The Skye Guide

The independent guide to the Isle of Skye

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Britain's greatest mountain ridge - the Cuillin of Skye
A climber on the top of the Inaccessible Pinnacle of Sgurr Dearg
A winter view of the Cuillin from the Allt Dearg Mor, near Sligachan
Am Basteir and the Bhasteir Tooth
Bridge over the Allt Coire na Banachdich in Glen Brittle
Bruach na Frithe trig point, the only one on the Cuillin Ridge
Coire Lagan
Footbridge over the Allt Dearg Mor at Sligachan, with the north end of the Cuillin in the background.
Glen Brittle from Sgurr na Banachdich
Glen Sligachan and the northern Cuillin from the summit of Bla Bheinn
Loch Coruisk
Loch Coruisk and the Cuillin Ridge from Sgurr na Stri.
Loch Coruisk from Sgurr na Banachdich
Looking down to Loch na Leachd from high on Sgurr na Stri.
Looking south from Sgurr na Banachdich
Looking up into the lower part of Coir a Ghrunnda
Memorial cairn to Captain Maryon.
Panorama of the Cuillin from Garbh-bheinn
Peaks north of Coire Lagan
River Sligachan in Harta Coire
River Sligachan in spate
Sgurr Dearg - the summit
Sgurr a Fionn Choire viewed from the east ridge of Bruach na Frithe. Beyond Sgurr a Fionn Choire (930m) is Am Basteir (935m), to the left, and Sgurr nan Gillean (965m), partly hidden in the centre.
Sgurr a Ghreadaidh
Sgurr nan Gillean - Pinnacle Ridge
Sgurr nan Gillean - the east ridge
The Cuillin from Bheinn a Bhraghad
The Inaccessible Pinnacle seen from Sgurr Dearg
The house at Camasunary, with Bla Bheinn rising behind it.

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Did you know?

The pier in Portree was designed and built in the 19th century by the famous engineer, Thomas Telford. 

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