Number 128 of 282 by height · Northwest Highlands
Maoile Lunndaidh
3,297 ft (1,005 m)
Facts
- Grid reference
- NH 135 458
- Latitude, longitude
- 57.46450, -5.11101
- Area
- Northwest Highlands
The walk up
No route line yet: the mapped paths near the summit do not join up with a car park. See Getting there below for the nearest place to park.
Summit conditions
From Sunday 1 November, 17:07. Not live.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy
- Temperature
- 35°F (1°C)
- Wind chill
- 30°F (−1°C)
- Wind
- 4 mph (7 km/h) from the west
- Cloud cover
- 39%
- Rain or snow, next hour
- None
- Freezing level, rough estimate
- 4,003 ft (1,220 m)
- Sunrise, sunset
- 07:31, 16:36
Getting there
By car
Car park with no name on the map. Parking charge not known. The nearest public car park to the summit, 5.1 mi (8.2 km) away in a straight line. Not necessarily the usual start.
Driving directions to the Maoile Lunndaidh car park57.51758,-5.20723
By train
Nearest station: Achnashellach, 5.3 mi (8.5 km) from the car park.
By bus
No bus stop on the map within 5 miles of the car park. The nearest is Station, 6.6 mi (11 km) away. Check the times first: many Highland buses run only a few times a day.
Public transport directionsBus and train times on Traveline Scotland
About Maoile Lunndaidh
- Means
- Bare hill of the wet place
Maoile Lunndaidh is a big, remote hill about 8 miles south of Achnasheen, filling the high ground between Loch Monar and Gleann Fhiodhaig and covering more than 10 square miles. Two deep corries bite into it, Fuar Tholl Mor from the north-west and Toll a' Choin from the south-east. The curving summit ridge runs along their rims for over a mile, with Carn nam Fiaclan at its western end.
The flat top has caused confusion: the Munro summit has moved between this point and Creag Toll a' Choin, about 650 m south-west, and back again. A 2014 survey found Creag Toll a' Choin to be slightly taller, and the hill now rises only 34 ft (11 m) above the col linking it to that higher ground. The southern slopes run down to Loch Monar, where Strathmore Lodge and more than 60 other homes were flooded when the loch was raised for hydro power in the late 1950s.
The true summit is a blade of rock about 20 m south-west of the large cairn, about 20 cm higher than the cairn.
Tops on Maoile Lunndaidh
One lower summit in the Munro tables, not counted as separate Munros. Keen baggers tick these too.
| Top | Height | From the summit |
|---|---|---|
| Carn nam FiaclanNH 123 455 | 3,258 ft (993 m) | 0.7 mi (1.2 km) |
Through the year
Hours of daylight on Maoile Lunndaidh in the middle of each month. The shorter the day, the earlier you need to start.
Stag stalking season, 1 July to 20 October. On many estates, walkers are asked to keep to set routes on stalking days: check the Scottish Outdoor Access Code site's Heading for the Scottish Hills service before you go.
Nearest Munros
| Munro | Height | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sgurr a' Chaorachain | 3,455 ft (1,053 m) | 3.0 mi (4.9 km) |
| Moruisg | 3,045 ft (928 m) | 3.3 mi (5.3 km) |
| Sgurr Choinnich | 3,279 ft (999 m) | 3.7 mi (6.0 km) |
Common questions about Maoile Lunndaidh
- How high is Maoile Lunndaidh?
- Maoile Lunndaidh is 3,297 ft (1,005 m), number 128 of the 282 Munros by height, in the Northwest Highlands.
- How long does it take to climb Maoile Lunndaidh?
- We do not have a mapped route up Maoile Lunndaidh yet, because the paths near the summit are not joined up on the map. Plan it with a proper map and allow a long day.
- Where do you park for Maoile Lunndaidh?
- The nearest public car park to the summit is a car park with no name on the map.
- Can you climb Maoile Lunndaidh without a car?
- The nearest railway station is Achnashellach, 5.3 mi (8.5 km) from the start. Highland trains and buses are few, so check times on Traveline Scotland before you go.
- What does Maoile Lunndaidh mean?
- It is usually translated as "bare hill of the wet place".
- When is the best time to climb Maoile Lunndaidh?
- Daylight runs from about 18 hours in mid June to 7 hours in mid December, so summer gives the most time. From 1 July to 20 October it is the stag stalking season, when some estates ask walkers to keep to set routes. In winter, snow and ice turn most Munros into mountaineering terrain.
A guide only. Mountain conditions change fast: carry a map and compass and know how to use them, and read the mountain forecast for the Northwest Highlands before you go.
Questions
Where can I get a proper mountain forecast?
Read the Mountain Weather Information Service forecast for the Northwest Highlands, written by forecasters for walkers and climbers. In winter, also read the Scottish Avalanche Information Service report for the area.
Where does the summit weather come from?
From MET Norway's forecast model, fetched for every Munro once an hour at the summit's own height. It is computer output for one point, not a forecast written for mountains, so treat it as a guide. The past hours are what the forecast said at the time. Wind chill, the freezing level and sunrise and sunset are worked out by this site from those figures; the freezing level assumes temperature drops steadily with height, so it can be well out when cold air sits in the glens.
Where do the car parks and bus stops come from?
From OpenStreetMap. Distances are straight lines, not the way you would walk or drive. A bus stop on the map says nothing about how often a bus calls: many Highland buses run a few times a day, some only on school days or by booking, so check Traveline Scotland first. The map cannot tell whether a car park is on a public road, so a remote one may only be reachable on foot or by train.
Where do the Gaelic names and stories come from?
From the hill's article on English Wikipedia and its Wikidata entry, put into a few words of our own. Meanings and pronunciations are only given where the article states them; many Gaelic hill names are old and their meaning is uncertain. Read the full article.
Where do the height and grid reference come from?
From the Database of British and Irish Hills, the surveyed list most baggers use. Maoile Lunndaidh is hill 890 there.
Sources: Database of British and Irish Hills (CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap (ODbL), MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata, Copernicus elevation data, Sentinel-2 cloudless imagery by EOX. All credits and licences.