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| Name: | Creag na h-Iolaire Ard |
| Hill number: | 4479 |
| Height: | 714m / 2343ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1192 Quinag - Spidean Coinich |
| RHB Section: | 16E: Scourie to Lairg |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Eddrachillis, Catchment Boundaries, Inver |
| Class: | Simm, Graham Top (Tu,Sim,GT) |
| Grid ref: | NC 20209 28195 |
| Summit feature: | no feature |
| Drop: | 61m |
| Col: | 653m NC203280  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 15 (1:25k) 442E |
| 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 268 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Quinag circuit from the JMT car park. | Geoff Briggs | 26/11/2023 |
| 3 of 7: From Spidean Coinich. In cloud. With Tim. | ChrisR | 30/07/2023 |
| Circuit of three Corbetts from JMT car park. 3 of 7 | thekirkie pirate | 24/09/2022 |
| 17 years down the road, Sail Garbh again plus this time all the others. NW to SE traverse over all rest of the ridge in calm largely clear conditions. best day of the week. This one fifth. Its a very dramatic cone from the path up to Sail Garbh and as I looked back three opf a goup of four Id seen coming off Spidean Coinnich towards it, stood right on the top. I zoomed in and captured a good pic. I thought I'd meet them later, probably on the northernmost Sail Gorm, and so it was. They were two couples from Spain, one from Toledo and one Barcelona.I thought they'd like a copy so I got an email address from one of them and ended up deciding to send the email with pic attached at precisely the tyime I too was on the very same top. Seemed very fitting | vegibagger | 18/09/2022 |
| Classic walk from John Muir car park over Spidean Coinich, north to Sail Gorm and back to Sail Gharbh trig. With Gillian, very windy, cloud base around 550m | richard69 | 20/09/2021 |
| MR training | Loz_mck | 17/07/2021 |
| Classic Quinag round of 3 Corbetts. | quadbarrel | 03/06/2021 |
| Did route again to S Coinich, last did in 2004, but no more. Now today going to claim the whole of Quinag. Lovely airy ridge along here. | iandesbottes | 28/09/2020 |
| From Spidean Coinich. Steep drop next and steep climb up to Sail Garbh west top. | bolton | 06/09/2020 |
| Gloriously clear day with Lynn and Gemma. | nix_snilloc | 06/08/2020 |
| A really brilliant day for a round of all the Quinag tops starting from usual car park. Straightforward walkig all the way. Spidean Coinich (C); Creagh nan h-iolaire (Gt);Beinn Uidhe S top (Gt); Sail Garbh W top (Gt); Sail Garbh Far W top (Gt); out to Sail Gorm and back to Sail Garbh, back to bealach down to lochan and back to car. An Australian guy declared it the best mountain he had ever climbed and hard to disagree though certainly the weather helped. | dickscroop | 02/08/2019 |
| Superb day on the three Quinag Corbetts. | dal | 04/09/2018 |
| Third of our Quinag circuit, blue sky above us & stunning views. | DanMaisieBex | 24/08/2018 |
| With: hb; From CP on A894 at NC232274, followed new path & climbed SE ridge of Spidean Choinnich to E top & summit. Then down over narrow ridge of Creag na h-Iolaire Ard to Bealach a'Chornaidh. | Ian Baines | 30/05/2018 |
| With: ib; | Helen Baines | 30/05/2018 |
| A lovely ridge - can't believe its taken me thirty years to 'find' this gem. | summitter | 29/04/2018 |
| Bagged en route after Spidean Coinich. With KM, NP and JK. | Man of Kernow1 | 21/10/2017 |
