Name:An Cruachan
Hill number:10257
Height:248m / 814ft
Parent (Ma):1288  Sgorach Breac
County/UA:Highland
Topographical area:SK03 Coinnich-caillich
SMC/RHB section:17C: South-East Skye and Scalpay
Island:Skye
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:NG655121 (est)
Drop:30m
Col:218m  NG659138  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 32
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 11 users)ByDate of Ascent
With Jon on way to Marilyn.lordtonult12/05/2024
Parked car in the enlarged passing place before road goes down hill. Keep to east of deer fence & follow it around the corner. Going OK today. Then started looking for a line of rivets of rock all the way to the trig, Then descend towards An Cruachan a P30 before going back to my car.Dugswell223/05/2023
See https://scotlandhills.net/sleat-isle-of-skye/hill walker08/04/2023
Pull-in for one car NG 6468 11909carole engel30/05/2022
From pt 113 on the Ord road, a pleasant walk up flower-spangled slopes to the prominent summit knoll of An Cruachan, before heading NW towards Sgorach Breac.Nick Down127/05/2019
From Sgorach Breac. High cloud, sun then rain, twice. Back to point 113.iangalbraith26/04/2019
anticlockwise over four hills, starting with An Cruachan, Marilyn Sgorach Breac, Sgiath bheinn an-Uird and SbaU sw topvegibagger06/06/2017
with beth and lunaBigNick14/02/2016
Return from Sgorach Breacnordicstar14/02/2016
Gavin Theobald17/02/2024
Alan Moore03/05/2010