Its cap of quartzite stones give it a light grey appearance which can be mistaken for a covering of snow.

Sgùrr a' Mhàim is the first or last peak of the 'Ring of Steall', a ridge walk taking in the other Munros of An Gearanach, Stob Coire a' Chàirn and Am Bodach.

[3] The Devil's Ridge has its own peak at the midpoint called Stob Choire a' Mhàil (990 metres high).

At the southern end of the ridge is Sgùrr an Iubhair ('peak of the yew'), a 1,001 m peak that briefly gained Munro status in 1981 only to lose it again in 1997.

A more circuitous ascent goes up to the head of Coire a' Mhusgain from Achriabhach to cross the ridge to the summit.