Am Basteir

Am Basteir is a vertically-sided blade of rock whose ascent is only possible for keen scramblers from Bealach a Basteir. Below the summit of the mountain is the remarkable lesser peak of the Basteir Tooth - an imposing fang of rock that can only be reached by rock-climbers.

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Region: Isle of Skye

Altitude: 934 metres

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Routes and maps

Am Basteir via the Bealach Basteir from Sligachan

Other routes and challenges

The route given up the west ridge from the Bealach Bhasteir is the only one open to scramblers. The link up from the bealach to Sgùrr nan Gillean via its west ridge likewise involves graded rockclimbing.

Open summit panorama
Am Basteir



Users' walk reports for Am Basteir

There are 5369 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Am Basteir. They have contributed 76 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report AuthorDate walked LikesHills
  22/7/17  47 M11
  14/5/19  36 M2
  8/8/15  26 M12
  2/7/15  24 M4
  9/5/25  21 M2
  18/6/18  21 M9
  22/7/13  21 M12
  22/3/12  21 M3
  21/9/19  15 M3
  10/8/24  14 M3C4
  25/6/16  14 M2
  6/6/16  14 M11
  27/5/12  14 M11
  15/8/11  14 M2
  11/8/18  11 M2
  2/8/26  10 M2
  8/9/25  10 M4F2
  3/9/19  10 M11
  11/5/17  10 M9
  9/10/12  10 M12C1
  5/6/16  9 M3
  11/5/12  9 M3
  13/4/26  8 M1
  7/9/15  8 M11
  27/5/12  8 M1
  23/5/21  7 M1
  12/6/16  7 M10
  24/4/22  6 M1
  4/6/11  6 M11
  1/6/26  5 M8
  2/6/14  5 M11
  18/8/13  5 M2
  6/10/15  4 M6
  26/9/14  4 M2
  27/6/14  4 M3
  14/8/11  4 M1
  26/8/22  3 M2
  25/5/18  3 M3
  11/5/16  3 M1
  13/10/15  3 M3
  4/7/15  3 M3
  24/8/14  3 M3
  21/5/14  3 M11
  17/5/14  3 M3
  13/10/13  3 M11
  6/9/13  3 M2
  26/5/13  3 M11
  4/6/08  3 M2
  5/1/07  3 M11
  19/5/03  3 M11
  13/7/18  2 M2
  1/7/16  2 M3
  18/5/14  2 M11
  23/6/12  2 M3
  5/6/07  2 M11
  11/7/01  2 M3
  2/4/97  2 M4C3F6S1
  27/8/22  1 M2
  25/5/18  1 M12
  13/7/15  1 M1
  30/5/14  1 M3
  20/6/13  1 M2
  16/6/13  1 M1
  3/6/13  1 M11
  2/6/12  1 M3
  14/5/12  1 M2
  17/5/11  1 M2
  21/7/09  1 M2C1F1
  3/5/24  0 M2
  28/5/16  0 M3
  27/7/14  0 M3
  15/6/13  0 M2
  16/10/12  0 M3
  9/4/10  0 M3
  16/6/07  0 M3
  21/6/97  0 M4

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