Sgùrr nan Gillean

Sgùrr nan Gillean is commonly regarded as the finest of the Skye Cuillin. A magnificent pyramidal peak, it has three main ridges. The easiest is open to keen scramblers only whilst the other two ridges are graded rock-climbs.

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Region: Isle of Skye

Altitude: 964 metres

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Routes and maps

Sgùrr nan Gillean via the Southeast Ridge (Tourist Route)

Other routes and challenges

The route above is the only one open to non rock-climbers. Of the other two ridges, the West ridge is a Moderate climb (often abseiled in descent) whereas the north ridge, or Pinnacle Ridge, is a Difficult climb.

Open summit panorama
Sgùrr nan Gillean



Users' walk reports for Sgùrr nan Gillean

There are 6116 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Sgùrr nan Gillean. They have contributed 76 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  47 M11
  8/8/15  26 M12
  2/7/15  24 M4
  18/6/18  22 M9
  9/5/25  21 M2
  22/7/13  21 M12
  22/3/12  21 M3
  3/5/24  20 M6C2
  13/7/18  18 M1
  12/10/24  16 M1
  21/9/19  15 M3
  10/8/24  14 M3C4
  25/6/16  14 M2
  6/6/16  14 M11
  27/5/12  14 M11
  6/6/23  11 M5
  2/8/26  10 M2
  3/9/19  10 M11
  13/7/18  10 M1
  11/5/17  10 M9
  9/10/12  10 M12C1
  5/6/16  9 M3
  24/8/13  9 M1
  11/5/12  9 M3
  7/9/15  8 M11
  10/9/09  8 M1
  1/6/19  7 M1
  30/5/15  6 M1
  4/6/11  6 M11
  1/6/26  5 M8
  6/6/23  5 M1
  2/6/14  5 M11
  30/4/26  4 M1
  15/10/20  4 M1
  6/10/15  4 M6
  26/9/14  4 M2
  27/6/14  4 M3
  21/9/24  3 M1
  25/4/19  3 M1
  25/5/18  3 M3
  25/5/18  3 M1
  28/5/16  3 M1
  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
  26/5/13  3 M11
  5/1/07  3 M11
  19/5/03  3 M11
  23/9/23  2 M1
  1/7/16  2 M3
  18/5/14  2 M11
  23/6/12  2 M3
  5/6/07  2 M11
  11/7/01  2 M3
  2/4/97  2 M4C3F6S1
  25/5/18  1 M12
  30/5/14  1 M3
  5/6/13  1 M1
  3/6/13  1 M11
  9/6/12  1 M1
  2/6/12  1 M3
  17/5/11  1 M1
  16/2/08  1 M1
  13/5/07  1 M2
  3/5/24  0 M2
  24/8/18  0 M1
  4/6/16  0 M1
  1/6/16  0 M1
  28/5/16  0 M3
  27/7/14  0 M3
  15/6/13  0 M2
  16/10/12  0 M3
  9/5/08  0 M1

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