bheinn | Whithaugh | 07/10/2006 |
Sgurr Mhurlagain (NM 013946) S/F NM981914 Cold, windy, snow from 1500', overcast, cloudbase 2000'. | John Young | 01/04/2006 |
From Kinbreak bothy on way to Loch Arkaig | Flatfield | 03/03/2006 |