Am Basteir

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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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Detailed route description and map

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.

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Panoramic summit view (click to open)


Bhasteir Tooth



Users' walk reports for Bhasteir Tooth

There are 3132 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Am Basteir. They have contributed 67 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  39 M11
  14/5/19  36 M2
  8/8/15  23 M12
  2/7/15  22 M4
  22/7/13  21 M12
  22/3/12  21 M3
  18/6/18  20 M9
  21/9/19  15 M3
  25/6/16  14 M2
  6/6/16  14 M11
  27/5/12  12 M11
  15/8/11  12 M2
  11/5/17  10 M9
  9/10/12  10 M12C1
  3/9/19  9 M11
  11/8/18  9 M2
  11/5/12  9 M3
  7/9/15  8 M11
  27/5/12  8 M1
  23/5/21  7 M1
  12/6/16  7 M10
  5/6/16  7 M3
  4/6/11  6 M11
  2/6/14  5 M11
  18/8/13  5 M2
  24/4/22  4 M1
  6/10/15  4 M6
  26/9/14  4 M2
  27/6/14  4 M3
  14/8/11  4 M1
  25/5/18  3 M3
  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
  11/5/16  2 M1
  18/5/14  2 M11
  23/6/12  2 M3
  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
  5/6/07  1 M11
  11/7/01  1 M3
  2/4/97  1 M4C3G6S1
  25/5/18  0 M12
  28/5/16  0 M3
  13/7/15  0 M1
  27/7/14  0 M3
  15/6/13  0 M2
  16/10/12  0 M3
  9/4/10  0 M3
  21/7/09  0 M2C1G1
  16/6/07  0 M3
  21/6/97  0 M4

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