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| Name: | Am Basteir |
| Hill number: | 1254 |
| Height: | 934m / 3064ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1246 Sgurr nan Gillean |
| RHB Section: | 17B: Minginish and the Cuillin Hills |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Island: | Skye |
| Class: | Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo (Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur) |
| Grid ref: | NG 46569 25290 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 49m |
| Col: | 885m NG465252  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 32 (1:25k) 411 |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 645 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Cuillin Traverse with Tom (Coruisk to Sligachan) | D.Hoyle | 06/09/2023 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 09/07/2023 |
| Cuillin traverse | Ruth | 13/06/2023 |
| Standard route from Sligachan | rhalstead | 13/06/2023 |
| With AS | eks | 25/10/2022 |
| Stag party, with Euan, Robert, Ally, Roddy & Brian | BigNick | 10/09/2022 |
| 2nd last Munro. Easy enough to do and great views all round. South part of ridge still in clag. Great Abseil off below the tooth. Our guide is phenomenal😀. | akmilne | 30/06/2022 |
| 10/11 | FCMark | 30/06/2022 |
| traverse of Am Basteir, ab'd down to tooth and then Lings Cave Chimney | HardenC | 01/06/2022 |
| Bruach na Frithe, Am Basteir & Sgurr nan Gillean from Sligachan Hotel, Solo | Huwel | 31/05/2022 |
| Bruach na Frithe > Sgùrr a Fionn Choire > Am Basteir from GR: NG 48409 29772 | ronaldo333 | 08/05/2022 |
| with Gary and Kath. | Cumbrianexile | 06/10/2021 |
| Windless, hot and sunny, plus a guide, from Gillean and back down Basteir corrie | iangalbraith | 23/08/2021 |
| With Karen, Alan Gillies & Rachel Wojx | Highland Days | 24/07/2021 |
| A second day on Skye with Harrison, this time taking in Am Basteir and it's slightly intimidating bad step, along with neighbouring Bruach na Frithe. A very early start from Sligachan meant we were done in under 6hrs and back at the car by 11:10am! | mproudfoot | 27/06/2021 |
| From Sligachan. Bruach na Frith and Am Basteir. | jigglybones | 27/05/2021 |
| From the belach, abseil to the tooth and again down King's Cave. Then over to Bruach na Frithe and down the Sgurr a' Bhasteir ridge. | atreides7887 | 20/05/2021 |
| With guide as 3 M route. | Tintenty | 14/05/2021 |
| With D and Andy. Wet and windy, first of 3. | Rodge | 08/09/2020 |
| From Sgurr Nan Gillean with Graham Uney and Tom Wells then back to the campsite at Sligachan 11hrs on the two hills | colinfielding | 13/07/2019 |
| Good views | Ben Tindal | 27/05/2019 |
| Am Bastier, Bhastier Tooth. With Jim F and Reg, led by Malcolm, our guide. | CJM | 24/05/2019 |
| With Reg Willis & Chris Meadows and led by Malcolm Airey from Skye Guides en route to my final Munro Top on the Tooth. | Jim.Fothergill | 24/05/2019 |
| Gavin, Jan, Toril | NHWC | 18/05/2019 |
| With Jonah and Iain. Dry, sunny, warm, but a bit breezy so bypassed the bad step. Awesome. Then on to the tooth. | Owen B | 13/05/2019 |
| am basteir,2nd visit basteir tooth, squrr a fionn choie, squrr a bhasteir | robertphillips | 25/04/2019 |
| From Sgurr nan Gillean. Great walk - Am Basteir a late entry for favourite Munro. Great summit too. On to the Basteir Tooth. | Wycombe Wanderer | 30/03/2019 |
| Led by Jonah with Rob Donald pn fantastic day with Sgurr Nan Gillian. Climbed bypassing bad step on way up but climbed step on way down. Long descent through screes to valley path and Sligachan | david.walker40 | 08/06/2018 |
| Last bit was just a bit too scary.... | eilidh | 27/05/2018 |
| From Sligachan via Coire a Bhasteir. The Tooth first then an up climb onto here. Cairn at the top. With Steve Smith and Iain Gallagher. | jonglew | 04/05/2017 |
| Reached as part of traverse from Bruach na Frithe to Sgurr nan Gillean. Ascended and descended via east ridge, bypassing the bad step. | quadbarrel | 13/10/2015 |
| With Peter | Morning | 23/07/2015 |
| 2nd of the day with george yeomans, roy, dave and derek ellis | mn23 | 25/06/2015 |
| With Jamie via the West Ridge of Sgurr nan Gillean, then Am Bastier (Bad Step)and Bruach na Frithe. Cloudy and overcast. | knarf | 08/06/2015 |
| 1 of 3: From Sligachan. With Tim. | ChrisR | 13/10/2014 |
| With Mark, Steve & guide Jonah. | grimjimm | 21/07/2014 |
| 2nd of 3. Am Basteir including the tooth :) Some challenging scrambling and abseiling, only downer of the day was the rope got snagged coming down Kings Cave Chimney. | bowzi | 21/07/2014 |
| Day 2 of Cullin Ridge Traverse. Francis Blunt (guide) and Robert Wight (MMC) Misty and occasional drizzle. No views. 11 hour day starting at 0400. | alexmaclennan | 01/06/2014 |
| With GHC. Finally found the correct ascent route despite the clear sunny conditions. Frustrating day but enjoyable in the end. | Play2End | 31/05/2014 |
| 2nd time. | PGCE | 29/09/2013 |
| Main objective of our 5th day on Skye. Peak looks great but rock is crummy - loads of loose basalt which would be terrible in the wet. Fortunately it was a clear dry morning for Nick P & I. | signyred | 08/08/2013 |
| Week on Skye with Mum. Sligachan - Coire a' Bhasteir - Sgurr a' Bhasteir - Sgurr a'Fionn Choire - Bruach na Frithe - back to the bealach and round the N side of Am Basteir - up Basteir by E ridge, avoiding the Bad Step by a loose traverse on the S side (Grade 2 scramble). Glorious weather. | Mark Jackson | 11/07/2013 |
| With Matt, Sarah, David, Simon & Sheila | PDR1966 | 04/07/2013 |
| yorkielad | 30/05/2013 | |
| Start from sligachan Hotel. up to bealach Basteir from there to the top, retrace thr route back. | smocks and denims | 24/05/2013 |
| North Ridge Tranvers | JamesSDonald | 09/06/2012 |
| Traverse from Sgurr nan Gillean to Bruach na Frithe with Ruth, Will, DC and Amy. Sunny spells. | davidpettit84 | 04/06/2012 |
| Via east ridge. With Mark and Shona on a round of the northern Cuillin from Sligachan. Sunny. | alistairpooler | 02/06/2012 |
| Cuillin Ridge w Bruno Yates | Martin Barratt | 23/05/2012 |
| squrr nan gillean, am basteir and bruach na frith, from the hotel. | robertphillips | 11/05/2012 |