Scotland's Corbetts

A' Chaoirnich — also known as Maol Creag an Loch — is a remote, double-topped Corbett in the empty Gaick Forest country between Glen Tromie and Glen Bruar, south of Aviemore. At 875m the hill is broad and featureless, more a high moorland plateau than a peak, but it commands enormous views of the southern Cairngorms and the wide spread of Drumochter beyond. The Gaick is one of the quietest deer-forest landscapes in the eastern Highlands; many baggers find this is the most distant Corbett-day from any road they will undertake.

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Ainshval is the second-highest summit on Rum, the 781m southern peak of the Rum Cuillin ring. The mountain forms the natural pair with Askival on the ridge traverse — most parties tackle both on the same day. The Norse-derived name reflects the island's Viking heritage; many Rum hills carry old Norse names rather than Gaelic. From the summit the view sweeps across to Skye and along the rest of the Cuillin ring. A serious commitment because of the ferry-only access and the scrambling on the connecting ridge.

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Am Bathach — 'the byre' — is the 798m Corbett at the eastern end of Loch Cluanie, looking south at the Cluanie Inn and the long ridge of South Glen Shiel Munros. The mountain is the smaller, lower partner of the Cluanie ridge — a short, sharp ascent that gives one of the most efficient summit-views-per-effort of any Corbett in the area. Often tacked onto a Cluanie Munro round as a quick afternoon top.

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An Cliseam — the Clisham, in its more familiar English form — is the highest hill in the Outer Hebrides and the only Corbett-class summit in the islands. At 800m it stands as the high point of the North Harris hills and, with a full 800m of prominence (the entire height above sea-level), it ranks among the most prominent hills in Britain — the unobstructed view stretches from St Kilda in the west to the entire mainland Highlands in the east, with the Minch sea separating the two.

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An Dun — "the fort", named for its distinctive flat-topped citadel profile when seen from the south — is a striking Corbett deep in the empty Gaick Forest country between Dalwhinnie and Blair Atholl. At 827m the summit is a tiny cairn on a wide grassy plateau, but the dramatic east and west faces drop steeply into the Gaick pass below, giving the hill a far more mountainous character than its rolling moorland neighbours. The view down the length of Loch an Duin is one of the great Gaick spectacles.

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An Ruadh-Stac — 'the red peak' — is the striking white-quartzite cone rising south of Maol Chean-dearg in the Coulin forest above Coulags. From any angle it looks like a small Cuillin top transplanted into Wester Ross: pale, steep, and obviously made of rock rather than grass. The summit can be reached via a steep boulder slope from the bealach below Maol Chean-dearg, and the views back to Liathach and across to the Torridon giants are the payoff. A short hill day by the metrics, but rough underfoot the whole way.

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An Sidhean — 'the fairy hill' — is the 814m Corbett rising at the head of Glen Strathfarrar, one of the great locked-glen approaches in the Highlands. Access to the glen is controlled by the Glen Strathfarrar estate with a gate at Struy that is open only at specific times — usually 09:00 to 18:00 in summer, with restrictions during the deer stalking season. The hill itself is a broad rounded summit at the heart of the Strathfarrar Munros' deer forest, often left to last by the patient Corbett-bagger.

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An Stac is the easternmost Corbett of the four-summit Rois-Bheinn ridge in Moidart, rising directly out of Loch Eilt between Lochailort and Glenfinnan. At 814m it is the lowest of the ridge's four tops but has its own striking rocky character — a sharp outcrop summit reached after a steep, exposed scramble from the connecting ridge. The view down the loch to Eigg and Rum and back along the ridge to Rois-Bheinn itself is one of the great Moidart panoramas.

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Aonach Buidhe — 'the yellow ridge' — is the broad rolling Corbett rising at the heart of the country between Glen Elchaig and Glen Cannich, deep in the empty hills west of Cannich. The 899m summit gives one of the lonelier vantage points in the western Highlands, looking south into the Glen Affric Munros and north over the Mullardoch range. No quick line up this one — every realistic route involves at least 25km round trip, and the hill is most commonly bagged from the Iron Lodge bothy as part of a multi-day round of the remote Glen Cannich Corbetts.

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Aonach Shasuinn — 'the Englishman's ridge', a name commemorating a Jacobite-era skirmish — is the 888m Corbett rising between Glen Affric and Glen Moriston. The mountain sits in the rough country east of the Cluanie Inn and gives a quiet ridge walk with views into the heart of Glen Affric and across to the Cluanie Munros. The summit is small and rocky, marked by a low blade of upright stone. Often climbed in tandem with Carn a' Choire Ghairbh from a Cluanie or Affric base.

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Arkle is Foinaven's quartzite twin — the more compact, more conical neighbour rising above Loch Stack deep in the Reay Forest. Where Foinaven sprawls along a three-kilometre ridge, Arkle is a single triangular mountain with bright pale slopes that gleam after rain and an unmistakeable profile from the south. The name has become a synonym for tough endurance in racing thanks to the legendary steeplechaser, and the hill earns the association — short on metres, long on character, and with terrain that punishes anyone in a hurry.

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Askival is the highest summit on the Isle of Rum and one of the finest hill days in the British Isles. At 812m, it crowns the Rum Cuillin — an ancient ring of igneous peaks formed 60 million years ago at the core of a long-eroded volcano. The ridge linking Hallival to Askival is genuine mountaineering ground, with exposed scrambling on impeccable rough basalt. Rum is reached only by CalMac ferry from Mallaig; most ascents are made as part of a two- or three-day visit staying at Kinloch.

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Auchnafree Hill is the southernmost of the Loch Tay Corbetts — a broad heathery summit rising above the Sma' Glen, halfway between Crieff and Aberfeldy. The 787m top sits within the Auchnafree estate and gives a view that spans from the Lowland fringe to the Breadalbane Munros: Schiehallion and Ben Lawers visible on a clear day, the Forth valley spread out south, and the long line of the Ochils marking the Highland boundary fault. A gentle walk in a sometimes-overlooked corner of central Scotland.

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Bac an Eich — "the hummock of the horse" — rises on the south side of Strathconon, the long quiet glen running west from Marybank towards Loch Monar. At 849m it is the highest of a group of moorland hills overlooking Loch Beannacharain, with a 336m prominence that lifts it well clear of its neighbours. The summit is a rocky knoll above broad heather slopes with a far view westward into the Monar wilderness and back east across Strathconon to the Black Isle and the Moray Firth.

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Baosbheinn — "the wizard's hill" — is the longest of the three great sandstone ridges that rise out of the Flowerdale Forest in the wild country north-west of Beinn Eighe. From the Red Barn car park on the road between Gairloch and Loch Maree it looks like a fortress wall, but from the south the same hill becomes a slender 3km ridge with three distinct sandstone tops. At 875m the highest of these, Sgorr Dubh, gives an outstanding seaward view across the Minch to Skye and the Outer Hebrides.

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Beinn a' Bha' ach Ard — usually written Bhathaich Ard but locally pronounced like "vach-ard" — is the easternmost Corbett of the Strathfarrar group, rising in isolation above the entrance to the glen near Struy. The 862m summit carries a trig point on a broad rocky top and looks south down Strathglass to the Beauly basin and north over the four Munros of upper Strathfarrar. Access is via Struy on the A831, outside the locked-gate stretch of Strathfarrar itself, so no permit issues apply.

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Beinn a' Bhuiridh — "the hill of the bellowing", referring to rutting stags — is the southern outlier of the Ben Cruachan massif, standing high above the Pass of Brander and the upper reaches of Loch Awe. At 898m it falls just short of Munro height and sits in the long shadow of the Cruachan Munros to the north, but its position above the loch gives one of the most photographed mountain skylines in Argyll. The summit is a small rocky platform with a steep drop south into Coire Ghlas.

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Beinn a' Chaisgein Mor is the prominent quartzite-and-gneiss Corbett rising directly above Carnmore at the heart of the Letterewe Forest, the wildest country in mainland Scotland. At 856m the summit dome is rough rocky ground above a complex of small lochans, with the unmistakable cliffs of Carnmore Crag and the Fionn Loch shore providing one of the most striking foreground views in the Highlands. The hill is almost always combined with Beinn Lair or A' Mhaighdean as part of a multi-day Letterewe round.

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Beinn a' Chaisteil — "the castle hill" — is the southernmost of the Auch group, a rounded grassy Corbett rising directly above the A82 north of Tyndrum. Its 886m summit forms part of a long line of hills walked by anyone heading along the West Highland Way past Auch farm. The hill is named for the small rocky castle-like prominence on its east shoulder. The view south over Strath Fillan to Ben Lui and east into Glen Coe gives one of the best mountain summary panoramas in the southern Highlands.

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This Beinn a' Chaisteil — "castle hill", distinct from the Auch Corbett of the same name — is the 787m Corbett in the empty Easter Ross deer-forest country north-west of Bonar Bridge. The hill sits on the Alladale watershed near its better-known neighbour Carn Chuinneag, with the summit a rocky cairn on a broad heather plateau. The position high on the deer-forest watershed gives views east to the Dornoch Firth coast and west into the Glen Beag wilderness.

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Beinn a' Chlaidheimh — "the hill of the sword" — sits at the northern end of the great Fisherfield horseshoe, looking out across the Strath na Sealga flats to An Teallach. For decades it stood as the most remote Munro on the mainland at a recorded 916m, until a 2011 survey trimmed it to 913m and it dropped back into the Corbett list — much to the irritation of those who had already counted it. Whatever its classification it remains a magnificent summit in some of the wildest country in Scotland.

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Beinn a' Choin — "hill of the dog" — is a 768m Corbett above the wild east shore of Loch Lomond, between Inversnaid and Glen Falloch. The hill sits in some of the most attractive country in the Loch Lomond National Park, with the long arm of the loch directly below the summit and the Arrochar Alps filling the western horizon. The 345m prominence puts it well clear of its neighbours and the summit is a small cairn on a wide grassy top.

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Beinn a' Chrulaiste is the broad heather hill rising directly opposite Buachaille Etive Mòr at the head of Glen Coe — and quite possibly the most photographed Corbett in Scotland, because every shot of the Buachaille reflected in Lochan na h-Achlaise is taken from somewhere on its flanks. The 857m summit gives the definitive front-row view of the Buachaille, with the Glen Coe Munros stretched out to the west and Rannoch Moor opening south. The walk is short and uncomplicated; the photographic opportunity at the right time of day is unmatched anywhere in mountain Scotland.

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Beinn a' Chuallaich is the rounded heather Corbett north of Loch Rannoch, sitting opposite Schiehallion across the loch and giving one of the very best viewpoints of that famous hill. The walk is short, the gradient is friendly, and the summit is gained via a clear path from Kinloch Rannoch — making thcounts among the most approachable Corbetts in Highland Perthshire and a sensible introduction to Corbett-bagging for walkers used to Munro paths.

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Beinn Airigh Charr is the great rocky bluff rising above the north shore of Loch Maree in the Letterewe wilderness — a 791m sandstone tower that dominates the view across the loch from Slattadale and the A832. The mountain has three sub-tops and a small but committing summit reached by a short scramble. Legend has it that Mary McKenzie of Letterewe was lured to her death from one of the cliffs by the fairies; the local Gaelic name commemorates her. The walk has the wild quality of the entire Letterewe estate — no public roads, big distances, and serious terrain.

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Ben Aden is the wild Corbett of Knoydart's northern edge — a rough, rocky hill standing between Loch Quoich and the head of Loch Nevis with no easy approach from any direction. The name comes from the Gaelic for 'face' or 'expression', apt for a mountain whose multiple ridges and corries give it a brooding, animated profile. The combination of remoteness, rough terrain and the need to wade or wait for the Loch Quoich water levels makes Ben Aden amongst the most committing single-day Corbetts in Scotland. Most parties walk in to Sourlies bothy and tackle it from there.

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Beinn an Eoin — the "hill of the bird" — sits across Loch na h-Oidhche from Baosbheinn in the Flowerdale Forest, an island of Torridonian sandstone surrounded by lochans and bog. Its 855m highest point, Sgurr Deas, is a steep little peak with a sharper profile than its bulkier neighbour. The view east to Beinn Eighe across the wild watershed country is among the best in Wester Ross. The hill is normally tackled as a partner day with Baosbheinn though either makes a full day on its own.

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Beinn an Lochain is the steep-sided 901m Corbett rising directly above the Rest and Be Thankful pass at the head of Glen Croe — visible from any northbound driver on the A83 between Tarbet and Inveraray. The mountain has been demoted from and reinstated as a Munro twice in the 20th century as survey techniques improved; the current measurement leaves it just below the threshold. Whatever its formal status, it offers some of the most efficient summit views in the Arrochar Alps — 900m of ascent in less than 3km, with a near-360° panorama from a small rocky top.

