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Hill walking in Scotland is an extremely
popular leisure activity with locals and
visitors from around the world. There are
283 mountains above 3,000 feet known as
Munros, over 4,000 people have now
claimed to have climbed them all.
There are 221 hills/mountains between
2,500 & 3,000ft known as Corbetts and
about 1,000 hills about 2,000ft. Most
have fairly safe walks to the top and can
be completed to the top and back between
3 and 8 hours. Also, altitude sickness
begins at about 8,000 feet so all are
below that with the highest Ben Nevis
being 4,408 feet.
The difference between a mountain and
a hill is normally regarded as a mountain
has steeper sides and a distinctive peak,
some hills are as high as some
mountains.
The links below take you to maps, the
map links lead to information and
multiple images of hikes/climbs.
The images and info are normally under
Walk Reports. When using the maps, click
on the red marker for a mountain, then on
the mountain name to get to the walk
reports for that mountain with info and
multiple images.
A list of Scottish Mountains by most
climbed with photos: View
List.
A click on map showing all the Munros,
above 3,000 ft, with images: View
Map.
A click on map showing the Corbetts
2,500 - 3,000 ft, with images: View
Map.
A click on map showing the Grahams
2,000 - 2,500 ft, with images: View
Map.
A click on map showing the Marilyns
sub 2,000 ft, with images: View
Map.
The only mountain summit that cannot
be hiked to, has to be climbed, is
Sgurr Dearg, at 3,235 ft, on
the Isle of Sky:
View Info
& Images.
A page giving photo tours of mountains
and hills up to 3,700 ft in Central
Scotland: View Page.
A page giving photo tours of mountains
and hills up to 2,800 ft in Southern
Scotland: View
Page.
A short list of Mountains in Scotland,
England & Wales hand picked not to be
missed: View
Page.
Things to look out for:
Clouds rolling in can make the descent
tricky so pay attention to the track you
followed up so you can backtrack to lower
ground. An Ordinance
Survey Map, Compass,
or even a Hand Held
GPS should be taken. If you are on
top of a mountain with no map or compass
when it clouds over, you may soon become
disorientated and not know which way is
north, south, east or west. If this
happens, you are supposed to wait until
the cloud clears.
Adders are small venomous snakes, up
to 2 feet in length, found in the UK
countryside from March to October, they
hibernate underground in winter. These
are the only poisonous snakes in the UK,
recognizable by the dark zig zag pattern
down their back. They vary in colour from
the most common brown to reddish, grey
and black. They are not aggressive and
nobody has died from an adder bite for
over 20 years. Most people bitten by
adders have normally been tying to handle
them. Hiking boots with thick socks,
gaiters or walking trousers are normally
enough to prevent a bite should you tread
on one. I looked for adders while hiking
over 100 hills in 6 months to get photos
and only saw one. It soon disappeared
down behind a rock so did not manage to
get a photo. It is not advised to sit in
long grass on the hills or mountains.
More
Information & Images.
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