Sgurr nan Gillean, Am Basteir and Bruach na Frithe
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 12.65 mi
- Elevation gain
- 6,171 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Very difficult
- Elevation loss
- 6,171 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,179 ft
- TrailRank
- 19
- Min elevation
- 3,179 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 7 hours
- Coordinates
- 2645
- Uploaded
- June 14, 2023
- Recorded
- June 2023
near Sconser, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Itinerary description
10/06/23
Perfect day, warm and windless.
Sgurr nan Gillean by the 'tourist path', then I didn't fancy the west ridge on my own to reach Am Basteir so went back down and joined the normal route to Am Basteir. Left my bag with the GPS inside it at Am Basteir's bad step before abseiling it, that's why the track doesn't go to the summit (although I did bag it without the GPS). Back to Bealach Basteir and then to Bruach na Frithe. Down by the northwest ridge (tricky scrambling involved if sticking to the ridgeline) to join the path back to Sligachan.
Rated very difficult for the scrambling, exposure and the abseiling.
Perfect day, warm and windless.
Sgurr nan Gillean by the 'tourist path', then I didn't fancy the west ridge on my own to reach Am Basteir so went back down and joined the normal route to Am Basteir. Left my bag with the GPS inside it at Am Basteir's bad step before abseiling it, that's why the track doesn't go to the summit (although I did bag it without the GPS). Back to Bealach Basteir and then to Bruach na Frithe. Down by the northwest ridge (tricky scrambling involved if sticking to the ridgeline) to join the path back to Sligachan.
Rated very difficult for the scrambling, exposure and the abseiling.
Waypoints
Summit
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Am Basteir
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Summit
0 ft
Bruach na Frithe
Ruta
Car park
0 ft
Car
Sligachan Hotel Road
Summit
0 ft
Sgurr nan Gillean
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