Hiking the Black Cuillin - The Ridge (4k) - Sgurr MhicChonnih, Sgurr Thearlaich & Sgurr Alasdair

The Cuillin of Skye are Britain's most technically challenging mountains well known for their Alpine like majesty and their wonderful climbing and scrambling opportunities. Great bastions of gabbro forged from the guts of an ancient volcano, they form a darkly atmospheric mountaineering arena that is intimidating and awe inspiring in the same breath. The southern tip of the Cuillins are known for the excellent scrambling and it was certainly found to be the case.
With an unusual high pressure weather pattern sitting over the Isle of Skye we had a week of 30c temperatures and clouds struggling to get over the mountains, on this day we did what turned out to be the greatest scrambling day I have ever had with amazing views and clouds drifting around below us.
We climbed out of Coire Lagan up the steep scree slope onto the ridge then scrambled up Sgurr MhicChonnih before locating Hart's ledge and then having a magnificent scramble up Sgurr Thearlaich then finally we scrambled up Sgurr Alasdair before making our way back down the great stone chute.
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