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Name: | Sgurr a' Mhadaidh |
Hill number: | 1259 |
Height: | 918m / 3012ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1240 Sgurr Dearg - Inaccessible Pinnacle |
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 44704 23500 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 72.9m |
Col: | 845.1m NG 4463 2343 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 32 (1:25k) 411 |
Survey: | obvious summit/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 654 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Cuillin Traverse with Tom (Coruisk to Sligachan) | D.Hoyle | 06/09/2023 |
Cuillin traverse | Ruth | 13/06/2023 |
Absolute brilliant day out weather route everything went to plan, Awesome! | Kevthecat | 12/05/2023 |
With Dave Roeder. Parked at the Youth Hostel (10:05). Lovely day. Followed the path to An Dorus, finally up a steep gully. Tricky step up from the col. Better route starts a few metres down the E side; used on the return. Scramble to the summit. Great views. Finished 15:40. | dbb | 12/05/2023 |
Langie Skye meet. With Rab, from An Dorus. | Grinner-Munros2 | 24/09/2022 |
2nd of 2. Nearer the An Dorus gap this one so wasn’t as hard as other one. Another scree descent😀 | akmilne | 28/06/2022 |
5/11 | FCMark | 28/06/2022 |
Sgurr Nan Eag, Sgurr Dubh Mor, Sgurr Alasdair, Sgurr MhicConnich, Inn Pinn, Sgurr na Banachdauch, Sgurr a Ghreadaidh, Sgurr a Madhaidh. Over TD Gap, and up West face of Inn Pinn 
With Guide | Huwel | 01/06/2022 |
Climbed with Taff of West Coast guides. | Rob Rees | 23/05/2022 |
Sgùrr a’ Mhadaidh from GR: NG 41132 21468 via An Dorus | ronaldo333 | 10/05/2022 |
Camped by the YH and made an early start. Straight up via An Dorus. | jigglybones | 27/08/2021 |
Windless, hot and sunny, plus a guide. From An Dorus. | iangalbraith | 25/08/2021 |
along ridge from Sgurr Thuilm, superb easy scramble with lots of options. Clear, light breeze, mild. small cairn on tiny summit area. lunch | Denise | 10/07/2021 |
A superb day of scrambling fun with Harrison, covering the In Pinn to Sgurr na BanachDaich, Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh and Sgurr a' Mhadaidh. Slightly warm, but the occasional breeze helped keep us cooler up on the ridge. | mproudfoot | 26/06/2021 |
AC team on traverse of middle section Bannadich to Bruach na Frith | HardenC | 01/06/2021 |
Southern 8 Cuillins climbed on rather wet day. An attempt to climb all 11, but plans changed due to weather. 22km, 13h, 2000m elevation gain. | ytropek | 30/08/2020 |
with Graham Uney and Tom Wells superb day on Skye | colinfielding | 14/07/2019 |
With Malcolm. Touched both potential hp's. | Dangerous Dave | 15/05/2018 |
solo revisit for the tops, squrr na benachdich central top, squrr na benachdich, squrr thormaid, squrr a ghreadaidh south top, squrr a ghreadaidh, squrr a mhadaidh, squrr thuilm parking at hostel, nice sunny day, dry rock for good scrambling. | robertphillips | 21/09/2017 |
BC Skye meet. | clashcityrocker | 17/07/2017 |
From Hostel up to An Dorus then traverse of Sgurr a'Mhadaidh, Sgurr a'Ghreadaidh, ST, Sgurr Thormaid, Sgurr na Banachdich and CT. In perfect conditions. | rhalstead | 07/06/2017 |
With Jon Glew, guided by Kendal Mountaineering Services. Parked opposite Glen Brittle YH, up to An Dorus and right to Sgurr a'Ghreadaidh. Return to An Dorus then up to Sgurr Mhadaidh. On to all 3 Corbett Tops including double abseil down ?? and steep roped down climb off An Caisteal to bealach with Sgurr na Bairnich. Descend scree from hell down Coir' a' Tairneilear and walk out down Coire a' Mhadaidh to 2nd car at Fairy Pools car park. | mntainman | 01/05/2017 |