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Beinn an Oir — "hill of the gold" — is the highest of the three Paps of Jura, the iconic quartzite peaks that dominate the western coast of Scotland from Oban to Kintyre. At 785m it is also the highest hill in the inner Hebrides outside Skye, with a full 785m of prominence rising straight out of the sea. The summit is a trig pillar inside a stone shelter on a sea of loose white quartzite blocks. Reach by ferry to Jura via Islay; allow a full day from Craighouse.

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Beinn Bhan is the great wall above Loch Kishorn — the easternmost peak of the Applecross hills and arguably the most dramatic mountains in the North-West Highlands. The east face is a vast tier of north-east-facing corries (Coire na Poite, Coire na Feòla, Coire nan Fhamhair, Coire Attadale) that hold winter climbing routes among the finest in Britain. The summit ridge is broad and the views from it stretch to Skye, the Cuillin and across to the Torridon giants. The standard ascent is gentle; the consequence of straying too far east in cloud is not.

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This Beinn Bhan — "white hill", distinct from the famous Applecross peak — is the 795m Corbett in the Lochaber country between Loch Arkaig and Loch Lochy. The summit is a trig point on a wide grassy dome with one of the broadest views in the area: the full sweep of the Loch Lochy Munros to the south, the Great Glen running east, and the western Knoydart-bound country stretching out to the west. With 495m of prominence the hill stands clear of its neighbours on all sides.

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Beinn Bheula is the highest hill in the Cowal peninsula and the only Corbett south of the Clyde-to-Loch Fyne line. The mountain rises above Lochgoilhead at the head of Loch Goil and is reached on quiet single-track roads from Glasgow in around 90 minutes. The summit is a craggy plateau with a trig pillar in a small stone shelter, and the view takes in Bute, Arran and the long line of the Cowal hills running south to Kintyre. A modest day on the metrics, but the road in counts among the most scenic short drives in Scotland.

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Beinn Bhreac — 'the speckled hill' — is the broad heather Corbett rising north of Glen Tilt above the head of Glen Bruar in Atholl. The 912m summit sits at the eastern edge of the great Cairngorm plateau system and gives a wide-angle view across to Beinn a' Ghlò to the south and the wild Tarf country to the north. Most parties bag it as a long bike-and-walk from Glen Tilt or as part of a multi-day Cairngorm crossing. The hill is quiet, remote, and characteristic of the eastern Cairngorm outliers — high but rounded, with a sense of empty space.

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Beinn Bhreac-liath — 'the speckled grey hill' — is the rounded Corbett rising directly above the West Highland Railway and the A82 north of Tyndrum, sitting in the bowl of hills between Beinn Odhar (the well-known Tyndrum cone) and Beinn a' Chuirn. At 802m it gives one of the easier short Corbett ascents in central Scotland, with a clear path most of the way and a broad summit looking across to Ben Lui and the Crianlarich Munros.

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Beinn Bhuidhe — 'the yellow hill' — is the great isolated Corbett rising between Loch Fyne and Glen Shira above the head of the loch, with the longest standard approach of any Corbett in the southern Highlands. The 901m summit sits behind a 10km walk-in up Glen Fyne, which is most efficiently bagged on a bike. The long approach has the effect of keeping the mountain quiet even in good weather, and the summit ridge gives a fine front-row view across to Ben Lui, Beinn an Lochain and Loch Awe.

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Beinn Bhuidhe of Knoydart — distinct from the Glen Fyne Corbett of the same name — is the 855m hill at the south-east corner of the Knoydart peninsula, rising above Barrisdale on the south side of Loch Hourn. Across the loch lie the larger Knoydart Munros; the rough coastal path from Kinloch Hourn that also serves Ladhar Bheinn is the standard access. The Gaelic name simply means 'the yellow hill', a reference to the autumn moor-grass colour that dominates the slopes.

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Beinn Chaorach — "hill of the sheep" — is the third hill of the Auch group, sitting north of the A82 between Bridge of Orchy and Tyndrum and continuing the long line of Corbetts that runs from Beinn a' Chaisteil through Cam Chreag. At 818m it is a hill of broad grass slopes and small rocky steps, the summit a flat embedded slab on a wide ridge. The view east across upper Glen Lyon and west to Ben Dorain gives it a central-Highland feel that belies its position close to the busy A82 corridor.

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Beinn Chuirn sits north of Cononish Glen above Tyndrum, immediately west of the better-known Ben Lui. It is the hill that overlooks Scotland's only working gold mine, the controversial Cononish project, and its lower flanks bear the scars of historical lead and gold workings. The 880m summit is a quiet grassy dome with one of the most direct face-on views of Ben Lui's north-east corrie and the Coire Gaothach amphitheatre — arguably finer than the view from Ben Lui itself.

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Beinn Damh — 'the stag mountain' — is the elegant 903m Corbett rising directly above Upper Loch Torridon, often regarded as the finest Corbett in the Torridon area. The mountain is built of pale Torridonian sandstone with a quartzite cap, and its south ridge runs in a sweeping line from the loch shore to the summit, giving an unbroken view across to Liathach and Beinn Alligin on the north side of the loch. The ascent is sustained — almost 1000m of climbing in a relatively short distance — and the day rewards with one of the great mountain panoramas in the western Highlands.

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Beinn Dearg of Torridon — not to be confused with the Munro of the same name above Ullapool — is the only Corbett squeezed between Liathach and Beinn Alligin at the core of Torridon. At 913m it is among the highest Corbetts in Britain and has long been argued to deserve Munro status, missing the 914.4m cut by little more than a metre. The summit ridge is a magnificent line of Torridonian sandstone steps with airy positions, often described as a "missing Munro" of the Torridon group and rated by many as the finest Corbett in the country.

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This Beinn Dearg — "red hill", one of more than a dozen so named across Scotland — sits between Glen Lyon and Loch Rannoch in central Perthshire. At 830m it is essentially heather-clad moorland punctuated by small granite outcrops, with the namesake red colouring most evident on the boulder-strewn top. The view north across Loch Rannoch to the Ben Alder hills and south down Glen Lyon to the Lawers range gives it a fine cross-Highland panorama from the watershed between the two great glens.

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Beinn Dearg Bheag — "the little red hill" — is the smaller sister of Beinn Dearg Mor, set deep inside the Fisherfield Forest, the two hills sharing a high ridge above Shenavall bothy. At 817m the summit is a small cairn on a striking Torridonian sandstone top, the red colouring giving the hill its name. The position deep in Fisherfield, with An Teallach's ridges filling the western view, is among the finest in mainland Scotland. Almost always tackled together with Beinn Dearg Mor.

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Beinn Dearg Mòr is the sandstone pyramid rising above Shenavall deep within the Fisherfield Forest — among the most remote big hills in Scotland and amongst the most visually striking. Not to be confused with the Munro Beinn Dearg near Ullapool: this one is wilder, harder to reach and never visited by accident. The cone of red Torridonian sandstone holds three corries and a sharp summit ridge; the views to An Teallach across Loch na Sealga and to the Fisherfield Munros to the east are among the finest in Britain. A hill that defines its own trip.

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Beinn Dronaig is the 796m Corbett standing at the heart of the Attadale Forest, a long way from any road and only practically reached on a bike-and-walk approach. The mountain occupies the country between Attadale and Lurg Mhòr (Munro), and is sometimes bagged as one stop on an extended traverse of the inner Attadale Corbetts. Bendronaig Lodge, the estate's stalking base, sits below the south flank and is the natural overnight stop for parties tackling the full cluster.

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Beinn Each — 'the hill of the horse' — sits south of Stuc a' Chroin in the Lochearnhead Munros, forming the natural southern continuation of the Stuc a' Chroin ridge. The 813m summit is the highest of the lower Lochearnhead hills and gives a fine grassy ridge walk with views across Loch Earn to Ben Vorlich and south to the central belt. Many hillwalkers tackle Beinn Each alongside Stuc a' Chroin in a long traverse, but it makes a satisfying half-day on its own from Glen Ample.

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Beinn Enaiglair stands above the south side of Loch Broom, looking out across the Corrieshalloch gorge to An Teallach and the great wedge of Beinn Dearg behind. At 890m it is overshadowed by its Munro neighbours but offers one of the most accessible viewpoints in this corner of Wester Ross — the summit dome is a wide grassy hat with a tiny lochan tucked just below the top. The name translates roughly as "hill of the timid one" and despite the rugged setting the going on its upper slopes is surprisingly gentle.

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Beinn Iaruinn — 'the iron hill' — is the broad-shouldered Corbett rising above the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, the famous Quaternary shorelines that puzzled geologists for a century before being recognised as ice-dammed loch terraces. The 804m summit sits above the parallel roads themselves and gives a unique vantage on the geological feature visible right below. Beyond Glen Roy, the view sweeps west to Ben Nevis and the Aonachs across the Great Glen and east to the Monadhliath. A characterful Lochaber-edge Corbett accessible from Roy Bridge.

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Beinn Lair is the high point of the Letterewe Forest, a vast tract of empty country north of Loch Maree and east of Loch Maree. At 859m it is a hill of exceptional geological interest — the north face above Lochan Fada is the famous Marble Slabs, a vertical wall of clean grey hornblende-schist that rivals the great cliffs of the Cairngorms for rock-climbing. The summit is a slender ridge with a striking 3m-high cairn looking down 800m to the head of Loch Maree.

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Beinn Leoid is a quiet 792m Corbett in the lonely centre of Sutherland, between Loch More and Loch Merkland. A 498m prominence puts it well clear of its neighbours, and it offers one of the empties feeling summits in the country — a boulder cairn on a wide rolling top with views in every direction across deer forest and lochan-studded moor. The hill is rarely visited; on most days the only company is a sea eagle or a herd of stags.

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Beinn Liath Mhòr a' Ghiubhais Li — 'the big grey hill of the variegated pinewood' — is the rambling Corbett rising directly above the Loch Glascarnoch reservoir on the A835 between Garve and Ullapool. The 766m summit sits at the heart of a broad heather plateau, a mile or two from the road, and gives a wide-angle view of the Strathvaich estate and the eastern shoulders of An Teallach. The mountain is rarely climbed alone — most parties bag it on the way past, or pair it with the adjacent Munros at Beinn Dearg or Am Faochagach.

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Beinn Luibhean is the small, sharply-pointed Corbett tucked behind Beinn Ime in the Arrochar Alps, almost directly above the famous Rest-and-be-Thankful viewpoint on the A83. Its 859m summit gets little traffic compared to the busy Cobbler or Ben Vorlich a short distance away, partly because the steep grass south face is brutally direct. Those who do make the trip are rewarded with one of the cleanest views in the southern Highlands: straight along Loch Long to the Clyde and across the entire spread of Cowal.

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Beinn Maol Chaluim is the 906m Corbett standing directly south of Bidean nam Bian on the east side of Glen Etive. The mountain is overshadowed by its giant Munro neighbour — Bidean is the highest in Argyll — and rarely climbed for its own sake. The summit lies at the south end of a long broad ridge running down from Bidean's Stob Coire nan Lochan top. Most parties combine it with Bidean as part of a long Glen Etive horseshoe, although the Corbett stands alone on the standard list.

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Beinn Mheadhonach — 'the middle hill' — is the 900m Atholl Corbett standing immediately west of Ben Vuirich, the natural pairing for a long Glen Tilt day. The mountain is named for its position between Glen Tilt to the south and Glen Bruar to the north, and its broad whaleback summit gives one of the cleanest views of the great Beinn a' Ghlò ridge to the south-west. Most parties combine it with Ben Vuirich on the same bike-in from Old Bridge of Tilt, making a satisfying Atholl Corbett double from a single Blair Atholl base.

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Beinn Mhic Cedidh is the easternmost summit of the Rois-bheinn ridge in Moidart, the 783m Corbett looking south-east across Glen Aladale toward the Glenfinnan Monument. The mountain forms the natural pair with Sgùrr na Bà Glaise on the four-Corbett Moidart traverse, and is most often climbed as part of that classic ridge round. The summit gives a striking view down toward Loch Shiel and across to Sgùrr Ghiubhsachain.

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Beinn Mhic Chasgaig — 'the hill of MacChaschuig's son' — sits at the eastern edge of the Black Mount above the south side of Glen Etive, looking across to the Glen Coe peaks and north to the Buachailles. At 864m it is a satisfying short Corbett day from the Glen Etive road, often climbed by Munroists basing themselves at Inveroran or Bridge of Orchy with a free day from the higher peaks. The summit looks down on Loch Tulla and the long sweep of the Black Mount Munros to the north-west.

