Askival

Askival is the highest and finest of the majestic Rum Cuillin. This magnificent pyramidal peak is the highlight of the classic traverse of the islands mountains.

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Region: Isle of Rum

Altitude: 812 metres

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Rum Cuillin traverse

Other routes and challenges

The complete traverse of the Rum Cuillin given above could be cut short by descending from the Bealach an Òir down to Dibidil, leaving only the long coastal walk back to Kinloch.

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Askival



Users' walk reports for Askival

There are 1326 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Askival. They have contributed 29 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
  9/4/25  40 C2F1
  1/4/26  26 C2
  28/7/18  25 C2F1S1
  26/8/17  18 C2F1
  14/5/12  15 C2F1
  19/5/24  14 C2F2S1
  7/7/18  14 C2F1
  6/9/14  14 C2F1
  19/5/15  11 C2F1
  22/5/16  10 C2F1
  24/4/22  9 C2F1
  22/4/19  9 C4F1S3
  1/8/16  9 C1S2
  30/7/18  8 C2F1
  12/5/11  8 C2F1S2
  7/8/21  7 C2F1
  3/7/18  6 C2F1
  11/8/12  6 C2F1
  19/7/12  6 C1
  16/8/25  5 C2F1
  4/6/22  5 C2F1
  24/5/14  5 C2F1
  30/8/18  4 C1F1
  19/7/10  3 C1
  3/7/21  2 C2F1
  19/5/23  1 C1F1
  4/9/10  1 C2
  3/4/94  1 C2F1
  3/8/62  0 C1

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