Partial traverse of the ridge with Steve Smith. Sgurr a'Ghreadaidh from Glen Brittle hostel via An Dorus. Super day out with abseiling and roped climbs up and down. | jonglew | 01/05/2017 |
Part of traverse from Sgurr nan Eag to Sgurr a' Mhadaidh with Ewan. Descended via An Dorus and Coire a' Greadaidh | raffemeister | 08/10/2016 |
Date of 3rd ascent. | clashcityrocker | 19/07/2016 |
With Brian R. from the campsite in very warm, sunny weather. A slog up but easy in the end. | Play2End | 26/05/2016 |
Starting off from the Glen Brittle YHA in cold but sunny 
weather. The ascent was up into a hanging valley able to reconise errors of previous ascents in this region in dense cloud. The visibility was spectacular all round. The final ascent up scree lined with snowy slabs made the ascent to An Dorus and opened the door to ridge scramble ascent to the final summit which laid the world at our feet. We returned by the same route being tempted to swm in the numerous plunge pools in the steams we walked beside. We resisted the urge as the air temperature was low. | david.walker40 | 13/05/2016 |
With Jamie via a snow filled An Dorus and on to Sgurr a' Mhadaidh. Returned to top of An Dorus for the ascent of Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh. | knarf | 02/05/2016 |
1st of the skye munros with george yeomans, roy, dave and derek ellis | mn23 | 21/06/2015 |
7 of 7: From Sgurr a Ghreadaidh. | ChrisR | 10/09/2014 |
with John | BigNick | 25/08/2014 |
Solo, 1st of 2. Again had a previous failed attempt but dry rock makes for easy going. Skipped up ledge just down from the top of An Dorus, a lot easier than the climb out direct. | bowzi | 17/07/2014 |
From Glen Brittle YH on a damp day. With Pigeon/Ian/Ryan & our guide Jonah Jones. | MorecambeMonkey | 22/06/2014 |
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 |
From Glen Brittle YoHo via corries with foaming waterslides and waterfalls. Clouds over summit and An Dorus. | neimcv | 22/05/2014 |
on traverse | Morning | 20/05/2014 |
Ascended in cloud from Glen Brittle via An Dorus. Scramble not too difficult once on ridge, although harder on descent. Disappointingly no views. | quadbarrel | 10/04/2014 |
2nd time. | PGCE | 30/09/2013 |
Did this with Ken and Hamish and the brilliant and patient Mike from Sky Guides. A wet , misty and drizzly day - maybe just as well as I suspect the exposure is interesting. The tricky bit was the climb out of An Dorus ( the door ) onto Greadaigh. We got roped up for this and it made for an interesting re introduction to Skye for me. The rest of the round was just some scrambling but mentally Skye is taxing as you need to keep concentrating where you put your feet. 
Great pint in the Inn in Carbost on the way home. | slynch | 20/09/2013 |
yorkielad | 28/05/2013 | |
Start at YH head up Coire Ghreadaich. up An Dorus on to the ridge. | smocks and denims | 19/05/2013 |
Roy | JimA | 12/08/2012 |
North Ridge Tranvers | JamesSDonald | 09/06/2012 |
Sgurr a' Mhadaidh and Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh via An Dorus, with Ruth and Amy. | davidpettit84 | 05/06/2012 |
Via NW ridge. With Mark and Shona on a round of Coire a' Ghreadaidh from Glen Brittle. Sunny. | alistairpooler | 03/06/2012 |
Cuillin Ridge w Bruno Yates | Martin Barratt | 23/05/2012 |
a round of squrr na banachdich, squrr a ghreadaidh, and squrr a mhadaidh. | robertphillips | 08/05/2012 |
2nd ascent with Bob Sewell | Peterb | 05/05/2012 |
With Sarah, Tim | Loz_mck | 20/07/2011 |
Week in Skye with Clare College Rockclimbing | Mark Jackson | 08/07/2011 |