SGURR ALASDAIR ISLE OF SKYE

Until you’ve actually looked at the Cuillin range and taken in its dark and jagged imposing reality with your very own eyeballs, you haven’t really seen it. Gaze at all the pictures you like (such as this fine example), but it’s almost impossible to capture the experience of standing beneath this domineering ridge and gazing up at its jagged spires. And as for the experience of standing upon it and gazing down, well... Though a full traverse is a committing task demanding comfort with exposure, scrambling skills and proficient ropework, Sgurr Alasdair, the highest summit on the ridge – indeed on any Scottish island – is within reach of walkers, with only a short scramble needed to achieve its narrow apex and mindblowing views. The glory doesn’t belong solely to the…

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Trail United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2016

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