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A page listing notable hill passes in Scotland.
The listing is ordered roughly from North to South, and is an incomplete listing.
Image | Road | Name | From | To | Max. Altitude | More Info |
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100px | B9176 | Struie Hill | Alness | Dornoch Firth | 794' (242m) | Formerly the A836. |
100px | Unclassfied | Quiraing | Uig | Staffin | 860' (262m) | West-east route across Trotternish on Skye. |
100px | Unclassfied | Bealach na Ba | Applecross | Lochcarron | 2054' | Gaelic for "The Pass of the Cattle", it is famous for its tight hairpin bends and 20% gradients. Was once the only route to Applecross. |
100px | A833 | Beauly | Drumnadrochit | 860' (262m) | ||
100px | Unclassfied | Mam Ratagan Pass | Shiel Bridge | Glenelg | 1138' (347m) | The only route into the lonely Glenelg peninsula, from where the Glenelg - Kylerhea Ferry crosses to Skye. |
100px | A93 | Cairnwell Pass | Braemar | Glenshee | 2199' | The highest main road in Britain, the southern ascent used to use the notorious Devils Elbow bends, which is now bypassed. |
100px | A9 | Slochd Summit | Inverness | Aviemore | 1345' | |
100px | A939 | Lecht Summit | Cockbridge | Tomintoul | 2110' | This road is one of the first to be blocked by snow in winter. It was mentioned regularly by Terry Wogan on his Radio 2 Breakfast Show. |
100px | B974 | Cairn O'Mounth | Marykirk | Banchory | 1488' | More commonly known as Cairn O'Mount. |
100px | A957 | Slug Road | Stonehaven | Crathes | 740' | |
100px | A9 | Pass of Drumochter | Dalwhinnie | Blair Atholl | 1508' | |
100px | defunct | Corrieyairack Pass | Laggan | Fort Augustus | 2560' (780m) approx | Built by General Wade in 1731, and probably the highest road ever built in the British Isles. |
100px | A87 | Glen Garry | Invergarry | Bunloyne | 1142' (348m) | Not exactly a pass as such, but certainly a summit. |
100px | defunct | Devils Staircase | Rannoch Moor | Kinlochleven | 1850' (550m) | Built by General Cauldfeild c1753. |
100px | A82 | Rannoch Moor | Bridge of Orchy | Glencoe | 1145' (349m) | Not exactly a pass as such, but certainly a summit. |
100px | A83 | Rest and Be Thankful | Inveraray | Arrochar | 830' | |
100px | A821 | Duke's Pass | Braeval | Kilmahog | 794' | |
100px | M74 | Millbank (Junction 12) | Abington (Junction 13) | 1060' according to a press report | Unmarked by any sign but believed to be the highest motorway in Scotland and highest point on the London-Glasgow route. | |
100px | A74(M) | Beattock Summit | Crawford (Junction 14) | Beattock (Junction 15) | 1029' | The height was shown on a pre-Worboys sign on the old A74 (now B7076), which is bypassed by the modern motorway. The 1015' summit of the Carlisle-Glasgow railway is in a cutting alongside. |
100px | B797 | Glengonnar | Leadhills | Wanlockhead | 1532' approx (shown as 466m and 468m on different OS scales) | Located between the two highest villages in Scotland. |