8 Responses to #341 – The Cuillin Ridge, Skye

1. mountaincoward says:

   09/04/2026 at 21:33

   If you’re going again and are going to do Sgurr an Fheadain, give me a shout as I want to do the long ridge up it! I haven’t done Sgurr na Stri yet and really want to – what a viewpoint it is! I can’t decide whether to do it from the Am Mam/Camasunary or go all the way down Glen Sligachan – the latter would be more desirable and interesting but I’m wondering whether my legs are ever going to be up to that distance again! Shame they don’t run a bus down to Elgol then I could do a traverse and go back by bus.

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   • Paul Shorrock says:

     10/04/2026 at 13:50

     I did the Glen Sligachan option to Sgurr na Stri with Collie ‘Mist’ some years back, and it’s a great day out, about 24kms with 650m height gain there and back, but well paced.
     Chris and I also did the walk from Kilmarie on the Elgol road, back to Glen Sligachan via Camasunary, about 17kms and 436m height gain. We got to the start point by using the bus from Sligachan to Broadford and hiring a taxi to Kilmarie.
     You could do the long out and back to Sgurr na Stri from Sligachan, but a shorter walking option could be the bus/taxi combo to Elgol, get the boat to Coruisk and walk out of Coruisk by Sgurr Hain, including Sgurr na Stri as an add on if you felt up to it – less than 17kms to Sligachan with about 600-700m height gain.
     Or am I just over complicating things 🙂

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     • mountaincoward says:

       10/04/2026 at 20:05

       no that’s great info thanks. Roughly how much did you have to pay for the taxi? (shame there’s no buses to Elgol – you’d think there would be as part of the trip to Loch Coruisk tourist option)…

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     • Paul Shorrock says:

       11/04/2026 at 22:02

       I think it’s crazy they don’t put on a daily post bus as a minimum – does everyone in Elgol own a car?

       For some reason I seem to remember the taxi being around £25, which more bearable if you can share the cost. I was wondering if a B&B in Elgol would take some pressure off….?

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     • mountaincoward says:

       12/04/2026 at 20:45

       I didn’t know they had accommodation at Elgol! it’s so small. But we usually get a cottage for a week if we visit Skye and prefer to be more central – like Sconser or suchlike.

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2. John Bainbridge says:

   10/04/2026 at 08:26

   Looked up at it, but never done it. Doubt I shall now. Great to see your pictures.

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   • Paul Shorrock says:

     10/04/2026 at 13:58

     I never did the ridge in one hit (and like you, doubt that I will now) but I’ve done most of the ridge over several years. The most productive visit was when I was in the Royal Marines, with a Company Commander who loved his long mountain days – we did several sections of the ridge as part of our commando mountain training. Over 2-3 weeks I think we carried rifles for two days, the rest of the time being ‘civi’ mountaineering, albeit in green kit!
     And to think, we were getting paid to do it! Happy days.

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     • John Bainbridge says:

       10/04/2026 at 14:51

       I did manage the Aonach Eagach some years ago, on a quite beautiful day, when there was hardly anyone else there. Terrific. Used to see lots of Marines training up on Woodbury Common when I lived in Devon.

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