Number 225 of 282 by height · West Highlands
Stob a' Choire Odhair
3,100 ft (945 m)
Facts
- Grid reference
- NN 257 459
- Latitude, longitude
- 56.57333, -4.83832
- Area
- West Highlands
The walk up
- Distance, one way
- 3.9 mi (6.3 km)
- Climb
- 2,526 ft (770 m)
- Estimated time up
- 2 h 30 min
- Start
- Victoria Bridge Car Park
Route picked by computer, not yet checked on the hill
Summit conditions
From Sunday 1 November, 17:07. Not live.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy
- Temperature
- 37°F (3°C)
- Wind chill
- 33°F (1°C)
- Wind
- 5 mph (8 km/h) from the northwest
- Cloud cover
- 43%
- Rain or snow, next hour
- None
- Freezing level, rough estimate
- 4,616 ft (1,407 m)
- Sunrise, sunset
- 07:27, 16:38
The way up
From Victoria Bridge Car Park, follow the path north for 0.3 mi, almost level. On the way you cross the Abhainn Shira by a bridge. Then follow the track west for 1.0 mi, almost level. Then follow the path north for the last 2.4 mi to the summit, climbing steeply from 610 ft to 3,100 ft. On the way you cross the Allt Caolain Duibh. The steepest part is between 1,400 ft and 2,450 ft, about 2.8 mi from the start. The summit is at 3,100 ft (945 m).
Written from the map, not from walking it. Paths on the ground can differ, so carry a map and compass.See it in 3D.
Getting there
By car
Victoria Bridge Car Park. Free to park. This is where the walking route starts.
Driving directions to the Stob a' Choire Odhair car park56.53701,-4.81403
By train
Nearest station: Bridge of Orchy, 2.4 mi (3.8 km) from the car park.
By bus
Nearest bus stop on the map: Hotel, 2.2 mi (3.5 km) from the car park. Check the times first: many Highland buses run only a few times a day.
Near the start
- Toilets 0.4 mi (0.6 km)
- Shop: Buth Bheag - The Wee Shop 0.4 mi (0.6 km)
From OpenStreetMap. Places close or change hours, especially in winter, so check before you rely on one.
Public transport directionsBus and train times on Traveline Scotland
About Stob a' Choire Odhair
- Means
- Peak of the dun-coloured corrie
Stob a' Choire Odhair lies about 5 miles north-west of Bridge of Orchy, on the border of Argyll and Bute and Highland. It is a modest hill, overshadowed by its neighbour Stob Ghabhar, 1.7 miles away, and stands in the Black Mount deer forest, named after the dark peat hags of the surrounding moor. The pair are well seen from the A82 as it crosses the west end of Rannoch Moor.
Three ridges meet at the summit. The west ridge links to Stob Ghabhar, the north-east ridge drops very steeply to the moor, and the south-east ridge runs to the lesser top of Beinn Toaig, 2,736 ft (834 m). Two historic roads cross the lower eastern slopes: a military road built by Major William Caulfeild in the early 1750s after the 1745 rising, and an old drove road that Telford improved and that carried the main road to Fort William until 1933.
A cairn marks the summit. It rises 917 ft (279 m) above the col linking it to higher ground, making it a Marilyn.
Through the year
Hours of daylight on Stob a' Choire Odhair 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stob Ghabhar | 3,576 ft (1,090 m) | 1.7 mi (2.7 km) |
| Meall a' Bhuiridh | 3,635 ft (1,108 m) | 2.7 mi (4.4 km) |
| Creise | 3,608 ft (1,100 m) | 3.1 mi (5.0 km) |
Common questions about Stob a' Choire Odhair
- How high is Stob a' Choire Odhair?
- Stob a' Choire Odhair is 3,100 ft (945 m), number 225 of the 282 Munros by height, in the West Highlands.
- How long does it take to climb Stob a' Choire Odhair?
- About 2 h 30 min up and 1 h 15 min back down by our route from Victoria Bridge Car Park, before stops: 3.9 mi (6.3 km) each way with 2,526 ft (770 m) of climbing. That is about average for a Munro. Most people take longer than these estimates.
- Where do you park for Stob a' Choire Odhair?
- Our route starts at Victoria Bridge Car Park. It is free to park.
- Can you climb Stob a' Choire Odhair without a car?
- The nearest railway station is Bridge of Orchy, 2.4 mi (3.8 km) from the start, and the nearest bus stop on the map is Hotel, 2.2 mi (3.5 km) from the start. Highland trains and buses are few, so check times on Traveline Scotland before you go.
- Is Stob a' Choire Odhair a hard Munro?
- By time and climbing, it is about average for a Munro, with 2,526 ft (770 m) of ascent over 3.9 mi (6.3 km). Like every Munro it reaches over 3,000 ft, where the weather can be far worse than at the car park, so take a map and compass and check the mountain forecast.
- What does Stob a' Choire Odhair mean?
- It is usually translated as "peak of the dun-coloured corrie".
- When is the best time to climb Stob a' Choire Odhair?
- 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 West Highlands before you go.
Questions
Where can I get a proper mountain forecast?
Read the Mountain Weather Information Service forecast for the West 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.
How was this route drawn?
It follows footpaths and tracks mapped on OpenStreetMap, from a public car park to the summit, with heights from Copernicus elevation data. A computer picked the start as the car park with the quickest mapped way up, counting the climbing as well as the distance. Nobody has checked it on the hill yet, so it may not be the usual way up, and the path may be faint or missing on the ground. A line on a map is not a description of the ground.
- Path geometry: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Overpass API extract fetched 2026-10-24T19:57:37.957Z. Start: the public car park nearest the usual start named on Wikipedia (Victoria Bridge, found by grid reference NN269419) with the shortest mapped-path route to the summit.
- Elevation: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (© DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA), sampled every 50 m, 3-sample median, 5 m hysteresis on ascent.
- Summit position: Database of British and Irish Hills v18 (CC BY 4.0).
Built 2026-10-25.
How is the time up worked out?
With Naismith's rule, the standard hill-walking estimate: an hour for every 3.1 miles (5 km), plus an hour for every 1,969 ft (600 m) of climbing, with no stops. For this route that gives about 2 h 30 min, one way. It ignores rough ground, weather, stops and the walk back down, so most people take longer.
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. Stob a' Choire Odhair is hill 255 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.