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The Grey Corries are a range of mountains in the
West Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...
of
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 ...
. The range includes several of Scotland's highest peaks including a number of
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 ...
s. The range is bounded to the north by the great extent of Leanachan Forest beyond which is
Glen Spean The River Spean flows from Loch Laggan in a westerly direction to join the River Lochy at Gairlochy in the Great Glen in the Scottish Highlands, West Highlands of Scotland. Major tributaries of the Spean include the left-bank Abhainn Ghuilbinn an ...
and the
Great Glen The Great Glen ( gd, An Gleann Mòr ), also known as Glen Albyn (from the Gaelic "Glen of Scotland" ) or Glen More (from the Gaelic ), is a glen in Scotland running for from Inverness on the edge of Moray Firth, in an approximately straight ...
, to the east by the defile of Lairig Leacach and to the south by upper
Glen Nevis Glen Nevis ( gd, Gleann Nibheis) is a glen in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, with Fort William at its foot. It is bordered to the south by the Mamore range, and to the north by the highest mountains in the British Isles: Ben Nevis, Càrn Mor ...
and the headwaters of the Abhainn Rath. The ridge continues westwards at a high level to join
Aonach Beag Aonach Beag is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is located about 3 km east of Ben Nevis on the north side of Glen Nevis, near the town of Fort William. Apart from Ben Nevis, Aonach Beag is the highest peak in the British Isl ...
, Aonach Mor, Carn Mor Dearg and
Ben Nevis Ben Nevis ( ; gd, Beinn Nibheis ) is the highest mountain in Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland ...
. From west to east the principal peaks of the range are Sgurr Choinnich Beag (), Sgurr Choinnich Mor (),
Stob Coire Easain Stob Coire Easain is a Scottish Munro mountain which reaches a height of 1115 metres (3658 feet), situated 18 kilometres east of Fort William. It stands on the western side of Loch Treig, along with its "twin", the Munro Stob a' Choire Mh ...
(),
Stob Coire an Laoigh Stob Coire an Laoigh ( gd, Peak of the corrie of the calf) is a Scottish mountain in The Grey Corries Range, 15 kilometres north east of Kinlochleven. At an elevation of Stob Coire an Laoigh is equal 37th in height (with Aonach Beag) on the M ...
(), Caisteal (), Stob Coire Cath na Sine (), Stob a' Choire Leith (),
Stob Choire Claurigh Stob Choire Claurigh ( gd, Stob Coire Chlamhraidh) is a mountain in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands, with a height of . It is part of the Grey Corries, near Ben Nevis, and lies about east of Fort William. It is described as one of the ...
(the highest peak of the range at ) and Stob Coire na Ceannan (). Stob Coire Gaibhre () lies to the north of the eastern end of the range whilst Stob Ban () lies to the south of the ridge's eastern end. A northern spur of Stob Coire Easain culminates in Beinn na Socaich (m).Ordnance Survey Explorer sheet 392


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images of the Grey Corries on the Geograph website
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