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| Name: | Sgurr Dearg - Inaccessible Pinnacle |
| Hill number: | 1240 |
| Height: | 985.8m / 3234ft |
| RHB Section: | 17B: Minginish and the Cuillin Hills |
| County/UA: | Highland (UA) |
| Island: | Skye |
| Maritime area: | Skye & surrounding islands |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, Murdo, Yeaman, Trail 100 (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,Mur,Y,T100) |
| Grid ref: | NG 44409 21552 |
| Summit feature: | upright boulder |
| Drop: | 187.6m |
| Col: | 798.2m NG 44787 21380  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 32 (1:25k) 411 |
| Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 548 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With Karen, perfect conditions. Led in two pitches. Ascent / descent by Coire Laggan, An Stac screes. | Highland Days | 20/09/2019 |
| Guided bt Graham Uney with Tom Wells very nervous wait for our turn to climb a wonderful experience then lowered down | colinfielding | 15/07/2019 |
| With Mike Lates (guide) | Oik | 31/07/2018 |
| Led by Jonah with Donald and Rob Fantastic weather. Inn Pinn climbed roped together and lowered off. | david.walker40 | 07/06/2018 |
| With Geraldine, Jonathan, guided by Paddy. | Chris Blake | 05/06/2018 |
| With Chris and Jonathan. Guided by Paddy. Excellent day! | Geraldine Fardon | 05/06/2018 |
| Trip to Skye wit Otis | Glenford | 04/06/2018 |
| I was exhausted after scrambling all day and almost didn't make it! Got there in the end thanks to Malcolm. Not my best mountain performance! | Dangerous Dave | 14/05/2018 |
| Beautiful weather. Even had midges. | gettingonabit | 20/06/2017 |
| Guides are wonderful people. | Pete R | 14/05/2017 |
| Needed a bit of help to get on top of the pinnacle on top of the pinnacle | alda | 05/05/2017 |
| From Glen Brittle hut. Climb up and abseil down, bit of an anti-climax after the hype. With Steve Smith and Iain Gallagher. | jonglew | 02/05/2017 |
| Part of traverse from Sgurr nan Eag to Sgurr a' Mhadaidh with Ewan. Climbed via the south crack. | raffemeister | 08/10/2016 |
| Inc pin with Lucy via Short route through kings chimney way | Konstanci | 01/08/2016 |
| 2nd of the day with george yeomans, roy, dave and derek ellis - inaccessible pinnacle | mn23 | 23/06/2015 |
| With Jamie from Glen Brittle to Sgurr Dearg and then ropes up for Inaccessible Pinnacle. Then on to Sgurr Mhic Choinich descending down the An Stac screes. Cloudy, but clearing on descent after summits. | knarf | 09/06/2015 |
| With Hiking guys | Steve1996 | 01/04/2015 |
| Ascended Sgurr Dearg on traverse from Sgurr na Banachdich to Sgurr Alasdair. No climbing gear so impossible to climb Inn Pinn. Great views all round anyway. | quadbarrel | 13/10/2014 |
| First experience of the main Cuillin ridge what a great place. The weather was warm dry and sunny although rather hazy. I climbed the Inaccessible Pinnacle and touched the high point. I also took in Sgurr Mhic Choinich which was quite an exposed scramble. I am grateful to my guide who made the day. Guide was Ron Walker | isabelle | 21/09/2014 |
| From Glen Brittle. A superb day out,climbing the fin to the top of the pinnacle & then abseiling down. With Pigeon/Ian/Ryan/Jim & Erin,with the assistance of our guide Jonah Jones. | MorecambeMonkey | 21/06/2014 |
| 1st of 2. Joe and I hired guide Jonah Jones to take us up the Pinn. He sets a decent pace, but youy do get a break every 1000 ft of ascent :D I didn't find the Pinn hard at all, it's all very safe and matter of fact :) | bowzi | 19/06/2014 |
