CUILLIN RIDGE TRAVERSE (11 PEAKS)
💧 Water Sources: ✔ Yes (mountain burns + glens)
🏕️ Wild Camp: ✔ Yes (approach glens / legal wild camping rules apply)
🏊 Wild Swim: ✔ Yes (Glen Brittle / natural pools)
🚴 Bike & Hike: ✘ No (technical ridge traverse only)
📍 START POINT
Glen Brittle approach – Cuillin Ridge access routes
Lat/Long: 57.195587, -6.211403 (entry zone reference)
Grid Ref: NG457195
ROUTE TYPE
- Linear alpine ridge traverse
- 25 miles total
- 3 days recommended
- Grade 3 scramble + sustained climbing sections
- Exposure: Very High
- Navigation: Severe conditions possible (mist + rock complexity)
TERRAIN GAUGE
🌧️ Bog: ★
🥾 Hike: ★★★★★
🧗 Scramble: ★★★★★
⛓️ Climb exposure: ★★★★★
SUMMIT SEQUENCE
1. Sgùrr nan Eag (924m)
NG457195 | 57.195587, -6.211403
2. Sgùrr Dubh Mòr (944m)
NG457205 | 57.204546, -6.212425
3. Sgùrr Alasdair (991m)
NG450207 | 57.205949, -6.224185
4. Sgùrr Mhic Choinnich (948m)
NG450210 | 57.208636, -6.224493
5. Sgùrr Dearg – Inaccessible Pinnacle (985m)
NG444215 | 57.212782, -6.234912
6. Sgùrr na Banachdich (965m)
NG440224 | 57.220621, -6.242443
7. Sgùrr a’ Ghreadaidh (972m)
NG445232 | 57.228067, -6.235008
8. Sgùrr a’ Mhadaidh (918m)
NG446235 | 57.23081, -6.233665
9. Bruach na Frithe (958m)
NG461252 | 57.246874, -6.210625
10. Am Basteir (934m)
NG465253 | 57.247992, -6.204116
11. Sgùrr nan Gillean (964m)
NG471252 | 57.247428, -6.194098
SUPPORT NOTES
- Bothy access possible on approach routes
- No deer stalking restrictions reported
- Weather window critical (ridge becomes high-risk in wet/wind)
- Navigation heavily dependent on visibility
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