Mountaineering in Scotland
Munros, Corbetts and Grahams
In 1891 Sir Hugh Munro first tried to classify and count the number of mountains in Scotland over 3,000 feet (914m) high. His list, known as Munro's Tables, catalogued 538 summits from 283 mountains, which became known as The Munros. The number of qualifying mountains has been revised several times, but the current number from the Scottish Mountaineering Club, which was founded by Hugh Munro in 1889, is 284 Munros.
The Scottish Mountaineering Club continue to publish walking and climbing guides, such as The Munroist's Companion: An Anthology, The Munros and Scottish Hill and Mountain Names. Other Munro guidebooks include The Magic of the Munros and Cicerone's two volume set Walking The Munros: Volume 1 and Volume 2, as well as The Munro Almanac
Chris Townsend's record-setting walk in the Scottish Highlands is recounted in his book The Munros And Tops. Chris was the first person to climb all the Munros and their related subsidiary tops.
Below the Munros lie the Corbetts, mountains ranging from 2,500 to 3,000 feet (762 to 914m), first catalogued by Englishman, John Rooke Corbett. The Corbetts are captured in Irvine Butterfield's photography book The Call of the Corbetts, while the Scottish Mountaineering Club have published a hillwalking guide, The Corbetts & Other Scottish Hills. A comprehensive Corbett Almanac is published by NWP.
Finally, below the Corbetts are The Grahams, peaks over 2,000 feet. See hillwalker Andrew Dempster's guide The Grahams. In total, that's 720 Scottish peaks to be bagged.
- The Corbetts & Other Scottish Hills
Corbetts are Scottish hills between 2500 and 3000 feet high. This guidebook describes walks on these, and a selection of lower hills. - The Grahams: A Guide To Scotland's 2,000ft Peaks
The Grahams are Scottish peaks ranging from 2000 to 2500 feet. There are 224 such peaks scattered across the whole country and this guidebook describes them all in one volume. The author has climbed all of them. - The Magic Of The Munros
This is a unique photographic record of every Munro - a Scottish mountain over 3000 feet. Butterfield has selected the most evocative photographs to reveal the individual character of each one, with supporting vital statistics. - The Munroist's Companion: An Anthology
Dealing with the origins, history and present state of Munro-bagging, this is an essential reference book for the tens of thousands who climb the Munros and tops every year and want to know more about the sport - The Munros
This revised edition includes new and more detailed maps, new and revitalised images and a complete overhaul of the text. It contains concise descriptions detailing the recommended routes up and down all 284 Munros, together with easy to follow route maps showing all the subsidiary tops and surrounding hills. - The Munros And Tops: A Record-Setting Walk In The Scottish Highlands
After 118 days in which he had covered more than 1700 miles and climbed over 575,000 feet, Townsend had completed the first single continuous journey of all 277 Munros and 240 Tops in the Scottish Highlands - and walked his way into the record books. - Munro's Tables: And Other Tables Of Lower Hills
This new edition of Munros Tables, edited by Derek Bearhop, will be the first complete revision since 1981 of this famous book for Scottish hillwalkers. It will contain many new features, and the list of successful Munroists will be brought up-to-date. - Walking The Munros
This first volume of a two-part series of guides to the Munros covers the southern, central and western highlands, Glencoe, Lochaber and Mull, and details 139 exciting and challenging routes on these mountains. - Walking The Munros
This second volume of a two-part series of guides to the Munros details 145 exciting and challenging routes in the Cairngorms and northern highlands (north of the Great Glen).
The Cairngorms
Named after Cairn Gorm (the 'Blue Cairn'), the Cairngorms are the most extensive mountain range in Scotland. In 2003 the area became Scotland's second national park. Four of the five highest mountains in Scotland, Ben Macdhui, Cairn Gorm, Braeriach and Cairn Toul, are in the Cairngorms, and there are a number of guidebooks to the area.
- The Cairngorms
The plateau that makes up much of the Cairngorms is defined by wild corries, long rivers and some of the highest mountains in Scotland. The 40 circular routes in this volume take in all of the Munros and many other great hills in and around this National Park. - The Cairngorms
The Cairngorms is an area shaped more by nature than man. This guide to the Cairngorm Massif and the river valleys that form its boundary looks at the winter snows at Aviemore, the Braemar Gathering and the flora and fauna of the area. - The Cairngorms, Lochnager And The Mounth
The Cairngorm mountains have four of the five highest mountains in Scotland, with a striking combination of high-level plateaux, deep corries and pine forests. This guildebook describes the Cairngorms, with suggestions for walks and climbs, with maps - The Cairngorms: Walks, Trails And Scrambles
In over 50 walks, this guidebook explores the 23 Munro summits of the region and also the smaller viewpoint hills outside the main range. - Hill Walks In The Cairngorms
Based on its predecessor, 'Walks in the Cairngorms', this book comprises a number of new walks spread widely across the Monarch of the Glen country, in addition to some favourites from the first book.