What is a Graham?

A Graham is a Scottish hill between 2,000 and 2,500 feet with at least 150 metres of drop all round. There are roughly 231 of them, and a fair few are better hills than their height suggests.

Some well-known mountains sit on this list. Suilven, the grey sugarloaf in Assynt that turns up on half the postcards in Scotland, is a Graham. So is Stac Pollaidh, which has a scramble along its crest that most Munros can’t match, and the Pap of Glencoe above the loch.

They’re useful on short winter days, on afternoons when the tops are in cloud, and when you’re out with someone who isn’t sure about hillwalking yet. A small hill on a clear day is usually a better outing than a big one you can’t see anything from.