Sàil Chaorainn

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Sàil Chaorainn is a rather forgotten peak amongst the Kintail Munros, being situated out of sight behind Sgùrr nan Conbhairean. It's position on the ridge extending north from that peak makes it fairly remote.

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Region: Kintail

Altitude: 1002 metres

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Detailed route description and map

Sgùrr nan Conbhairean from Loch Cluanie

Other routes and challenges

An ascent of Sàil Chaorainn on its own could be made by approaching up Glen Doe from the A887, and tackling the An Reithe ridge.

The Sgùrr nan Conbhairean group is linked to the A' Chralaig and Mullach Fraoch-choire ridge by the Bealach Choire a' Chaitt. To ascend all five Munros in the group, the best option is a starting point in the remote upper reaches of Glen Affric to the north, though the approach to the foot of the ridges is very long and would usually require an overnight stay. The Corbett Càrn a' Choire Ghairbh could also be included.

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Panoramic summit view (click to open)


Càrn na Coire Mheadhoin



Users' walk reports for Càrn na Coire Mheadhoin

There are 5124 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Sàil Chaorainn. They have contributed 67 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most recent 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
  31/3/24  3 M3
  22/7/23  3 M3
  22/6/23  1 M3
  29/5/23  3 M1C2
  8/4/23  3 M3
  1/5/22  3 M3
  19/6/21  6 M5
  29/5/21  0 M3
  16/5/21  0 M5
  9/5/21  9 M5
  20/9/20  3 M5
  24/9/18  0 M3
  8/9/18  10 M3
  5/8/18  4 M4
  21/7/18  0 M5
  3/6/18  1 M3
  7/5/18  4 M10
  18/3/18  5 M3
  5/11/17  1 M3
  27/8/17  0 M3
  2/8/17  2 M5
  7/7/17  2 M3
  25/6/17  4 M3
  28/5/17  5 M5
  27/5/17  0 M3
  9/10/16  13 M3
  2/7/16  3 M3
  8/5/16  0 M5
  7/5/16  1 M5
  20/10/15  2 M7
  9/6/15  2 M3
  25/3/15  6 M3
  12/9/14  1 M5
  16/8/14  1 M3
  22/6/14  3 M3
  8/6/14  1 M12
  6/6/14  4 M5
  26/5/14  1 M3
  24/5/14  11 M11
  24/5/14  1 M3
  2/5/14  8 M14
  15/7/13  41 M12
  9/7/13  9 M12
  29/6/13  1 M5
  2/6/13  0 M3
  19/5/13  9 M5
  13/4/13  3 M3
  17/3/13  0 M3
  11/12/12  13 M3
  2/11/12  2 M6
  22/9/12  0 M6C1
  4/4/12  2 M3
  24/3/12  7 M3
  27/10/11  0 M3
  23/9/11  0 M3
  18/9/11  1 M3
  9/9/11  7 M3
  21/7/11  0 M8
  3/7/11  0 M6
  19/5/11  0 M3
  18/4/11  0 M3
  25/10/10  1 M5
  21/10/10  2 M3
  10/10/10  0 M3
  17/8/10  0 M3
  4/8/10  0 M3
  7/10/09  0 M3

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