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Beinn Mholach — 'the rough hill' — sits in the empty country north of Loch Rannoch, a broad heathery Corbett a long way from anywhere. Most visitors cycle from the Loch Rannoch road end at Bridge of Gaur to shorten the flat approach. The 841m summit gives a quiet vantage over the whole Rannoch Moor basin to the west and the Cairngorm plateau to the east — the kind of view that has very few human marks on it, even by Highland standards.

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Beinn na Caillich — 'the old woman's hill' — is the 785m Corbett rising directly east of Beinn na h-Eaglaise above Arnisdale on the south shore of Loch Hourn. (Not to be confused with the Skye Beinn na Caillich above Broadford, which is a different hill.) The mainland Beinn na Caillich is the higher of the two Loch Hourn Corbetts, with views across the loch to Ladhar Bheinn and out to the small islands. Most parties tackle it as half of a natural double with Beinn na h-Eaglaise from Arnisdale.

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Beinn na h-Eaglaise — 'hill of the church' — is the 805m Corbett standing east of Beinn Sgritheall (Munro) above the south shore of Loch Hourn. The mountain forms a natural pair with Beinn na Caillich (mainland — not the Skye one) and is reached from the township of Arnisdale on the long single-track drive from Glenelg. The summit gives a striking view across the loch into the wild heart of Knoydart, with Ladhar Bheinn rising directly opposite on the north shore.

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Beinn na h-Uamha — 'the hill of the cave' — is the small but distinctive Corbett of central Sunart, the lowest of the Sunart Corbetts at 762m but with a sharper character than its neighbours. The summit is approached from Polloch on the minor road north-east of Strontian, with a steep walk up through forestry onto a broad ridge. The view from the top reaches across Loch Shiel to the Glenfinnan Munros and west to the small islands. Often paired with Sgùrr Dhomhnuill from the same Polloch base.

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Beinn nam Fuaran — "hill of the springs" — is the fourth and most northerly of the Auch group of Corbetts, sitting above the head of Auch Gleann between Beinn a' Chaisteil and the Munro Beinn Mhanach. At 806m the summit is a small cairn on a broad grassy dome, with the view stretching west to Ben Dorain and north into Auch Gleann's upper reaches. The hill is the quietest of the Auch four, often included only on the longest combination days.

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Beinn nan Caorach — "hill of the sheep" — is a 774m Corbett in the Glenelg hills above the Sound of Sleat, looking across to Skye. The hill sits north of Glen Beag and forms part of the long ridge above Loch Hourn that includes the Munro Beinn Sgritheall to the north-west. A small cairn marks the wide grassy summit dome, looking out across the Sound of Sleat to Skye and south to Knoydart with one of the finest mainland views available from any mainland Corbett.

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Beinn nan Imirean is the modest 849m Corbett rising directly above the Glen Lochay road north of Killin, sandwiched between the better-known Munros of the Tarmachan ridge to the east and Meall Glas to the west. The Gaelic name means 'hill of the ridges', apt for a summit reached over a series of gentle grassy steps. Most parties bag it as a quick add-on to a day in Glen Lochay or after the Tarmachan ridge — the walk is short, the navigation is easy, and the views across Loch Tay are a tidy reward.

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Beinn nan Oighreag is a quiet grassy Corbett on the watershed between Glen Lochay and Glen Lyon, sandwiched between the busier Munros of the Lawers and Mamlorn groups. At 909m it is a hill of broad horizons rather than dramatic features — short heather and bilberry slopes leading to a wide green summit dome with a single boulder marking the top. The view eastward along Glen Lyon to Schiehallion is the highlight, and on a clear day Ben More and Stob Binnein dominate the southern skyline.

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Beinn Odhar is the shapely cone rising directly above Tyndrum on the A82 — every driver heading north to Glen Coe or Fort William sees it, and many a hillwalker has bagged it on a quick stop on the way home from somewhere further west. The 901m summit gives a panoramic view across Strath Fillan to Ben More and Stob Binnein, north to Beinn Dorain's flanks, and west into Glen Lochy. The walk is short, sharp, and almost cartoonishly simple in shape: a steady climb up a grass cone with no route-finding required.

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Beinn Odhar Bheag — "the little dun-coloured hill", despite being the higher of the Odhar twins — rises in stunning isolation between the head of Loch Shiel and the road from Lochailort to Glenfinnan. With well over 600m of prominence, this 883m Corbett is among the most genuinely freestanding peaks in the country; it stands alone from any near neighbour, hence its reputation as a fine mountain in miniature. The summit looks straight down 800m of crag and grass into Loch Shiel — one of the great viewpoints in the western Highlands.

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Meall na Meoig is the high point of Beinn Pharlagain, an extensive ridge of low rounded tops on the south-west side of Loch Ericht, deep in the empty country between Rannoch Moor and Ben Alder. At 867m it is dwarfed by the Munro Sgor Gaibhre across the bealach to its north, and most baggers tag it on at the end of a Sgor Gaibhre / Carn Dearg round rather than visit it alone. The summit is a slab of rock with an unbroken view across the wastes of Rannoch.

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Beinn Resipol is the isolated 845m Corbett rising above Loch Sunart in Ardnamurchan — long admired as one of the great single-hill viewpoints in Britain. The mountain stands alone on the peninsula with no rivals within several kilometres, and on a clear day the summit gives a 360° panorama across to Rum, Eigg, Muck, Mull, Lismore, Skye, and the long line of the Glenfinnan Munros. The walk in is across rough Argyll moorland from the south shore of Loch Sunart, and the day has a real sense of pilgrimage about it — few hills feel so deserving of the effort to reach them.

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Beinn Spionnaidh — 'the strength mountain' — is the northern arm of the Cranstackie horseshoe, the most northerly Corbett on mainland Scotland and a natural pairing with its neighbour. The 773m summit sits at the end of a quartzite ridge running roughly south to north above the Strath Dionard, with the dramatic cliffs of the Foinaven group visible to the south-west and the Pentland Firth to the north. The hill is rarely climbed alone — most parties do the two-Corbett round from the A838 — but on its own it makes a short and satisfying half-day from the road.

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Beinn Stacach — also Stob Fear-tomhais on modern maps, and Ceann na Baintighearna or Beinn Stacath in older usage — is a 771m Corbett in the Trossachs north of Loch Voil, on the watershed between Balquhidder and Glen Buckie. The summit is a trig point on a wide grass dome. A 364m prominence puts it well clear of any near neighbour, and the hill offers a quiet alternative to the busier Trossachs Munros nearby — Ben More and Stob Binnein dominate the western horizon, with Ben Lawers across to the north.

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Beinn Tarsuinn — 'the transverse hill' — is the 826m Corbett standing at the heart of Arran's granite ridge, the third-highest summit on the island after Goat Fell and Caisteal Abhail. The name is apt: the hill sits crosswise between Glen Rosa and the upper basin of the western glens, with its summit ridge running north-east to south-west. From the top the view runs to Cìr Mhòr immediately to the north and along the famous A' Chir ridge to the west — perhaps the most photographed line of granite in Arran.

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Beinn Tharsuinn — 'the transverse hill' — sits at 861m on the watershed between Strathconon and Glen Carron, north of Achnasheen. Its summit looks across at Bidean an Eoin Dèirg, Maoile Lunndaidh and the wide moorland of Strath Bran. Solo ascents are rare; the hill more commonly gets bagged on an extended Strathconon round or in combination with the Attadale Corbett cluster to the south.

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Beinn Trilleachan rises above the head of Loch Etive, its 840m summit overshadowed in mountaineering folklore by what's underneath: the Etive Slabs, the longest sustained granite slab in Scotland and a Mecca for rock climbers since the 1950s. The walking ascent from the loch-side road gives a fine short day, climbing onto a broad ridge with views back across Loch Etive to Buachaille Etive Mòr and the Glen Coe peaks. The hill's name means 'mountain of the oystercatchers' — the sandy shore of the loch below was once a sea-bird haunt.

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Beinn Udlaidh is the broad twin-summited Corbett rising north of Glen Orchy between Bridge of Orchy and Tyndrum. At 840m it is overshadowed by neighbouring Munros — Ben Cruachan to the west, the Bridge of Orchy four to the north — but its sweeping north face is one of the most reliable winter climbing venues in the country. The Udlaidh Gully system holds ice into late spring and turns the hill into a winter mountaineering crag. In summer it is a quiet Corbett of moor and broken crag.

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Ben Donich is the broad-shouldered Corbett at the head of Loch Goil — together with neighbouring The Brack it forms the natural pair of walks from the village of Lochgoilhead. The mountain has a friendlier feel than its Arrochar Alps neighbours across Glen Croe: the slopes are gentler, the path is good, the summit is broad and easy. The walking can be done as a half-day from the Rest and be Thankful, or extended into a 6–7 hour double with The Brack. Views from the top take in Loch Goil, the Firth of Clyde and on a clear day Arran's silhouette.

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Ben Gulabin — 'the hill of the curlew' — sits directly above the Spittal of Glenshee on the A93 between Perth and Braemar, and gives amongst the most accessible short Corbett ascents in eastern Scotland. The 806m summit comes via a clear path that starts almost beside the road, and the climb is gentle enough to be tackled as a half-day from a base in Glenshee or Pitlochry. The view from the top sweeps north into the Cairnwell hills and south along the Glenshee corridor to the Lowlands.

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Ben Hee — the fairy mountain, from the Gaelic 'Beinn Shìth' — sits in the middle of Sutherland between Lairg and Tongue, surrounded by deer-stalking country and miles of flow country bog. It is the kind of hill that needs a specific weather window and a long drive in to enjoy, but the rewards are real: a broad rolling summit with an immense panorama across the empty interior of the county, and a strong sense of being in country very few people visit. The metrics are modest; the walk-in feels remote.

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Ben Ledi is the highest hill in the Trossachs and Callander's home mountain — a 879m landmark visible from much of central Scotland and accessible from Glasgow or Edinburgh inside 90 minutes' drive. The name comes from the Gaelic 'Beinn Lèideach', usually translated as 'the hill of the gentle slope'. A Beltane sunrise was traditionally welcomed from the summit, and the tradition still draws a small crowd at first light on the first day of May. The walk is short and the views over Loch Lubnaig and across to the Crianlarich Munros are some of the best for the effort anywhere in central Scotland.

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Ben Loyal — often called the Queen of Scottish mountains — rises in four granite turrets above the Kyle of Tongue at the northern edge of the country. An Caisteal at 764m is the highest of the tops and the official Corbett summit. The mountain stands almost on its own in the rolling Sutherland country between Tongue and Altnaharra, and the views from its summit ridge run from Foinaven and Ben Hope in the west to the Caithness flow country in the east. The walking is moderate; the setting is among the wildest in Britain.

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Ben Rinnes is the iconic hill of Speyside — the great heather-clad whaleback rising above the Glenlivet, Aberlour and Knockando distilleries, visible from much of the Moray coast. Standing well apart from the Cairngorms proper to the south, its 840m summit is crowned by a series of weathered granite tors, the largest of which is known locally as the Scurran of Lochterlandoch. The view from the top takes in the Moray Firth, the Cairngorms, the Buck of Cabrach and on a clear day all the way to Caithness.

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Ben Tee is the perfect pyramid rising above the Caledonian Canal between Invergarry and Loch Lochy — visible for miles along the Great Glen and among the most distinctive small mountains in the Highlands. The classic conical shape gives away the geology: a steep cone of schist with little flat ground anywhere on the upper slopes. The summit is sharp, the view down the length of Loch Lochy and across to Knoydart ranks as a particularly good in Lochaber, and the hill has just enough commitment to feel like a proper day without being long.

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Ben Tirran — known locally as The Goet — is the highest of the heather-clad rolling hills on the north side of Glen Clova, a quiet corner of the Angus Glens often overlooked in favour of the higher Cairngorms to the west. At 897m it stops a touch short of Munro status but compensates with two superb lochan-filled corries, Loch Brandy and Loch Wharral, scooped into its southern flank. The summit is a broad mossy plateau with a trig point and far views south across the Angus farmland to the Sidlaws and north into the eastern Cairngorms.

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Ben Vrackie is Pitlochry's home hill — the 841m Corbett that everyone who has spent a weekend in Highland Perthshire seems to have climbed. The mountain rises directly behind the village of Moulin, a mile up the road from Pitlochry itself, and the pitched path to the summit is among the busiest non-Munro hill paths in Scotland. The summit gives a panorama south over Strathtay to the Trossachs and north to the wild bulk of Beinn a' Ghlò. Beloved as an introduction to Corbetts and as a regular fitness round by locals.

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Ben Vuirich is the rounded 903m Corbett standing alone above Glen Loch in Atholl, north-east of Blair Atholl. The mountain has the lived-in character of an estate hill — peat hag, deer fence, distant stalking shelters — and gives a fine vantage on the great rampart of Beinn a' Ghlò to the south-west. North of the summit the moor rolls away toward the Cairngorm plateau in an empty sweep. Bike-and-walk is the standard tactic for the long approach up Glen Loch.

