Sgùrr Choinnich is a mountain with a height of in the

Northwest Highlands The Northwest Highlands are located in the northern third of Scotland that is separated from the Grampian Mountains by the Great Glen (Glen More). The region comprises Wester Ross, Assynt, Sutherland and part of Caithness. The Caledonian Canal, ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

. Classed as a

Munro A Munro () is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nevis ...

, it is in the

Achnashellach Forest Achnashellach Forest (Scottish Gaelic: Ach nan Seileach field of the willows) is a large area of the Scottish Highlands lying between Glen Carron and Loch Monar. It is accessible from the A890 road, which runs through it and from Achnashellach ...

area between

Glen Carron River Carron ( gd, Carrann, IPA: �kʰaᵲən̴̪ is a west coast river in Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The river rises in Ledgowan Forest. It gathers its head-streams through Carron Bog, then enters Loch Scaven and flows out from ...

and

Loch Monar Loch Monar is a freshwater loch situated at the head of Glen Strathfarrar, in the West Highlands of Scotland. Since the 1960s, it has been dammed as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme. The loch is fed by a number of small burn ...

. It has mostly steep, grassy slopes, with a narrow summit ridge that runs east–west. There are crags on the northern side of this ridge, looking down into the corrie of Coire Choinnich. From the summit there are fine views of the Coulin and

Torridon Torridon (Scottish Gaelic: ''Toirbheartan'') is a small village in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. However the name is also applied to the area surrounding the village, particularly the Torridon Hills, mountains to the north of Glen Torrido ...

peaks to the north, whilst southward lies a large expanse of wilderness around Loch Monar. The hill is often climbed along with the neighbouring Sgùrr a' Chaorachain, to the east, as the pair are linked by a high

bealach A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both human and animal migrati ...

at the head of Coire Choinnich. The most normal route of ascent starts from the north, near Craig, a small village in Glen Carron. A good track leads up the side of the Allt a' Chonais burn, and once across the burn one possible route of ascent is the north ridge of Sgùrr a' Chaorachain. From the summit of this peak one may continue west onto the summit of Sgùrr Choinnich. From the east, a well defined ridge leads to the bealach of Bealach Bhearnais; here a stalkers track leads from the glen of Allt a' Chonais is met, thus a circular route is possible. Alternatively from Bealach Bhearnais one may choose to ascend the neighbouring peaks of Beinn Tharsuinn and Sgùrr nan Feartaig.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sgurr Coinnich Munros Mountains and hills of the Northwest Highlands