| Walked up from car park to east, up eastern ridge. With Laura, Eilidh, Ciara, Anne, Fiona, Steve, Alex & Kasia. Ridge very narrow down to Bealach a' Chornaidh. Others walked out on good path from bealach to north of Lochan Bealach Cornaidh while I did rest of Quinag. | stever | 27/07/2017 |
| Clockwise round of the 3 Corbetts of Quinag. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 28/06/2017 |
| Updating records | Simon Winton | 22/10/2016 |
| On Quinag round. | Topographer57 | 28/05/2016 |
| Three Quinag Corbetts and associated tops using route from WalkHighlands | Crib Goch | 10/05/2015 |
| With Olly | JamesSDonald | 30/07/2011 |
| an unforgettable days walking on one of the very best hills in britain. a small quarry beside the main road as a starting point and straight up spidean coinich. from there a number of ups and downs startling views, huge drops.. an awesome round. | stig_nest | 23/06/2011 |
| With Chris Crocker weather still improving. | Dugswell2 | 08/06/2010 |
| Galltywenallt | 08/06/2010 | |
| classic circuit of Quinag, over the three tops, Grand | nordicstar | 10/04/2009 |
| Date approx. With S. | Ashley | 01/06/2008 |
| 3 of 7: From Spidean Coinich. In cloud. | ChrisR | 09/10/2007 |
| Solo. A894 (232273) to Spidean Coinich, Sail Gharbh, Sail Gorm & descent by East ridge to complete below the hill fog via 300m contour. Strong winds & relatively dry with cloudbase at 200m rising to 300m! | Vin | 01/06/2006 |
| As part of a Quinag traverse. | NotReallyABagger | 31/05/2006 |
| Sail Gorm, Sail Gharbh, Spidean Coinich S/F NC232273 Low cloud, 2000', overcast, showers, low wind & mild. | John Young | 01/08/2005 |
| treverse of all tops, misty with showers | Flatfield | 21/05/2003 |
| On the Cape Wrath Trail. | Dangerous Dave | 14/05/2003 |
| Sunny spells, dry, good views, with an Israeli student met at the car park. | iangalbraith | 14/06/2001 |
| with the Quinag Marilyns (qqqv for logs) | pwheeler | 27/05/2000 |
| Passed on the traverse of the hill. | Aye Jimmy | 28/04/2000 |
| CK, Eve | SheilaS | 28/04/2000 |
| One of three tops up here today on a breezy and cool day. | Walker Dan | 31/05/1999 |
| Quinag round from car park on Kylesku road where Allt Sgrathaig needs crossing. | Eddie | 11/11/1995 |
| Cairngorm Club weekend meet at Elphin. I went to Ullapool and had coffee with a couple of other members. I then went to Quinag and went up all three Corbetts solo. First went up Spidean Còinich (764m) passing over the east Top, then over points 713m (Creag na h-Iolaire Ard) and 745m (Sàil Gharbh West Top) to Sàil Gharbh (808m). Then back over point 745m and over Sàil Gharbh Far West Top to Sàil Gorm (776m). Very hot. | pwbellarby | 07/07/1991 |
| With C Bruce in mist and rain but great hill. with Gav and Sarah 24/7/08 gorgeous warm day, good views - did all the peaks this time. | niallp | 31/03/1991 |
| From car park on main road. Cloudy. With Simon and Kate. | Victor | 29/08/1990 |
| petey | 01/01/1990 | |
| Circuit from A894 | rjf35 | 31/12/1989 |
| 2 friends camping. Misty day. | NorfolkPT21 | 11/07/1989 |
| RHW | 01/01/1989 | |
| Ascended after leaving Sail Gharbh, whilst walking a round of the tops. | JohnW | 28/05/1987 |
| Cottage at Drumbeg. Traverse of snowy tops with Dickie, Sally, Ruth, Martin F, Tony B. Dickie singing Gilbert & Sulivan numbers on ascent. Took in all tops on a lovely fresh sunny crisp day with snow underfoot and great views. Descended to west from S end of ridge for long walk back on path to road below magnificent cliffs of west face and tranquil loch. | Chris Pearson | 30/03/1986 |
| Circuit from A894 | rjf35 | 23/09/1985 |