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Benvane — "the middle hill", sitting between the better-known Ben Vorlich and Ben Ledi — is a quiet 821m Corbett above Balquhidder Glen at the southern edge of the Trossachs. A small cairn tops the broad grassy ridge with views south to the spread of central Scotland and north to the Crianlarich hills. Despite its location close to the Stirling and Glasgow commuter belt it remains a relatively quiet hill, overshadowed by its more famous neighbours.

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Bidein a' Chabair stands in the wildest country on the Scottish mainland — the Rough Bounds, between Loch Morar and Loch Nevis, where no public road comes within ten miles of the summit. At 867m it would be a Munro by stature were it taller, and its 553m of prominence makes it one of the more freestanding Corbetts despite its remote setting. The rocky summit looks down on Sourlies bothy and the inner reaches of Loch Nevis — a view that has barely changed in a century.

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Braigh nan Uamhachan — "the brae of the little caves" — is a 765m Corbett north of Glenfinnan in the wild country between Loch Eilt and Loch Arkaig. The hill is a long ridge of grass and rock with several small bumps along its 3km crest. The summit is a rocky outcrop with views west to the Rough Bounds, north into the Loch Arkaig forest, and south down Loch Eilt to the Sound of Arisaig. Pairs naturally with Streap on the ridge to the south.

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Breabag is the long limestone-and-quartzite ridge rising above Inchnadamph in central Assynt, the highest point in the limestone country that supports the Inchnadamph caves and the famous Allt nan Uamh "Bone Caves". At 815m the summit is a stony cairn at the high point of a 4km undulating crest, with one of the most distinctive geological setups in Britain — the Moine Thrust passes directly beneath the hill, exposing ancient Lewisian gneiss against young Cambrian quartzite within a few metres of each other.

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Broad Law is the high point of the Manor Hills above Tweedsmuir — a rolling green dome that is the second highest hill in the Southern Uplands and the highest in the Borders council area. It sits in the empty country south of Peebles between St Mary's Loch and the upper Tweed, and the summit carries a Civil Aviation Authority VOR/DME navigation beacon, a white drum visible for miles. The view stretches from the Pentlands and Lothian coast north to the Cheviots south and across to the Galloway hills.

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Brown Cow Hill is the rolling moorland Corbett at the north-eastern edge of the Cairngorms massif, set between Strathdon and the Lecht ski area. Its name does the hill no favours; the modest profile and unromantic title leave it among the least-visited Corbetts in eastern Scotland. But the 829m summit gives a fine open view across the Cromdale hills to Speyside and east to Lochnagar, and the heather walking on the broad north-east ridge is unusually dry and pleasant by Highland standards. A good early-season fitness hill from a Tomintoul or Strathdon base.

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Buidhe Bheinn is the long, twisting ridge that runs south from the Bealach Duibh Leac in South Glen Shiel, falling away in steep grass and crag toward the head of Loch Hourn. It is often climbed in conjunction with the higher Munro Sgurr na Sgine on its north-east end, but its own 885m summit is set apart enough — three subsidiary tops along the ridge — that most baggers treat it as a day in its own right. The view south across Loch Hourn to Ladhar Bheinn and Knoydart is one of the most striking on the mainland.

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Cairnsmore of Carsphairn is the easternmost of the major Galloway Corbetts — a broad rounded hill rising above the village of Carsphairn on the A713, with views across the Glenkens and east to the Lowther hills. The mountain is the highest point of the Carsphairn-Lowther-Tweedsmuir watershed and gives a less-visited alternative to the better-known Merrick, with similar Southern Uplands character: broad grassy ridges, wide skies, and a strong sense of empty country once you leave the road.

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Caisteal Abhail — the Castles — is Arran's third-highest peak and arguably the most distinctive on the island. The summit ridge is a line of granite tors that look genuinely castellated when seen from below, hence the Gaelic name and the popular English version. The peak sits at the head of Glen Sannox and is linked to Cìr Mhòr by a ridge crossing the famous Witch's Step (Ceum na Caillich), a narrow rocky notch that adds drama to the traverse. The view from the summit takes in the full sweep of the Arran granite ridge and the Firth of Clyde out to Kintyre.

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This Cam Chreag — "crooked crag" — is the northern Corbett of the Auch group, immediately east of Beinn a' Chaisteil and north of the A82 between Tyndrum and Bridge of Orchy. At 883m it is a hill of grass and broken crags, its name reflecting the band of small rocky outcrops on its south-east face. The summit is broad and rounded with views west across to Ben Dorain and east into the upper Glen Lyon hills. Like its neighbours it sees little traffic outside the bagging community.

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This Cam Chreag — there are several "crooked crag" hills of the same name in Scotland — sits on the watershed between Glen Lyon and Loch Rannoch, north of the Munro Stuchd an Lochain. The 861m summit is a small cairn on a long grassy ridge with a single notable rock outcrop on its south flank, the namesake feature. The view north over Loch Rannoch and south to Ben Lawers gives this otherwise modest hill an outsized sense of position.

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Canisp is the lonely Assynt Corbett that rises in glorious isolation from the lochan-strewn moorland between Loch Assynt and the back of Suilven. From most angles it looks plain and dome-like next to the spectacular spires of Suilven and Quinag — but with 689m of prominence it is one of the most freestanding hills in Britain, and the summit view of Suilven from directly across the bealach is the textbook image of Assynt. Cambrian quartzite caps the top above a base of ancient Torridonian sandstone.

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Carn a' Choire Ghairbh — "cairn of the rough corrie" — sits in the rolling Highland country between Glen Affric and Glen Loyne, twin to Aonach Shasuinn on the same broad ridge. At 862m it is a Corbett of moor and small crag rather than mountain drama, but the position high above the Affric watershed gives extensive views into one of the most attractive glens in Scotland. Most baggers tackle it together with Aonach Shasuinn from a Cluanie base.

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Carn a' Chuilinn — "the cairn of the holly" — is a quiet 817m Corbett in the Monadhliath, south-east of Fort Augustus in the upper Glen Tarff country. The hill sits on the watershed between Loch Ness and the upper Spey and is most often climbed in conjunction with neighbouring Geal-charn Mor or Meall na h-Aisre. The summit is a small rocky cairn on a broad heather plateau with sweeping outlooks west across the Great Glen toward the Loch Lochy peaks and north over Loch Ness to the Inverness coast.

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Càrn an Fhreiceadain — 'the watching cairn' — is the 878m Corbett rising directly above Kingussie at the south-east corner of the Monadhliath. The mountain was used as a vantage point by 17th-century watchmen who scanned for raiding cattle drovers coming down from the Cairngorms, hence the name. The 4WD estate track that runs from Kingussie to the summit is one of the more direct vehicle-track-to-summit lines on any Scottish Corbett. Views from the trig pillar look south across the Spey valley to Cairn Gorm and east to the Cairnwell passes.

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Càrn Bàn — 'the white cairn' — is the 845m Corbett standing in the remote upper reaches of Strath Vaich, north of Garve. The mountain sits within the Strathvaich deer forest, and the standard approach is via a long estate track that drives east from the A835 into the heart of the deer country. The summit gives a striking view across Inverlael forest to An Teallach and toward Beinn Dearg. A genuinely empty hill day; you can walk a full round without meeting another party.

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Carn Chuinneag is a freestanding 839m Corbett in the rolling deer country of Easter Ross, north of Strathcarron and east of the Alladale wilderness reserve. With 461m of prominence it stands clearly apart from its neighbours and the conical summit is unmistakable from the Dornoch Firth coast 30km to the east. The hill is built of an unusual outcrop of granite within a sea of Moine schist — a geological curiosity that gives it a distinctive pale-pink summit dome.

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Càrn Dearg is the 834m Corbett rising west of Loch Ossian, sharing the Corrour station catchment with Leum Uilleim and the lower Munros to the south. Train access from Glasgow to Corrour makes the hill among the genuinely car-free Corbetts, although the walk-in from the station is long and runs through some of the wettest country in Britain. The summit is reached over rolling grass-and-heather flanks; the views look east across Loch Ossian to Ben Alder and west to the Mamores.

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This Carn Dearg — the 816m Corbett above the west end of Loch Lochy at NN349966 — sits in the rolling moorland between Loch Lochy and Glen Roy. Not to be confused with the Corrour Carn Dearg or the Loch Pattack Carn Dearg, both Corbetts; the central Highlands has three. The summit gives views east into the Creag Meagaidh massif and south across to the Loch Lochy Munros. Often climbed by Munro-baggers as a quiet preliminary to the higher hills nearby.

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This Carn Dearg — "red cairn", one of several across Scotland — is the 768m Corbett in the rough country between Glen Roy and the head of Loch Lochy, north of Spean Bridge. The hill sits in deer-forest country with a small rocky cairn on a wide heather summit; the red-tinged Dalradian schist of the upper slopes gives the hill its name. The view east takes in the upper Spean and the Creag Meagaidh ridge, west across the Great Glen to the Loch Lochy peaks.

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Carn Dearg Mor — "the big red hill" — sits in the empty country between Glen Feshie and the Geldie Burn, on the south-west flank of the great Cairngorm plateau. At 857m the rounded red-granite summit is a Corbett in stature though surrounded by Munros; its 290m of re-ascent off the high plateau is what earns it the classification. The view east takes in the full sweep of Cairn Toul, Braeriach and Carn an Fhidhleir — a properly arctic Cairngorm panorama with no road in sight.

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Càrn Ealasaid is the broad heather Corbett sitting directly above the Lecht ski area on the A939, accessible by what is by far the shortest standard ascent of any Corbett. Park at the Lecht and you're already at 645m — the climb to the 792m summit is less than 150m of ascent on a clear track and bulldozed access route. The summit gives a wide-angle view across the Cromdales to Speyside and east over the open Aberdeenshire moors. A genuine 'tick' rather than a serious day, but useful on a short winter afternoon or for parties new to Corbetts.

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This Carn Mor — "big cairn", a common name shared by several Corbetts — is the 830m hill on the watershed between Loch Arkaig and Glen Pean, in the empty country north-east of the Rough Bounds. Open heather and small rocky outcrops dominate the slopes, and the summit cairn perches on a low rise above wide moorland. The view west into the Rough Bounds and south back over Loch Arkaig gives it more presence than the gentle terrain suggests.

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Càrn Mòr — 'the big cairn' — is the heather-clad Corbett of the upper Avon country, rising north-west of Tomintoul on the long ridge running down toward the Cromdale hills. The 804m summit is a small rocky tor on a broad moorland plateau, and the views span from the main Cairngorm plateau in the south to Speyside and the Moray Firth in the north. Drier and friendlier underfoot than the western Highlands, the hill is a good day for parties based at Tomintoul or in lower Speyside.

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Càrn na Drochaide — 'the cairn of the bridge' — is the rounded heather Corbett rising directly above the Linn of Dee near Braemar, on the southern edge of the Cairngorms massif. It sits as an outlier rather than a peak of the main range, and its accessibility from amongst the most photographed beauty spots in Scotland makes it a popular short Corbett day. The summit gives a fine front-row view of Beinn a' Bhùird and Ben Avon to the north and the long line of Mar Lodge estate forest to the south.

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Carn na Nathrach — "cairn of the serpent" — is a quiet 786m Corbett deep in the Ardgour hills, between Glen Hurich and Glen Scaddle. A 382m prominence and remote setting in a corner of Lochaber rarely visited by hill-walkers gives the hill genuine solitude. The summit is a small cairn on a rocky top with views west into the Sunart and Moidart peninsulas and east across Loch Linnhe to the busier hills of mainland Lochaber.

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Càrn na Saobhaidhe — 'the cairn of the fox's den' — is the central Monadhliath Corbett standing roughly mid-way between the Spey valley and Loch Mhor. At 811m it sits as the high point of an enormous rolling moorland, with no rocky character at all — just heather, peat, and immense skies. The summit cairn is unmarked and easy to miss on the broad plateau. The hill is rarely climbed for its own sake; most parties bag it via long-distance bike or as part of a Monadhliath traverse.

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Cìr Mhòr — 'the great comb' — is the granite spike at the geometric heart of the Arran hills, widely considered the finest mountain on the island and arguably the most distinctive small peaks in Scotland. Although only 799m it is shaped like a true alp: pyramidal from every angle, with rock climbing routes on three faces (including the famous Rosa Pinnacle) and a summit barely big enough for a small group. The mountain sits at the junction of Glen Rosa, Glen Sannox and the A' Chir ridge.

