Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe

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Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe is southernmost of the Five Sisters of Kintail and offers magnificent views down Loch Duich. Its finest feature is the elegant eastern ridge over the Top of Sgùrr nan Spainteach.

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Region: Kintail

Altitude: 1027 metres

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Detailed route description and map

Five Sisters of Kintail traverse

Other routes and challenges

Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe is almost invariably climbed along the Five Sisters ridge - over Sgùrr nan Spainteach from Beinn na Lapain to the east, or via Sgùrr na Càrnach to the north.

The traverse of the Five Sisters is a long and demanding walk in its own right; the super-fit may attempt to extend it by also including the three further Munros of the Brothers ridge, and perhaps even Ciste Dhubh as well.

Walker-friendly accommodation in the area

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Panoramic summit view (click to open)


Sgùrr nan Spainteach



Users' walk reports for Sgùrr nan Spainteach

There are 5857 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe. They have contributed 80 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
  15/7/13  41 M12
  29/6/14  25 M9
  10/9/11  24 M6
  21/9/12  17 M9
  17/7/18  15 M7
  31/3/12  15 M3
  31/3/12  12 M3
  20/9/14  10 M6
  26/5/12  10 M3
  11/5/23  9 M6
  31/8/22  9 M6
  21/8/22  9 M6
  24/10/16  9 M3
  13/10/14  9 M6
  9/7/13  9 M12
  9/5/13  9 M11
  25/8/11  9 M3
  8/8/20  8 M3
  2/5/14  8 M14
  31/3/12  8 M3
  17/10/21  7 M5C1
  7/7/18  7 M3
  4/6/17  7 M3
  20/9/20  6 M6
  20/3/13  6 M3
  7/10/12  6 M3
  26/7/23  5 M3
  6/11/19  5 M3
  17/5/14  5 M6
  31/3/12  5 M6
  5/2/12  5 M3
  20/9/20  4 M3
  4/8/18  4 M3
  1/6/16  4 M3
  1/5/15  4 M6
  7/6/14  4 M3
  31/3/12  4 M3
  10/6/15  3 M8
  22/9/13  3 M7
  15/9/12  3 M3
  25/5/12  3 M13
  14/4/12  3 M6
  29/7/11  3 M7
  13/9/19  2 M3
  11/9/15  2 M3
  2/5/15  2 M3
  29/5/14  2 M3
  26/8/12  2 M3
  4/5/12  2 M10
  30/7/11  2 M7
  1/6/08  2 M3
  26/6/22  1 M3
  17/8/21  1 M6
  29/11/19  1 M3
  14/6/19  1 M3
  9/9/17  1 M3
  17/9/16  1 M6
  15/8/15  1 M6
  10/8/14  1 M3
  30/9/13  1 M3
  14/8/12  1 M3
  17/7/12  1 M7C1
  4/5/12  1 M3
  26/4/11  1 M7C1
  15/5/10  1 M3
  12/5/08  1 M1
  14/8/21  0 M3
  9/8/20  0 M3
  25/9/19  0 M3
  27/4/19  0 M7
  20/8/17  0 M3
  11/5/17  0 M13
  15/4/17  0 M3
  22/8/15  0 M7
  12/10/13  0 M4
  1/10/13  0 M3
  9/8/13  0 M3
  4/7/11  0 M6
  29/8/10  0 M3
  27/3/10  0 M3

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