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| Name: | Sgurr Beag |
| Hill number: | 3180 |
| Height: | 896m / 2940ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 687 Sgurr an Doire Leathain |
| RHB Section: | 10A: Glen Shiel to Loch Hourn and Loch Quoich |
| County/UA: | Highland (UA) |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Alsh & Duich, Ness |
| Watershed: | Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Inner Moray Firth, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Simm, Subhump, Corbett Top, Yeaman (Tu,Sim,sHu,CT,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NG 99767 10913 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 97m |
| Col: | 799m NH000106  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 33 (1:25k) 414S |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 188 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 20/09/2019 |
| KeithByTheC | 22/05/2018 | |
| Solo, taking in Sgurr an Doire leathain, Sgurr an Lochain, Creag nan Damh and every ring contour in between | Shutterlag | 14/05/2018 |
| Glasgow and Lancaster Clunie WE Day 3. With Peter C. Great day with sunny calm clear weather and good viz of mountains rising from mist. Druim Thollaidh to steep NE ridge of Creag nan Damh. | alexmaclennan | 12/03/2018 |
| With Steve Smith on traverse of the Cluanie ridge going broadly E-W over 2 days. This the day. | jonglew | 27/10/2017 |
| With Tim and Kiera | Loz_mck | 12/07/2014 |
| From battle site, Creag nan Damh, Sgurr an Lochain and Sgurr Beag. | rhalstead | 28/06/2014 |
| Hyperopic | 12/07/2012 | |
| South Glen Shiel ridge with DW and SL. Weather good. | AGWilliamson | 24/09/2011 |
| 2 of 11: From Creag nan Damh. | ChrisR | 30/09/2010 |
| self (Sgurr Mor) | davidsbatty | 03/05/2010 |
| With Ian Soulsby. | Dangerous Dave | 18/07/2009 |
| With Jeanette as part of S. Glen Shiel traverse. | dickscroop | 15/06/2007 |
| alone | SheilaS | 06/06/2007 |
| 10 of 11: From Sgurr an Lochain. | ChrisR | 14/10/2005 |
| Self, Completed ridge including Creag a Mhaim, Druim Shionnach, Aonach an Chrith, Moal Chinn Dearg, Sgurr an Doire Leathain, Sgurr an lochain, Creag nan Damh, 1 Top. 21.2km, 2030m in 7.0hr. | JamesSDonald | 10/06/2005 |
| See Creag a'Mhaim. Time approx | dbb | 19/05/2005 |
| Company: Martin Stewart | iandesbottes | 10/05/2003 |
| Sunny, v. stong winds, good views. | iangalbraith | 20/04/2003 |
| Solo. With help of friend positioned my car where Allt Mhàlagain is crossed by A87 road in Glen Shiel. Started walking at Cluanie Inn and did the South Cluanie ridge. I walked along the old road to where it crosses Allt Giubhais. I climbed up to Coirean Eich Bhric and to the col NW of Creag a’ Mhàim. Climbed up the ridge to the summit of Creag a’ Mhàim. Then went back down the ridge and along to Druim Shionnach, Aonach air Chrith, Maol Chinn-dearg, Sgùrr Coire na Feinne, Sgùrr an Doire Leathain, Sgùrr an Lochain, Sgùrr Beag, Creag nan Damh. Descended over Sgùrr a’ Chuilinn to reach the road a little short of where my car was. | pwbellarby | 21/05/2000 |
| SMMC Midsummer bivy, with Bill Bracewell, Nic Bullivant, Liz Mackay, Ian Marshall, Charlie Prowse, Janice Shepherd, Stewart Wright and guest (Sam). | clashcityrocker | 22/06/1999 |
| W to E traverse of whole ridge | vegibagger | 16/05/1999 |
| The south ridge in winter! Fresh snow, 2/3rds managed - up NE ridge of Creag nam Damh from bridge at NG992132, along ridge w Sgurr Beag, Sgurr an Lochain, Doire Leathain and Maol Chin Dearg before off north ridge in dark. | nordicstar | 28/12/1997 |
| JW, three Munro day | Frank | 22/05/1996 |
| On way to last Munro of day. | Aye Jimmy | 11/08/1994 |
| Wet with Joe, Ann and Brenda. | Dugswell2 | 20/06/1993 |
| on South Cluanie ridge walk | PeterD | 06/06/1992 |
| Full ridge walk | BLACKHILL | 12/06/1990 |
| petey | 01/01/1990 | |
| Date unknown | RHW | 01/01/1990 |
| my first ascent date n/k, due to lost guide log / book :-( started fine, then mist and final rain, solo, caught the bus from shiel bridge down to cluanie and hiked in along the old road to the stalkers path. followed this too the summit of the first munro - crag mhaim then followed the ridge over the further 5 munros plus tops all the way along, descending from the beach dubh leac path, back to glen shiel. walked back to yh at ratagan, a long day. | rum doodle | 01/01/1990 |
| 2 other times as well when traversing ridge | Thearlaichdubh | 27/08/1989 |
| JEB | Uisdean25 | 30/05/1989 |
| This time drove to Cluanie, having arranged for Bill Cairns to move the car back down the glen. This time I went round the back of Creag a'Mhaim and took the stalkers path before completing the ridge. | SS | 30/04/1989 |
| Ascended whilst doing the South Cluanie ridge in snowy but clear conditions from Cluanie Inn, descending Bealach Duibh Leac and walking on to Ratagan. | JohnW | 09/04/1986 |
| Solo | Uisdean25 | 21/05/1985 |
| All along the S. Kintail ridge, great high level, ridge walking. Impressive views of deep corries and ridges on the Kintail side of the ridge. From here to Bealach Duibh Leac, where I leftthe ridge, there are broader slopes aswell as the very well-defined ridge walking. Cntinues good going so easy to keep up a good pace. Warm and hazy | pwheeler | 23/05/1984 |
| On a magical day. Stationary air, visibility 100km+, snow level 200m. | jimbloomer | 24/02/1983 |
| With Kenneth R. Crossed the hill on a westwards traverse of the ridge, but not now confident enough that we visited the summit to tick it. | mainnirnamfiadh | 25/06/1979 |
| IM, NH | Uisdean25 | 06/08/1978 |
| With: jm; From B Duibh Leac up W ridge. E to Sgurr Beag then SW to Sgurr an Lochain. V hot & hazy. Continued ridge out to Sg an Doire Leathain then back & on to Sg Coire na Feine & up to Maol Chinn-dearg. Dropped to Coire nan Eire.. for water & camp. | Ian Baines | 01/07/1976 |
| Gallovidian | 31/03/2019 | |
| Dave McG | 17/11/2018 | |
| Erik B | 17/11/2018 | |
| interloper | 03/09/2018 | |
| foggieclimber | 19/08/2018 | |
| weaselmaster | 29/06/2018 | |
| Sick Kid | 29/06/2018 | |
| SteveSmith | 27/10/2017 | |
| hillhunter | 02/04/2017 |