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Cnoc Coinnich is the 763m Corbett standing between The Brack and Beinn an Lochain at the centre of the Arrochar Alps, above the Rest and Be Thankful. The name means 'mossy hill', a description that holds up after rain. The mountain is overshadowed by its better-known neighbours — The Cobbler, Beinn an Lochain, Beinn Narnain — but the summit gives one of the cleanest viewpoints of the Arrochar group at modest height and effort. Newly added to the Corbett list after a 2012 re-survey reclassified it from a Graham.

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Conachcraig is the rocky outlier on the east side of the Lochnagar massif, looking down Glen Muick from a series of three weathered granite tors. The highest of the tors, at 862m, gives it Corbett status — though by stature it could pass for a small Munro top of Lochnagar were the prominence rules different. The view across Loch Muick to the steep north face of Broad Cairn is one of the great Cairngorm panoramas and a popular reward for parties making the Lochnagar round.

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Corryhabbie Hill is a 781m Corbett in the rolling whisky-country uplands east of Tomintoul, between Glenlivet and the Cabrach. A trig pillar inside a stone windshelter marks the summit on a broad heather plateau. The view stretches east to the Moray coast and west to the Cairngorm plateau; on clear days the Inverness firths are visible. Like nearby Ben Rinnes the hill is a popular fitness target for locals from Dufftown and Tomintoul.

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Corserine is the high point of the Rhinns of Kells — the long ridge running south from the Awful Hand range to form the eastern wall of the Galloway hills. At 814m it is the highest summit on the Southern Uplands' eastern flank and gives a long ridge walk with views across the Glenkens to Ayrshire on one side and east to the Lowther hills on the other. Less visited than nearby Merrick, the hill rewards a quieter day in the same Galloway granite landscape: small lochans, white granite tors, and an immense sense of empty space.

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Cranstackie is the northern outlier of the Foinaven group — a quartzite ridge rising above the road from Rhiconich to Durness in the far north-west of Sutherland. The hill is overshadowed by its more famous neighbour but offers many of the same characteristics on a friendlier scale: pale quartzite blocks underfoot, a long summit ridge, and views to Cape Wrath that no other Corbett quite matches. Often climbed together with neighbouring Beinn Spionnaidh as a Sutherland double.

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This Creach Bheinn — "the hill of plunder", a common name in Scotland — is the high point of the Morvern peninsula, the long quiet finger of land between Loch Linnhe and the Sound of Mull. At 853m a small cairn crowns a rocky top with an outstanding seaward outlook: Mull and Lismore to the west, Ardgour and Garbh Bheinn across Loch Linnhe to the east, and the Small Isles on the horizon. Morvern is rarely busy and Creach Bheinn even quieter — many baggers never reach it.

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The Appin Creach Bheinn — the better-known of the two Creach Bheinns of Argyll, distinct from the Morvern hill — rises north of Loch Creran between Glen Etive and Glen Creran. At 810m it is a multi-topped hill with a huge boulder cairn at the highest point and a long broken summit ridge. Its position above the Glen Etive road gives an unobstructed view of Buachaille Etive Mor and the head of Glen Coe — one of the great close-range vistas of the Glen Coe area.

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Creag an Dail Bheag is a quiet 863m Corbett in the rolling deer country between Ben Avon and the headwaters of the River Don — eastern Cairngorms fringe, north of Braemar. It is a hill of broad heather slopes and small granite outcrops rather than dramatic features, with the highest point a rock beside a small cairn on the southern edge of a wide plateau. The view westward into the heart of the Ben Avon massif is the day's real reward.

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Creag Mac Ranaich is a quietly characterful Corbett above Lochearnhead — a hill of rocky outcrops, hidden lochans, and a summit area that feels much more rugged than its 809m height suggests. The name commemorates Mac Ranaich, a freebooter said to have taken refuge in the crags during the 17th century. Most walkers tackle it from Kingshouse on the A84, often combining the day with Meall an t-Seallaidh to the south for a Lochearnhead double. The summit gives a clean view across to Ben Vorlich, Stuc a' Chroin and the Loch Earn corridor.

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Creag Mhor — there are several of this common name across the Highlands — is the 895m Corbett in the rolling country east of the Cairngorm plateau, between Glen Avon and the headwaters of the River Don. This is heather-and-granite Cairngorm fringe country rather than the high arctic plateau, and the hill carries a small granite tor at the highest point. Long approaches across heather and rough estate ground keep visitor numbers low; on a clear day the view back across Strath Avon to the Cairngorm tops is the day's real prize.

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Creag nan Gabhar — "crag of the goats" — is the prominent rocky-faced Corbett rising directly east of the A93 in Glen Clunie, south of Braemar. At 834m a modest cairn marks a broad heather plateau with a striking close-up view of Lochnagar to the east and the Cairnwell ski hill to the south. The hill's east face drops away in small but steep crag bands toward Loch Callater, giving the name its sense — the crags here are the only places in upper Glen Clunie where goats could find footing.

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Creag Rainich — "rocky place of the bracken" — sits between Loch a' Bhraoin and Loch an Nid in the rough country north of Loch Broom, on the eastern fringe of the Fisherfield wilderness. At 807m the hill is a 452m-prominence Corbett with a striking three-stacked-slab summit cairn and views westward into An Teallach and the Fisherfield Munros. The position high above the A832 makes it one of the more accessible "Fisherfield-ish" Corbetts, without the river-crossing logistics of the genuine Fisherfield round.

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Creag Uchdag — 'the crag of the brow' — is the 878m Corbett standing north of Loch Earn at the head of Glen Lednock, between Comrie and Loch Tay. The mountain has steep crags on its north-west face dropping into the upper Lednock glen, giving its name; the south side is gentler and provides the walking line of ascent. The summit gives a panoramic view down Loch Earn and across to Ben Vorlich and Stuc a' Chroin, with the Lawers range stretching north.

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Creagan na Beinne is a quiet grassy Corbett in the rolling country between Loch Tay and the headwaters of the River Almond, south of Aberfeldy. With 460m of prominence it stands clearly apart from its neighbours, though most maps miss it among the busier Lawers and Glen Lyon hills to the north. The 889m summit is a broad flattened dome with one significant crag dropping east — the rocky face that gives the hill its name. Views stretch south to the Ochils and Stirling carse.

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Cruach Innse is the smaller, gentler partner of the Innse pair — twin Corbetts standing at the head of the Lairig Leacach, the pass connecting Glen Spean to Glen Nevis through the heart of the Grey Corries. At 857m it is the lower of the two by a metre, but the broader and more straightforward to climb. The summit gives a panoramic view of the Grey Corries' long quartzite ridge to the south and Ben Nevis to the west — one of the very best front-row seats on the western Highlands.

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Cul Beag is the smaller, steeper neighbour of Cul Mor in the Coigach hills, sitting south of Stac Pollaidh on the road from Drumrunie to Lochinver. The mountain is built of Torridonian sandstone and rises straight from Loch Lurgainn in a single dramatic line — short on metres, big on character. From the summit you look straight across to Stac Pollaidh's pinnacles and out over Suilven, Quinag and the rest of Assynt. Short by Corbett standards but steep enough to feel like a proper hill day.

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Cùl Mòr is the great twin-summited Corbett of Coigach, rising at the heart of the Inverpolly National Nature Reserve between Stac Pollaidh and Suilven. The 849m sandstone giant has two distinct tops — Creag nan Calman (the slightly higher) and Meallan Diomhain — separated by a small col, and the view unfolding from the summit is the picture-postcard panorama of north-west Scotland: Suilven's whaleback to the north, Stac Pollaidh's pinnacles to the west, Quinag to the north-east and the Summer Isles strewn across the Minch. A serious day across some of the roughest approach terrain in mainland Britain.

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Culardoch is the 900m Corbett rising at the eastern edge of the Cairngorms, between Glen Gairn and the upper Don valley. The mountain forms part of the Invercauld estate and sits on a long undulating moorland ridge stretching north from the Lochnagar massif. The summit is reached by one of the most direct estate-track ascents of any Corbett — a Land Rover track climbs to within 200m of the top from the Bealach Dearg. Views look south to Lochnagar and west into the main Cairngorm plateau.

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Druim nan Cnàmh — 'the ridge of bones' — is the long whaleback Corbett rising between Loch Loyne and Glen Loyne, north of the Cluanie Inn. The 789m summit sits at the highest point of a broad east-west ridge that connects loosely to the Cluanie Munros via a series of grassy bealachs. Also known as Beinn Loinne in some older guides. The walk crosses open Cluanie country with a sense of empty space and stalking-estate quiet typical of the area.

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Druim Tarsuinn — "the cross ridge", with the proper summit named Stob a' Bhealach an Sgriodain — is a long undulating Corbett deep in Ardgour, between the upper reaches of Glen Hurich and Glen Scaddle. The 771m summit is a small cairn on a rocky knoll along a 2km grass-and-rock ridge. The hill sits in some of the wildest country in mainland Lochaber, with no nearby Munros and very few visitors. Often combined with neighbouring Carn na Nathrach for a long Ardgour day.

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Dùn da Ghaoithe — 'the fort of two winds' — is Mull's main Corbett and the second-highest hill on the island after Ben More. The 766m summit sits at the northern end of a long ridge running south above the ferry route between Craignure and Oban, and gives one of the great viewpoints of the Inner Hebrides: across the Sound of Mull to Morvern and Ardnamurchan, south to Iona and the Treshnish Isles, north to the Cuillin of Skye on clear days, and east across the Firth of Lorn to the mainland. A good half-day walk from a roadside start.

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Faochaig is the 868m Corbett sitting west of Sguman Coinntich at the head of Glen Elchaig, near the bealach above the Falls of Glomach. The two hills form the natural Corbett pair of Glen Elchaig, climbed together by most parties on the same bike-in. The summit is small and rocky, with a low cairn beside an outcrop. The west-facing slopes drop dramatically toward the upper Glomach gorge — one of the deepest cleft in the Highlands.

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Farragon Hill is the rounded 782m Corbett rising north of Loch Tummel above the small village of Foss, between Pitlochry and Tummel Bridge. The mountain is named for Saint Fearchar, an early Christian who is said to have established a cell on the hill. Mineral interest is also part of its history: the Farragon vein, mined for galena and barytes in the 18th and 19th centuries, runs through the hill and was once a small but locally important source of lead. A friendly Perthshire hill day with views south to Schiehallion and east toward Beinn a' Ghlò.

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Foinaven is the great quartzite ridge of north-west Sutherland — a three-kilometre line of pale white rock running above the Reay Forest peatlands between Rhiconich and Loch Stack. The summit, Ganu Mor at 911m, missed Munro reclassification by a handful of metres in the 1995 resurvey and the demotion is still local legend. Five distinct tops on the crest, drops east into the corries above Loch Dionard, and views to Cape Wrath that take in some of the emptiest country in Britain.

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Fraoch Bheinn — 'the heather hill' — is the 857m Corbett standing at the head of Loch Arkaig above Strathan, looking north into the wild bowl of Glen Dessarry that leads west into Knoydart. The mountain forms a natural pairing with Sgùrr Cos na Breachd-laoidh to the west: both are rough heather-and-rock hills reached from the same road-end at Strathan, and most parties tackle them together on a long Strathan day. The summit ridge is broad and gives one of the best vantage points on the Sgùrr na Cìche range to the north.

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Fraochaidh is the highest of the hills hidden between Glen Duror and Glen Creran in Appin, south-west of Ballachulish. It is a quiet hill on a busy stretch of the west coast — most travellers heading up the A828 are too focused on Glen Coe ahead to notice it. With 551m of prominence and a complex undulating ridge, it gives one of the most worthwhile Corbett days in this corner of Argyll. The summit cairn looks out over Loch Linnhe to Morvern and north to the Pap of Glencoe and Bidean nam Bian.

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Fuar Bheinn — 'the cold hill' — is the 766m Corbett in the wild country of Kingairloch in southern Morvern, the rugged peninsula south of Loch Sunart. Together with neighbouring Creach Bheinn (also a Corbett) it forms a natural double from the road end at Kingairloch. The summit looks out across Loch Linnhe to the Glen Coe peaks and south to the small islands and the Argyll coast. A remote feel for what is, on the map, only a moderate distance from the road.

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Fuar Tholl is the great hooked Corbett above Achnashellach in Wester Ross, and arguably the most photogenic mountains on the railway line between Inverness and Kyle of Lochalsh. The north face is dominated by the Mainreachan Buttress — a serious rock-climbing objective famous for its long sandstone routes — and the summit ridge curves round above it in a distinctive hook visible from miles down Glen Carron. At 907m it lies within striking distance of Munro height — frustratingly so for the local folklore — and earns its place as a fine hill day in its own right rather than a Munro consolation.

