Quinag - Sail Gharbh
4 classifications here — Trail 100, Marilyn, HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 809 m · 2,654 ft
- Prominence
- 550 m
- Grid reference
- NC 20939 29197
- Coordinates
- 58.21515, -5.04990
- County / area
- Highland
- Region
- Scourie to Lairg
- OS Landranger
- 15
- OS Explorer
- 442E
- Summit feature
- boulder 15m NW of trig point/windshelter
- Key col
- NC235281 (259 m)
About Quinag - Sail Gharbh
Sail Gharbh is the highest point of Quinag, a Sutherland mountain range whose Y-shaped crest carries an undulating series of peaks. The anglicised name comes from the Gaelic Cuinneag, a milk pail, a reference to the shape of the massif.
Quinag is built of Torridonian sandstone sitting on a base of Lewisian gneiss, with the highest tops capped by a thin layer of Cambrian quartzite; the gentle eastern flank of Spidean Còinich is a dip slope following those quartzite beds. The hill is a good place to see how these three major rock units of the north-west Highlands relate to one another.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Quinag (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
Access rights here
Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.
Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.
General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland ·check another location.
Daylight at this summit today
- Sunrise
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- Sunset
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- Daylight
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 58.215, -5.050. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (809 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
boulder is 1m higher than base of trig point (NC 20928 29183).
The recorded summit point is boulder 15m NW of trig point/windshelter. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level
- Record revised
- 02-Feb-13
- Drop measured from
- NC235281 · 259 m
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
Get food nearby
3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Lodge | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | Awaiting inspection | 3.7 km · NE |
| North West Highlands Geopark | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Awaiting inspection | 4.5 km · NE |
| Kylesku Hotel | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | Awaiting inspection | 5 km · N |
Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.
Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Quinag - Spidean Coinich | 764 m | 1.5 km |
| Quinag - Sail Ghorm | 776 m | 1.6 km |
| Glas Bheinn | 776 m | 5.3 km |
| Canisp | 847 m | 10.5 km |
| Beinn Leoid | 792 m | 11.1 km |
| Suilven | 731.4 m | 12.2 km |