| on traverse | Morning | 20/05/2014 |
| First walk in The Cuillins - absolutley stunning scenary - the best I have seen of anywhere in the UK. Menacing beauty! Did the walk with Rach & Gillian from Skye Guides. Weather was perfect - not a cloud in the sky and the sun was shining. The InPin was good fun and not as difficult as expected. Could be solo'd but best to abseil off. Also did Sgur Mhic and joining ridge. One of my best days in the hills. Descended the scree slopes at the back down to the Lochan which was surprisingly fun and fast to get down. Great great day! | scholesy | 13/10/2013 |
| In party of three from Memorial Hut led by Skye guide Jonah Jones. Brilliantly clear morning allowed all to climb to top before rising winds and cloud. | neimcv | 06/09/2013 |
| Final peak of our 4th day in Skye with Nick P, led by Matt Barrett up the long side. Much easier than I thought it would but glad of the rope! Glorious day with extensive views. Enjoyed going down the short side. | signyred | 07/08/2013 |
| With GHC. Cold, wet and windy. A terrible ascent, but got it ticked off. | Play2End | 01/06/2013 |
| With Josie | sclater | 09/04/2013 |
| 5th and last Munro of day. Weather worsened. Nipped up the Pinn and abbed off. Became misplaced on descent - went to bottom of gully instead of traversing earlier back to An Stac screes. | Kevin29035 | 07/10/2012 |
| Climbed Impin with 6 other walkers and climbers on skye trip 2012 | andy2frith | 04/06/2012 |
| Traverse from Sgurr Mhic Choinnich to Sgurr na Banachdich with Ruth, Will, DC and Amy. Sunny spells. | davidpettit84 | 03/06/2012 |
| Cuillin Ridge w Bruno Yates | Martin Barratt | 22/05/2012 |
| squrr mhic choinnich and squrr dearg. | robertphillips | 09/05/2012 |
| with Alan Horberry | clashcityrocker | 18/04/2012 |
| JimT | 22/08/2011 | |
| With Sarah, Tim | Loz_mck | 20/07/2011 |
| Week in Skye with Clare College Rockclimbing | Mark Jackson | 04/07/2011 |
| With Nick, Matt, Barry | Desperate Stan | 18/06/2011 |
| Led by Bob Kerr, of Assynt MR Team. Ascent by west ridge of Sgurr Dearg. Pinnacle climbed by south ridge & abseil down north face. | Man of Kernow1 | 03/06/2011 |
| John Proctor of York Climbers forever in your debt. What an ascent, wind and half way up the sail it started to snow. Martin and I just laughed. No other idiots up here today. Never felt delight like it when I got to the top. Magical. Abseil off was excellent. Got a few seconds of a view then cloud came back. Got real pissed that night. Company: John Proctor and Martin Minty Stewart. | iandesbottes | 20/05/2011 |
| Organised by Martin (who stayed on the ridge). I had no intention of doing it. Jonah, barman in Taigh Aillean hotel by night and mountain guide by day guided me up. | Maggie | 28/04/2011 |
| GUM club - Ron and SB | Bronagh | 29/05/2010 |
| CK | SheilaS | 08/05/2010 |
| climbed with Farrell and Roddy Macneill on RR weekend at Carbost Inn. clagged in while climbing. | munromurph | 05/05/2010 |
| ghaley | 09/04/2010 | |
| Coire na Banachdich to Bealach na Banachdich and up NW ridge to Sgurr Dearg (978m). Met Eric Derwin (Cleveland MC) and Sandra Doull (Moray MC) on summit, Climbed the Inaccessible Pinnacle (986m). Down west ridge. | JtwoUD | 25/06/2009 |
| Blisco | 06/07/2008 | |
| Based overnight at Glenbrittle camp site. Completed the round of corrie lagan. Weather was blisteringly hot, no cloud or wind and lots of midges late on back at camp. | sotabagger | 21/06/2008 |
| Anne | pigerg | 25/05/2008 |
| 2nd time. | PGCE | 23/04/2008 |
| 2 of 2: From Sgurr Dearg. With David. Penultimate Munro. | ChrisR | 22/04/2008 |