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Gairbeinn — 'the rough hill' — is the 895m Corbett rising at the eastern edge of the Glen Roy and Loch Lochy hills, between Glen Spean and the Great Glen. The summit forms the high point of a broad ridge running west-east, with views over the Great Glen to the south-west and across to the Monadh Liath plateau to the east. Reached most directly from the Spean Bridge area via the long Glen Roy parallel-roads road. A quiet hill in the lived-in country of Lochaber's eastern frontier.

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Garbh Bheinn of Ardgour is widely regarded as the finest non-Munro mountain in Scotland — an 885m rocky peak rising above the south side of Loch Linnhe with three classic ridges, a famous Great Ridge with established rock climbs since the 1890s, and a reputation that has drawn generations of scramblers and climbers across the Corran Ferry. The summit gives a panorama across to Ben Nevis and the Mamores. The hill is approached from the small parking area on the road over to Strontian, and the routes range from a steady walking ascent to serious mountaineering.

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This Garbh Bheinn — "the rough hill", one of several so named in Scotland — sits south-east of Kinlochleven between Loch Eilde Mor and Loch Treig, in the quiet country that joins the Mamores to the Grey Corries. At 867m it is overshadowed by Munro neighbours on both sides but commands an outstanding panorama of the Mamore ridge and Ben Nevis to the north. The summit is a small rocky top reached by a long ridge of rough quartzite blocks that fully justify the hill's name.

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The Skye Garbh-bheinn is the easternmost of the Cuillin Hills proper — a rough gabbro peak that sits across Loch Slapin from Bla Bheinn but is geologically and visually a Black Cuillin outlier. At 808m the rocky summit gives an outstanding close-range view of the Cuillin ridge to the west and Bla Bheinn directly opposite. Like the rest of the Cuillin, the rock is rough magnetic gabbro that grips like sandpaper in dry conditions.

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Geal-Charn — 'the white cairn' — is the 820m Corbett of the eastern Monadhliath, rising above Glen Banchor north-west of Newtonmore. The mountain is one of four Geal-Charns scattered across the Highlands, three of which are Munros; this one is the lowest, often left to the last by completers. The summit is a broad pale-quartzite plateau (the source of the name) with views east to the Cairngorm massif across the Spey valley and west into the rolling moorland heart of the Monadhliath.

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This Geal Charn — "white cairn", one of many across Scotland — is the 804m Corbett in the rough country north of Loch Arkaig between Glen Dessarry and the head of Loch Quoich. A concrete trig pillar stands on the broad grassy dome at the top, with pathless moor and scattered lochans stretching away on all sides. The hill sees few visitors compared to its more dramatic neighbours and offers a quiet alternative for those after empty Highland country with a good summit view.

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Geal-charn Mòr — 'the big white cairn' — is the 824m Corbett rising above Aviemore on the north side of the Spey valley. The mountain forms part of the Burma Road skyline that drivers see when approaching Aviemore from the south — a long broad ridge of pale stones and short grass typical of the eastern Monadhliath. The summit gives a clean view across the Spey to the main Cairngorm plateau, with the railway and the A9 stretched out below.

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Glamaig is the conical Red Cuillin dome rising directly above the Sligachan Hotel on Skye — visible from the moment you cross the Skye Bridge and a landmark from across the Inner Sound on the mainland. The Corbett summit, Sgùrr Mhàiri at 775m, is gained via what is by general agreement the steepest sustained ascent of any standard route in Scotland: 750m of climb in less than two horizontal kilometres on red granite scree. The Glamaig Hill Race held each July sees the top runners summit-to-pub in under 50 minutes; mortals take 4–5 hours.

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This Glas Bheinn — "green hill", a common Highland name — is the 789m Corbett on the eastern fringe of the Black Mount, in the rough country between Glen Etive and Loch Tulla. The hill is overshadowed by its Munro neighbours in the Black Mount but offers a quieter alternative with one of the most striking views of the Stob Ghabhar massif. The summit is a small cairn on a grassy dome with steep crag-broken flanks dropping into Glen Etive on its west side.

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Glas Bheinn — the grey-green hill — is the modest Corbett sitting between Quinag to the north and the Inchnadamph valley to the south, surrounded by the Assynt limestone country. Most visitors pass it without a glance on their way to Quinag or Suilven, which is part of its appeal: a quiet summit with amongst the best Assynt views, looking east over lochan-spotted moor to Conival and Ben More Assynt, west to Suilven, and north to Quinag and the Atlantic. The summit also overlooks the gorge of the Eas a' Chual Aluinn — Britain's tallest waterfall at 200m — though the falls themselves are best appreciated from a separate detour.

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Goat Fell is the highest hill on the Isle of Arran and the most-climbed summit in the island's distinctive granite ridge — a 874m pyramid visible from the moment the CalMac ferry leaves Ardrossan. The name probably comes from the Norse 'geita-fjall' rather than anything to do with goats. The summit gives one of the broadest views of any Scottish hill of its size: Ireland's Mourne Mountains, the Mull of Kintyre, Jura and Islay, the Ayrshire coast and on a stable cold day even Ben Lomond and the Arrochar Alps. The gradient is steady, the path obvious from start to finish, and a clear day on Goat Fell ranks among the must-do outings for any visitor to Arran.

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Hart Fell is the high point of the Moffat Hills west of the Tweed source, a 808m Corbett rising on the Dumfries-shire/Borders boundary above the Devil's Beef Tub. The summit is a trig point on a broad grassy plateau, but what defines the hill is its steep north-east face dropping into the Corehead valley and the famous Devil's Beef Tub — a vast natural amphitheatre where local cattle reivers once hid stolen herds. The view extends across the Southern Uplands, into England, and on clear days to the Lake District fells.

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Leathad an Taobhain — 'the slope of the rafter' — is the 912m Corbett standing at the south-east corner of the Gaick, the great deer-forest of high featureless plateau between Speyside and Atholl. The summit is genuinely remote, a long way from any road, and gives a sense of empty space found in few other places on the Scottish mainland. The Gaick approach is most often a bike-in from Drumochter or Glen Tromie. Notorious in winter: an avalanche on the Loch an Dùin slopes in 1800 killed five drovers and entered the bagging folklore.

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Leum Uilleim — 'William's leap' — is the Corbett that gives Trainspotting its opening line about Scottish weather, perched directly above the railway station at Corrour. Reaching the foot of the hill requires no car: the ScotRail train from Glasgow Queen Street climbs onto Rannoch Moor and drops you at arguably the most remote stations in Britain, with the 906m summit visible to the south. The walk crosses open moor, climbs onto a grassy ridge, and finishes with views across Loch Ossian to the Ben Alder group and west to the Ben Nevis range.

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Little Wyvis is the 763m Corbett south-west of Ben Wyvis, sharing a broad heather-and-grass shoulder with its bigger Munro neighbour. The hill is a rounded grassy dome with an embedded boulder cairn at the high point. The view east takes in the Cromarty Firth, the Black Isle and the Moray Firth coast; west into the empty Wyvis Forest and toward the great Ross-shire wilderness around Ben Dearg. A friendly easier alternative to its more demanding Munro neighbour.

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Mam na Gualainn — 'the pass of the shoulder' — is the broad ridge-summit rising above Kinlochleven on the south shore of Loch Leven, opposite the Mamores. The 796m top sits at the highest point of a long undulating ridge running roughly east–west between Loch Linnhe and Loch Leven, and is reached most directly from the West Highland Way as it climbs out of Kinlochleven. The summit gives a clean front-row vantage across Loch Leven to the Mamores and east into Glen Coe.

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Meall a' Bhuachaille — "hill of the shepherd" — is the friendly conical Corbett rising directly above Loch Morlich in Glenmore, the most accessible of all the Cairngorms-fringe summits. At 810m it gives one of the great close-up views of the main Cairngorm plateau across the Pass of Ryvoan, with the spread of Bynack More, Cairngorm and Braeriach on display. Its low elevation and excellent paths make it the busiest Corbett in the area — a hill rich in Highland history with the famous green lochan Lochan Uaine at its foot.

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Meall a' Ghiubhais — "hill of the pine" — is the standalone quartzite-capped Corbett on the south side of Loch Maree, just east of the great Beinn Eighe massif. It sits within the Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Britain's oldest, and is reached by the famous mountain trail that winds through Caledonian pine remnants from the visitor centre at Aultroy. At 887m the summit is a broad whaleback with a windshelter and one of the best lochside panoramas in Wester Ross — Slioch directly across the loch and An Teallach in the distance.

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Meall a' Phubuill — "hill of the tent" — is a 772m Corbett in the rolling country between Glen Loy and Glen Mallie, west of Fort William and Loch Lochy. With 467m of prominence and no nearby Munros, it gives a quiet day in heathery hill country with views east to Ben Nevis, west toward Knoydart, and a striking close-range outlook over the Loch Arkaig forest. A small cairn tops the wide grassy summit dome.

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Meall an Fhudair — "hill of the powder", apparently a reference to old whisky-still smoke — is a 764m Corbett at the head of Glen Falloch, between Tyndrum and Loch Lomond. The hill sits in the rolling country east of the A82, with 382m of prominence putting it well clear of any near neighbour. The summit is a wide grassy dome rather than a defined peak; the highest point is unmarked except by a few small stones on broad mossy turf. View south down the length of Loch Lomond is exceptional.

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Meall an t-Seallaidh — "hill of the view" — rises directly above the south side of Glen Dochart, between Killin and Crianlarich, and lives up to its name with one of the broadest panoramas in the southern Highlands. From its 852m summit the Lawers range fills the north-east horizon, Ben More and Stob Binnein dominate the south, and the spread of the central Highlands stretches in every other direction. With 428m of prominence it is a freestanding hill that demands its own day rather than being tagged onto a neighbour.

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This is the Glen Lochay Meall Buidhe — one of several hills of the same name across the Highlands — a 908m grassy dome on the north side of upper Glen Lochay between Kenknock and the Lairig nan Lunn. The hill links naturally to the Munros Creag Mhor and Beinn Heasgarnich to its north, but stands far enough apart for a satisfying single day. Its yellow tussocky flanks (Meall Buidhe means "yellow hill") give wide views down Glen Lochay to Loch Tay and across the Lawers range.

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Meall Dubh — "the dark hill" — is the dome-shaped 789m Corbett above Loch Loyne, in the rolling country between Glen Garry and Glen Moriston. A 544m prominence sets it well clear of any near neighbour, and the broad summit area carries a small rocky cairn with views west toward the Cluanie Munros, south to the Loch Quoich hills and east into the Great Glen. The hill's peat-and-heather flanks earn its name; the upper ground is often gloomy even on bright days.

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Meall Horn — sometimes anglicised as Meallhorn or just the Horn — is a 776m Corbett in the Reay Forest of north-west Sutherland, between Loch Stack and the great quartzite peaks of Foinaven and Arkle. A mix of Moine schist with quartzite outcrops gives the upper hill a similar pale, blocky character to its bigger neighbours. The summit is a large stone cairn on a wide rounded top with one of the most striking views of the Foinaven ridge as a foreground feature.

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Meall Lighiche — 'the physician's hill' — is the rounded 772m Corbett rising between Glen Etive and Glen Creran, set in the quieter country south-west of the main Glen Coe Munros. The mountain is overshadowed by its neighbours — Sgor na h-Ulaidh and Stob a' Choin Dubh to the north, Beinn Sgulaird to the south — and is often climbed by Munro-baggers as a quick add-on after Sgor na h-Ulaidh. The summit gives an open view down Glen Creran to Loch Creran and across to Bidean nam Bian on the far side of Glen Etive.

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Meall na Fearna — "hill of the alder trees" — is the quiet Corbett tucked between Ben Vorlich and Stuc a' Chroin on the south side of Loch Earn. At 810m it is overshadowed by its two Munro neighbours and rarely visited in its own right, despite the fine outlook north over Loch Earn to the Crieff hills. The summit is a small pile of stones on a wide grassy plateau, and the hill's gentle south-facing slopes give some of the easiest going of any Trossachs Corbett.

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Meall na h-Aisre is a broad-shouldered Monadhliath Corbett south of the Corrieyairack Pass — the historic high-level military road built by General Wade to link Fort Augustus and Speyside. At 862m it is a hill of rolling peat and short heather rather than dramatic relief, with a slab of rock at the high point of a wide green dome. The view east into the heart of the Monadhliath plateau and west across the Great Glen to the Loch Lochy Munros gives it more presence than the gentle terrain might suggest.

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Meall na h-Eilde — "hill of the hind" — is a quiet 837m Corbett in the rough country between Loch Arkaig and Glen Garry, north-west of Achnacarry. With 450m of prominence and no near neighbours of any size, it gives a genuinely isolated feel on a hill that is rarely visited compared to its busier Munro cousins. The summit is a small rocky outcrop on a broad grassy dome with views west into Knoydart, north to the Loch Quoich Munros and south back over Loch Arkaig.

