Ben Dearg (Trotternish)

Ben Dearg is the southernmost summit on the Trotternish Ridge. The continuation of the ridge to the north is very steep and is best bypassed on the west side, but to the south the ridge loses its character on a boggy continuation to Portree.

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Region: Isle of Skye

Altitude: 552 metres

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Trotternish Ridge traverse

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Ben Dearg (Trotternish)



Users' walk reports for Ben Dearg (Trotternish)

There are 111 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Ben Dearg (Trotternish). They have contributed 6 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
  27/3/12  20 F2S3
  7/9/19  9 F2S1
  23/5/16  8 F2S3
  9/11/10  4 F2S1
  22/10/12  2 F2S2
  21/9/10  1 S1

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