Caisteal Abhail

Caisteal Abhail is one of the four fine Arran Corbetts. Its best known feature is its east ridge with the scrambling obstacle of Ceum na Caillich or the Witches' Step. It's as jagged as a toast-rack.

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Region: Isle of Arran

Altitude: 859 metres

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Routes and maps

Caisteal Abhail from North Sannox
Sannox Horseshoe: Cioch na h-Oighe, Cir Mhòr and Caisteal Abhail

Other routes and challenges

A third alternative to the two routes given above is a traverse of the western Arran ridge, from North Sannox through to Glen Rosa.

Open summit panorama
Caisteal Abhail



Users' walk reports for Caisteal Abhail

There are 2016 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Caisteal Abhail. They have contributed 53 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
  15/10/12  25 C3
  8/6/15  16 C4
  22/10/22  15 C3
  26/3/17  14 C3
  25/7/15  14 C4
  19/9/16  10 C3
  4/4/15  10 C4
  17/5/23  8 C1
  15/10/12  8 C3
  13/8/22  7 C3
  24/5/26  6 C3
  10/5/26  6 C4
  30/8/14  6 C4
  1/6/12  6 C2
  19/9/11  6 C1
  15/7/14  5 C4
  6/5/21  4 C2
  22/6/19  4 C3
  3/10/15  4 C4
  20/5/12  4 C2
  21/7/11  4 C3
  4/5/24  3 C4
  16/9/21  3 C1
  16/8/15  3 C4
  22/8/11  3 C4
  4/6/77  3 C4
  12/6/21  2 C3
  28/10/18  2 C1
  19/5/18  2 C3
  12/5/18  2 C3
  8/10/17  2 C1
  2/6/16  2 C1
  1/10/15  2 C1
  3/6/15  2 C4
  10/4/15  2 C3
  21/5/14  2 C1F1
  20/4/14  2 C2
  12/10/13  2 C3
  18/7/13  2 C3
  30/3/13  2 C1
  3/3/13  2 C1
  19/9/11  2 C2
  18/8/07  2 C3
  25/7/17  1 C1
  7/6/17  1 C3
  21/4/17  1 C3
  17/6/16  1 C1
  19/4/14  1 C1
  11/11/13  1 C3
  7/5/18  0 C3
  19/5/17  0 C4
  21/6/14  0 C1
  5/11/12  0 C1

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