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Meall na Leitreach is a quiet 777m Corbett above Dalnaspidal at the south end of the Pass of Drumochter, between Loch Garry and Loch Ericht. The hill is a broad rounded mass of heather rather than a striking peak — Drumochter-fringe ground, busy with deer and grouse but rarely with walkers. The summit is a small cairn on a featureless dome with views west into the Ben Alder forest and east across the Pass of Drumochter to The Sow and A' Bhuidheanach Bheag.

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Meall nam Maigheach — "hill of the hares" — is a quiet 778m Corbett above Loch an Daimh in upper Glen Lyon, on the watershed between Glen Lyon and Glen Lochay. The summit is a small rocky cairn on a wide turfy dome with a fine outlook east toward Schiehallion and west into the empty country of the Loch Lyon hills. It is often combined with the Munros Stuchd an Lochain or Meall Buidhe for a more substantial day.

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Meall nan Subh — "hill of the berries", a reference to the cloudberries that ripen on its slopes in late summer — is a rounded Corbett at the head of Glen Lochay, sharing the watershed with Meall Buidhe to the south-east. At 806m the summit is an embedded boulder beside a small cairn on a wide grassy dome, with a fine view east toward the Lawers range and west into the Mamlorn Munros. The hill is often combined with Meall Buidhe for a Glen Lochay watershed double.

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Meall Tairneachan — "the thunder hill" — is a rounded 787m Corbett north of Aberfeldy, between Loch Tummel and the Tay valley. With 420m of prominence it stands clearly above its neighbours and gives a trig-pointed summit on a wide grassy dome. The hill is unusual in carrying an active barytes mine on its southern flank — the Foss mine — one of only two industrial sites of its kind in Britain. The view south to Loch Tay and west to Schiehallion is among the finest moderate-hill panoramas in central Perthshire.

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Meallach Mhor — "the big lumpy hill" — is the 769m Corbett at the head of Glen Tromie, on the western fringe of the Gaick Forest deer-country south of Aviemore. The hill is paired with A' Chaoirnich across the upper glen. The summit is a blocky embedded granite boulder on a wide heather plateau with views east into the Gaick wilderness, west to the Monadhliath, and a striking close-range outlook over the south Cairngorm massif.

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Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill — usually shortened to MLCMD by Corbett baggers wrestling with the full name — is a 800m Corbett in the Reay Forest of west Sutherland, between Loch Stack and Ben Stack. The hill is built of Lewisian gneiss and Cambrian quartzite, with a trig pillar set inside a stone windshelter at the highest point. With 349m of prominence it stands clear of its neighbours and the position high on the Reay watershed gives an extraordinary far-north panorama from Cape Wrath in the north-west to Sutherland's empty interior in the east.

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Meallan nan Uan — "the little hill of the lambs" — is the Corbett twin of the Munro Sgurr a' Mhuilinn, the two hills sharing a high col north of Strathconon. At 838m it sits a touch below its bigger neighbour but offers an arguably finer summit: a pointed boulder on a small rocky top with a startling view down 700m to the floor of Strathconon. The pair is almost always tackled together from the road south of Inverchoran.

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Merrick is the highest hill in southern Scotland and the undisputed king of the Galloway uplands — a 843m granite dome rising at the head of the Range of the Awful Hand, the long curving ridge that gives the area its character. The summit's official southern-Scotland status is a small headline; the better story is the country it sits in, the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park, where you can walk for hours seeing nothing but heather, granite tor, and the lochs of the Awful Hand below. On clear days the view stretches to Ireland's Mourne Mountains and the Isle of Man.

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Monamenach — 'the middle mount' — is the 807m Corbett at the head of Glen Isla, central to the Angus Glens. The mountain is the easternmost of the gentler Cairngorm-fringe Corbetts, looking south across the Lowland fringe of Angus and north into the deer-forest of the upper Glen Isla. Drive in from Kirriemuir up the long Glen Isla road — one of the great quiet drives of eastern Scotland — and the mountain rises straight from the road end at Auchavan.

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Morrone (often written Morven on older maps) is Braemar's own hill — the conspicuous wooded dome rising straight out of the village to a broad rocky summit at 859m. It carries a small relay mast and one of the most photographed Cairngorm panoramas in the country, with the full sweep of Lochnagar, Beinn a' Bhuird, Ben Macdui and Cairn Toul laid out across the Dee. The lower slopes hold the most extensive juniper scrub woodland in Britain, designated a National Nature Reserve.

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Morven is the conspicuous conical Corbett rising alone above Deeside south-east of Ballater — a landmark from almost anywhere in lower Aberdeenshire and a hill that looks like a child's drawing of a mountain. There are two Scottish Morvens, and this is the better-known one: a 871m granite cone with a small summit area and views east to the North Sea, west to the Cairngorm plateau, and north over Speyside. The walk is straightforward, the gradient is steady, and the summit pays off the climb with a 360° panorama unobstructed by neighbouring hills.

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Mount Battock is the easternmost Corbett in Scotland — a broad heather-and-granite hill straddling the boundary between Angus and Aberdeenshire, with its summit at the head of Glen Esk and views east to the North Sea coast. The mountain is the high point of the gentle Mounth plateau and feels more like a Donald hill in character than a typical Highland Corbett: rounded slopes, grass and heather, gentle gradients. The drive in from Edzell up Glen Esk ranks as one of the loveliest in Angus, and the hill makes a good early-season day before the higher peaks shed their snow.

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Sail Ghorm — the blue heel — is the northern arm of Quinag's three-pronged ridge, completing the Y-shape with Sail Gharbh to the east and Spidean Coinich at the southern apex. The summit sits at the end of a long sandstone ridge running north from the central bealach, with the sea-loch country of Eddrachillis Bay laid out below. Most parties combine Sail Ghorm with Sail Gharbh — the natural pair — and the full Quinag traverse including Spidean Coinich features as one of the very best Sutherland ridge days.

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Spidean Coinich — the mossy peak — is the southern summit of Quinag, the three-topped Y-shaped mountain rising above Loch Assynt in Sutherland. At 764m it is one of three Corbett tops on the same massif (Sail Gharbh and Sail Ghorm being the others) and the most accessible from the A894 below. The ascent is the closest thing to a paved path on a Corbett: John Muir Trust have rebuilt long sections in pitched stone. The summit gives a panorama of Suilven, Canisp, Quinag's own corries, and Loch Assynt sweeping south.

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Sail Gharbh — 'the rough heel' — is the highest of Quinag's three Corbett summits at 808m, sitting at the eastern end of the Y-shaped massif rising above Loch Assynt. Where Spidean Coinich anchors the southern apex of Quinag and Sail Ghorm caps the northern arm, Sail Gharbh terminates the eastern leg, looking out over the broad sweep of moorland toward Lochinver. The summit is reached by an excellent John Muir Trust path and the full Quinag traverse including all three tops is one of the iconic Sutherland ridge days.

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Rois-Bheinn is the highest and most westerly of the four-Corbett ridge that rises straight out of the sea between Lochailort and Loch Eilt — a hill whose 882m summit feels far higher because it stands almost directly above tidewater. The traverse east to west over Sgurr na Ba Glaise and An Stac is regarded as one of the finest mainland Corbett ridges, mixing grass, slabs and short rocky steps, with the Sound of Arisaig and the Small Isles laid out beneath. The summit cairn sits on the wreckage of an old trig point.

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Ruadh-stac Beag is the detached northern outlier of the Beinn Eighe massif — a steep, blocky quartzite cone that sits apart from the main Munro ridge across the wild upper bowl of Coire Mhic Fhearchair. At 896m it is the only Corbett in the Beinn Eighe range and is generally tackled as a stand-alone day rather than tagged on to the Munro round, because the descent into and re-ascent from the col is substantial. The summit gives one of the finest views in Torridon: straight across the upper corrie to the Triple Buttress of Coinneach Mhor.

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Sail Mhòr — 'the big heel' — is the 767m sandstone Corbett standing immediately west of An Teallach above Little Loch Broom. The mountain is in many ways An Teallach's outlying buttress: the same Torridonian sandstone, the same dramatic ridge architecture, just on a smaller scale. The west face plunges into Coire na Feòla in dramatic cliffs; the north ridge gives a fine summit approach with continuous views across to An Teallach's pinnacles. A useful follow-up summit for parties who have already bagged An Teallach.

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Sgor Mor — 'the great peak' — is the southern outlier of the central Cairngorms massif, rising above the Linn of Dee and the Geldie Burn on the long approach in to Beinn Bhrotain and Monadh Mor. The 813m summit is a small granite tor on a broad heathery dome and gives a fine front-row view north into the Cairngorm corries. The mountain is overshadowed by the Munros either side and dismissed by many as too far from a road; that suits anyone wanting solitude on a long Cairngorm day. The walk-in from the Linn of Dee is itself a particularly fine estate-track approaches in eastern Scotland.

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Sgorr Craobh a' Chaorainn — 'the rowan tree peak' — is the 775m Corbett at the head of Coire an Iubhair in central Ardgour, north of Strontian. The summit sits at the junction of two ridges and gives a striking position between the Sunart Corbetts to the south and the Garbh Bheinn group to the north. Most parties tackle it from the Polloch road or alongside Beinn na h-Uamha for the central Ardgour double — both hills share the same forestry-and-open-hill character.

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Sgorr na Diollaid — "peak of the saddle", a reference to the broad bealach on the summit ridge — sits between Glen Cannich and Glen Strathfarrar, on the high ground north of Loch Mullardoch. At 817m the hill is a quiet Corbett tucked among the great Munros of the Mullardoch and Strathfarrar ridges, often overlooked but with a striking rock tor at the highest point. The view south across Loch Mullardoch to the high Affric ridge is the highlight, and the relative isolation gives a real sense of central Highland wilderness.

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Sgorr nan Lochan Uaine — "the peak of the little green lochans" — sits in the wild Coulin Forest between the Achnashellach hills to the south and the Beinn Eighe massif to the north. At 871m it is one of three Corbetts grouped around the head of Coire Lair, sharing high country with the Munros Sgorr Ruadh, Beinn Liath Mhor and the Corbett Fuar Tholl. The summit is a small rocky peak with a stone-built windshelter, looking down on the cluster of green lochans that give the hill its name.

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Sguman Coinntich is the 879m Corbett guarding the head of Glen Elchaig at the eastern side, between Killilan and the Falls of Glomach. The mountain is part of the remote group north of the A87 road around Loch Long, accessed from the small settlement of Killilan via a long estate track up the glen. From the top, the Kintail ridge of the Five Sisters spreads out to the south and Glen Affric runs away to the east. Often paired with Faochaig from the same bike-in approach.

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Sgùrr a' Chaorachain is the Applecross Corbett right above the Bealach na Bà — the highest tarred road pass in Britain. Starting at 626m at the summit of the pass means it has by some distance the shortest walk-in of any Corbett, and a relatively modest climb to a summit that gives an extraordinary view across the Inner Sound to Raasay and Skye. The hill also includes the impressive A' Chioch sub-top with its famous east face buttresses — historic Scottish rock climbing ground.

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Sgurr a' Choire-bheithe is the great whaleback of a ridge on the north side of Loch Hourn, looking south across the sea loch to the wild peaks of Knoydart. It is one of the longest unbroken Corbett ridges in Scotland — almost 4km of crest with seven distinct tops, the highest at 913m. With 390m of re-ascent and no road within walking distance it remains a remote and quiet hill, missed by most because of the awkward approach from Kinloch Hourn at the end of one of the longest dead-end roads in the country.

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Sgùrr a' Mhuilinn — 'the mill peak' — is the high point of Strathconon, the long quiet glen running west from the Black Isle into the Monar hills. The 878m summit is the centrepiece of the Strathconon ridge — a north-east-to-south-west line linking several smaller tops with Sgùrr a' Mhuilinn as the dominant peak. The drive in from Muir of Ord is one of the loveliest single-track roads in Easter Ross, and the hill is reached from the road end at Scardroy with a short, steep ascent.

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Sgurr an Airgid — "peak of silver" — rises directly out of Loch Duich on its north shore, opposite the famous Five Sisters of Kintail. At 841m the cone-shaped summit gives one of the most arresting views in the western Highlands: the full sweep of the Five Sisters at eye level across the loch, with the South Glen Shiel ridge stretching east and the peaks of Skye visible to the west. Its 394m of prominence comes from the deep cleft of Strath Croe to the north which separates it from the bigger Kintail hills.

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Sgùrr an Fhuarain is the high point of the ridge running west from Sgùrr Mòr (Munro) into Glen Kingie — a remote 901m Corbett sitting at the heart of the rough country between Loch Quoich and the Knoydart hills proper. There is no short way in: every approach is a serious commitment of distance and trackless ground. The reward is a quiet summit on one of the wildest watersheds in mainland Scotland, with views to Sgùrr na Cìche, Garbh Chioch Mhòr and the long western Knoydart ridges.

