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The Cuillin


Access - From Sligachan on the A87 road to Portree give access to the northern munros. For the southern & western munros before Carbost (B8009) there's a junction with a minor road heading south leading into Glen Brittle.
Transport - Bus: Glasgow - Portree; daily

The Cuillin is a region in Scotand and is located in the area The Islands as defined by SMC

There are 11 munros around here.The highest munro is Sgurr Alasdair at a height of 992 metres .The smallest munro is Sgurr a'Mhadaidh at a height of 918 metres .

Details

The Cuillin are a range of rocky mountains mainly composed of basalt and gabbro, the latter being a very rough rock which makes for superb grip for mountaineers.

The scrambler can access most of the individual peaks by their easiest routes. Only the Inaccessible Pinnacle is a graded rock climb (moderate) by its simplest line but several of the other summits require rock climbing skills.

There is no source of water on the ridge, meaning all water has to be carried.

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