At a high level the Scottish mountains and hills might be divided into several main ranges or groupings of geological and geographic similarity. Depending where you look you’ll find slightly differing definitions and groups but the following four are a start: Northwest Highlands, Grampians, Southern Uplands, Scottish Islands.
These groupings are far too broad for the purposes of this site, so I am taking a much finer view of the term mountain ranges. Maybe they’re ranges, maybe they’re groupings, but the idea of geological and geographic similarity remains. Examples of mountain ranges in terms of this site are the Torridon mountains, Kintail & North Glen Shiel, Cuillin of Skye, Cairngorms, Mamores etc. Links to currently featured ranges are below. Alternatively you can find individual mountain pages here.
As you’ll appreciate there are many mountains and hills in Scotland arranged in many ranges or groupings. There are 282 Munros, 222 Corbetts and 231 Grahams defined, and numerous other subsidiary tops and hills that don’t meet the criteria for these classifications. As a result the mountain ranges and mountain pages that this page introduces will take quite some time to build up with quality original content. This is a long term project and passion. Please check back for more ranges and individual mountains as they’re added.
Featured mountain ranges
The Ardgour mountains are a rough and complex system of long ridges and deep glens containing 9 Corbetts and 8 Grahams - what these hills lack in absolute height they make up for in rough, remote, wildness and solitude ...
Morar to Loch Arkaig mountains: Complex, rough, wild and beautiful hills formed from highly deformed metamorphic rocks characteristic of the western Highlands ...
Wonderful, towering monoliths of the eponymous Torridonian Sandstone capped by glistening quartzite between Glen Torridon in the south and Loch Maree in the north; situated in Wester Ross ...
A group of high mountains from the Morvich area in Kintail along the north side of Glen Shiel and Loch Cluanie where a mass of Munros tower above the glen including the famous Five Sisters of Kintail. The mountains offer wonderful high level ridge walking and fantastic views ...
Discover and explore the mountains of the wonderful Fisherfield and Letterewe Forests - some of the most remote and untamed hills in Scotland and the British Isles including arguably the finest peak on the British mainland - An Teallach. Purchase photos in a wide range of sizes and media from ...
Discover and explore distinct mountains of the far north of the Scottish mainland - mountains that do not belong to a logical or easily definable "mountain range" in the area. Notably these include Ben Hope and Ben Loyal two of the iconic mountains of Sutherland ...
Discover and explore the wild and remote mountains of the Reay Forest and Foinaven area including the Corbetts: Foinaven, Arkle, Meall Horn, Meallan Liath Mhic Dhughaill and Ben Hee. Purchase photos in a wide range of sizes and media from my online store at Redbubble.com and book accomodation, buy maps ...
Wonderful, exceptionally rough and rugged mountains including those on the Knoydart peninsula and inland to the south of Loch Cuaich (Quoich), and west end of Loch Arkaig around Glen Dessarry ...
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