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Sgurr an Utha — "peak of the udder", from the rounded twin-topped profile — rises directly above the A830 between Glenfinnan and Lochailort, looking down on Loch Eilt and the Jacobite steam train route. At 796m the summit is a small cairn on a rocky crest with one of the most accessible Lochaber views: Loch Eilt running west, the Glenfinnan Viaduct visible to the east, and the Rough Bounds beyond. With 499m of prominence the hill is freestanding from any near neighbour.

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Sgùrr Coire Choinnichean rises directly above the township of Inverie at the heart of Knoydart — one of the few hills in Scotland with no road access of any kind to its base. The 796m summit comes via a steep walk straight from the village (itself reached only by ferry from Mallaig or by foot across the Knoydart hills). The mountain is a fine vantage point over Loch Nevis, Loch Hourn, the Sleat peninsula of Skye, and the long wild rampart of Ladhar Bheinn to the north-west. Often climbed in conjunction with a night at the Old Forge — the most isolated pub in mainland Britain.

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Sgùrr Cos na Breachd-laoidh — 'the peak of the dappled calf's hollow' — is Fraoch Bheinn's slightly smaller western neighbour, the second of the Strathan Corbett pair at the head of Loch Arkaig. The two hills are usually climbed together; the bealach between them is broad and the traverse natural. At 835m the summit gives a particularly fine view west into Glen Dessarry toward Sgùrr na Cìche, and east back along the long line of Loch Arkaig — one of the most secluded vantage points on the western seaboard.

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Sgùrr Dhomhnuill is the highest summit in the Sunart hills and one of the most striking peaks of Ardgour — a sharp 888m pyramid visible across Loch Sunart from the road between Strontian and Salen. The mountain has remarkable prominence (over 870m from key col to summit), giving it an outsized presence despite the modest absolute height. Reached by walking deep into the heart of the peninsula from Polloch or Strontian, the summit cone is small and rocky with a stone shelter, and the views west to Mull, Rum and the Atlantic feel hard-earned.

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Sgurr Dubh — "the dark peak" — is the 782m Corbett east of Beinn Liath Mhor in the Coulin Forest, between Achnashellach and Glen Torridon. The dark Torridonian sandstone of the summit cone gives the hill its name. With Beinn Liath Mhor (Munro) directly to its west and Sgorr nan Lochan Uaine (Corbett) just south, it sits in some of the finest Wester Ross country and is often included in a long Coire Lair round.

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Sgurr Gaorsaic — "peak of horror" or "peak of terror", depending on the gloss — is the secluded Corbett tucked between A' Ghlas-bheinn and the Munros of the Five Sisters at the head of Gleann Lichd. At 838m it is overlooked by every walker on the standard Kintail-Affric crossing, who passes within sight of the summit without diverting. The pointed top gives one of the closest views of the Falls of Glomach — Britain's tallest single-drop waterfall — directly beneath its south flank.

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Sgùrr Ghiubhsachain — 'peak of the pinewood' — is the 849m Corbett rising directly above the west shore of Loch Shiel, opposite the famous Glenfinnan Monument. The mountain is the steep wedge that closes off the view down the loch from the visitor centre, and looks particularly striking from the Glenfinnan Viaduct of Harry Potter fame. The name is no longer descriptive — most of the original Caledonian pine has gone — but the upper hill remains one of the most distinctive shapes in the western Highlands.

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Sgùrr Innse is the rocky cone of the Innse pair — sharper, smaller and more interesting underfoot than Cruach Innse to the north. At 809m it stands a metre below its partner but punches above its weight: the summit is a small rocky tower with serious drops on the south face and a short scrambling step on the standard ascent. Most parties tackle Sgùrr Innse alongside Cruach Innse from the Lairig Leacach for the classic Lochaber Corbett double, and the view from the summit is the best front-row vantage on the Grey Corries that exists anywhere.

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Sgùrr Mhic Bharraich is the rocky 779m Corbett rising at the head of Glen Shiel directly opposite the Saddle, accessed from Shiel Bridge. The mountain is overshadowed by the great Kintail Munros to the north — the Five Sisters, the Saddle, the South Glen Shiel ridge — but gives a satisfying short Corbett day with a striking summit view directly across into the heart of the Saddle and along the line of the Forcan Ridge. A useful hill day when poor weather rules out the bigger Munros.

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Sgùrr Mhurlagain is the steep-sided Corbett rising directly above the head of Loch Arkaig — visible at the end of the long drive west from Fort William and reached from the road end at Strathan. The mountain is small in distance terms but big in gradient: the south ridge is a continuous steep grass-and-rock slope from loch level to summit with little respite. The reward is a remote feeling out of proportion to the unassuming height, and views across Glen Pean to Sgurr Thuilm and the heart of Knoydart.

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Sgùrr na Bà Glaise — 'peak of the grey cow' — is the highest summit of the Rois-bheinn group in Moidart, a 874m Corbett standing above Lochailort and the West Highland railway. The mountain forms the central peak of easily the finest small ridges in the western Highlands: a four-Corbett traverse linking Rois-bheinn, Sgùrr na Bà Glaise, An Stac and Beinn Mhic Cedidh in a long day from the coast road. The summit gives views west to the small islands of Eigg and Rum and east to the Glenfinnan Munros.

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Sgurr na Feartaig is a long, undulating Corbett ridge between Glen Carron and the head of Loch Monar — a quiet hill on the edge of the great Monar wilderness. At 863m the highest point is at the western end of a 3km ridge with several minor tops, and the cairn rests on a small pile of weathered sandstone blocks. The view south to the Achnashellach hills and north across the empty Monar country is the day's real prize.

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Sgurr nan Ceannaichean — "the peak of the pedlars" — rises south of Glen Carron between Achnashellach and Achnasheen, joined to the Munro Moruisg by a high bealach. It was a Munro itself until a 2009 resurvey trimmed its height by 35 centimetres and dropped it into the Corbett list, an event that briefly made it a minor celebrity among the hill-bagging community. The summit sits on the edge of a small crag with a long drop into Coire Toll nam Bian and gives a striking view west toward the Achnashellach forest hills.

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Sgùrr nan Eugallt — 'peak of the deadly streams' — is the Corbett guarding the eastern edge of Knoydart above Loch Quoich, a rough rocky peak with a high prominence that makes it stand apart from its better-known Munro neighbours. The 898m summit looks south-west into the heart of Knoydart toward Ladhar Bheinn and Luinne Bheinn, and the approach from Kinloch Hourn is one of the wilder walk-ins in the western Highlands. A serious day in country that rewards confident navigation.

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Shalloch on Minnoch is the most northerly hill of the Range of the Awful Hand, the great Galloway ridge that runs south to Merrick (the highest hill in southern Scotland). At 774m it gives a fine extension to a Merrick round, or makes a quiet stand-alone day from the Stinchar Bridge / Rowantree Toll side. The summit is a pointed granite rock beside a cairn on a broad heather plateau, with views across the Galloway Dark Sky Park to the Solway Firth and beyond to the Isle of Man on a clear day.

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Sròn a' Choire Chnapanaich is the high point of the rolling moorland north of Glen Lyon, a 835m Corbett standing apart from the better-known Lawers Munros across the loch. The hill is essentially a long broad plateau with steep north-facing flanks plunging into Lochan Daimh — a man-made reservoir — and gentler grassy slopes to the south. The remoteness of Glen Lyon, often called Scotland's longest, gentlest and loneliest glen, makes the drive in part of the appeal.

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Stob a' Choin is the most westerly of the Balquhidder Corbetts — a rough, steep-sided hill rising above the head of Loch Doine in Rob Roy MacGregor country. The 867m summit is sharply pointed in profile but the upper hill is broken by rock outcrops and small craggy steps, and the walking is consistently rougher than the metrics suggest. Distinctly Trossachs in character: wooded glens, sudden rocky outcrops, and views east to Stob Binnein and Ben More that compete with anywhere in the southern Highlands.

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Stob an Aonaich Mhoir is a quiet 855m Corbett on the east side of Loch Ericht, deep in the Ben Alder Forest. It sits across the loch from Ben Alder itself and is rarely visited compared to its Munro neighbours; most parties tackle it as a bike-and-walk expedition rather than a single day on foot. The summit is a small rocky outcrop on a long heathery ridge, with a striking view west across Loch Ericht to the cliffs of Ben Alder's east face.

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Stob Coire a' Chearcaill — 'the peak of the hooped corrie' — is the Corbett of the Ardgour peninsula directly opposite Fort William across Loch Linnhe. The 771m summit lays out a magnificent panorama of Ben Nevis, the Mamores and the Aonachs spread out across the loch — possibly the best single vantage point of the Lochaber Munros that does not involve climbing one of them. Despite the proximity to Fort William, the hill stays quiet because the short Corran Ferry hop adds enough friction to deter most parties.

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Stob Coire Creagach — commonly called Binnein an Fhidhleir, "the Fiddler's peak" — rises directly above the A83 at the head of Loch Fyne, between Cairndow and the Rest-and-be-Thankful. At 817m the summit is a small rocky top on a long undulating ridge, with 505m of prominence giving it a freestanding feel above its busier Munro neighbours in the Arrochar Alps. The view across Glen Kinglas to Beinn an Lochain and down Loch Fyne to the Cowal hills is one of the finest in the Arrochar area.

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Stob Dubh — the dark peak — is the high point of Beinn Ceitlein, the long shapely Corbett rising directly above the Glen Etive road south of the Buachaille. At 883m it sits near the top of the Corbett list and gives an unforgettable ridge walk along its sharp north-east arête, with the Glen Etive crags falling away on one side and Coire Cloich-finne on the other. The mountain is visible from Glen Coe as the eastern wall of the lower Etive valley, and the standard ascent makes a fine half-day from any base in the area.

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Streap is the sharp pointed Corbett rising behind the Glenfinnan Munros, and probably the finest narrow ridge in the western Highlands outside the Cuillin. The name is from the Gaelic for 'climbing' and it earns it — the upper ridge is genuinely knife-edged with serious drops on both sides. At 909m it falls just short of Munro status, and the lack of crowds is one of its quiet pleasures. The summit is a tiny pyramid with views across to Sgurr Thuilm, Sgurr nan Coireachan and the long line of the Glenfinnan ridge.

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The Brack ranks as one of the dark, broad-shouldered Corbetts of the Ardgartan peninsula in the Arrochar Alps. Together with neighbouring Ben Donich it forms a paired walk from Lochgoilhead and has a quieter feel than the better-known Arrochar Munros across Glen Croe. The summit is a rough plateau of grass and rock with views down Loch Goil to the Firth of Clyde — when it isn't sitting in cloud, which it often is. The original 'East Face' winter climbing crag of Scottish mountaineering history is on the Brack's north-east face.

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The Cobbler — formally Ben Arthur — is the most recognisable mountain in the Arrochar Alps and probably the most-photographed Corbett in Scotland. The 884m peak has three distinct rocky tops: the south, the central (highest visible from below), and the true summit on the north peak, which can only be reached by squeezing through 'the eye of the needle', a natural rock hole, and stepping onto an exposed block. The hill stands directly above Loch Long opposite Arrochar and is the local Glasgow climber's classic short day — close enough for an evening ascent from the city, dramatic enough to feel like a real mountain.

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The Fara is the long whaleback ridge running south-west from Dalwhinnie above Loch Ericht — a six-kilometre line of moorland summit with the loch on one side and Glen Truim on the other. It is the kind of Corbett that gives more of a feel of remote upland Scotland than its modest difficulty suggests. The walking is gentle but the day is long, and the views across to Ben Alder are the payoff. A good early-season hill while the higher Munros still hold snow.

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The Sow of Atholl is the shapely conical Corbett on the west side of the Drumochter Pass — visible to every driver heading north on the A9 between Pitlochry and Newtonmore, and amongst the most accessible Corbetts in Scotland for that reason. The English name is a translation of an alternative Gaelic form. The hill makes a short and uncomplicated day from the A9 layby, with the summit giving a vantage point across the Drumochter Munros (A' Bhuidheanach Bheag, the Sow's bigger neighbours) and the long flat-bottomed pass itself.

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White Coomb is the highest hill in the Moffat Hills and one of the most striking summits in the Southern Uplands, rising directly above the Grey Mare's Tail — one of the highest single-drop waterfalls in Britain. At 821m a stone cairn tops a wide grassy plateau, but the hill's real character comes from the spectacular Loch Skeen hanging valley scooped into its eastern flank and the deep cleft of the Tail Burn dropping 60m off the lip. The view east into Galloway and west to the Lowther Hills covers most of southern Scotland.

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