An Teallach
- Mapped trail
- 5.1 km+702 m · about 2.5 h · T3Ends 270 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 92 m302 ft
- Isolation
- 1.1 km
- Tonight
- -3°CFog · Wind 15 km/h SE
An Teallach is a 967 m (3,173 ft) mountain in Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 967 m · 3,173 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Sgùrr Fiòna (1,059 m)
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 57.8168° N, 5.2390° W
How to get to the top of An Teallach
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 2.7 km E of An Teallach
- Distance
- 5.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +702 m−171 m (2,303 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
The mapped trail ends 270 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.
Other routes 1
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
An Teallach 3D map
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An Teallach terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
An Teallach weather
Tonight · Fog · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 15 km/h SE
An Teallach forecast for the summit, about 967 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 13 m.
- Tonight-3°–15 km/h SEBase 2°
- Today-2°2°33.2 mm48 km/h WBase 4 / 7°
- Sun0°3°10.5 mm67 km/h WBase 6 / 8°
- Mon0°2°14.3 mm29 km/h SEBase 6 / 7°
- Tue1°5°16.8 mm41 km/h SWBase 6 / 11°
- Wed2°4°1.7 mm22 km/h WBase 7 / 10°
- Thu3°6°0.1 mm19 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
- Fri4°5°20.5 mm20 km/h SEBase 10 / 11°
- Sat2°5°20.0 mm18 km/h SEBase 7 / 10°
- Sun1°1°16.8 mm18 km/h NBase 7 / 7°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near An Teallach
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around An Teallach, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.0 km NNE
Nearest hut
Shenavall Bothy
Nearest campsite
Badrallach Campsite
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.0 km NNE |
| Parking | 3.0 km NNE |
| Parking | 3.2 km N |
| Shenavall BothyHut | 4.5 km S |
| Hut | 5.8 km SSW |
| Badrallach CampsiteCampsite | 6.4 km NNW |
How steep is the route to An Teallach?
The easiest mapped route, 5.1 km from 171 m to 699 m. Steepest stretch: 37°.
- 0–15°4.0 km
- 15–30°1.0 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the An Teallach summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Glas Meall Liath960 m 1.3 km S
- 2Sgurr Creag an Eich1,017 m 2.7 km SW
- 3Stobh Cadha Gobhlach960 m 2.9 km SSW
- 4Sail Liath954 m 3.0 km S
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 95 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Round-leaved sundew5
- Bog asphodel5
- European Common Frog4
- Common Butterwort4
- Common Lousewort4
- Common Chaffinch3
Where An Teallach sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
An Teallach downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 967 m at the summit; the official height is 967 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 967 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 967 m | 0 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 965 m | -2 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia