Quinag - Sail Ghorm · Sail Gorm
3 classifications here — 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
- 776 m · 2,546 ft
- Prominence
- 158 m
- Grid reference
- NC 19840 30413
- Coordinates
- 58.22560, -5.06952
- County / area
- Highland
- Region
- Scourie to Lairg
- OS Landranger
- 15
- OS Explorer
- 442W
- Summit feature
- large cairn
- Key col
- NC197292 (618 m)
About Quinag - Sail Ghorm
Sail Ghorm (Sail Gorm) is one of the tops along the Y-shaped crest of Quinag, a Sutherland mountain range whose highest point reaches 808 metres and whose peaks undulate along that ridge. The name Quinag anglicises the Gaelic Cuinneag, a milk pail, a reference to the massif's shape.
Quinag is built of Torridonian sandstone lying on Lewisian gneiss, with a thin cap of Cambrian quartzite on the highest tops — the gentle eastern flank of Spidean Còinich is a dip slope following those quartzite beds. The massif 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
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 58.226, -5.070. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (776 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
flat rock 30m SW of cairn at NC 19827 30387 is as high.
The recorded summit point is large cairn. 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
- NC197292 · 618 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 | 4 km · NE |
| North West Highlands Geopark | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Awaiting inspection | 4.4 km · NE |
| Kylesku Hotel | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | Awaiting inspection | 4.6 km · NE |
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 - Sail Gharbh | 809 m | 1.6 km |
| Quinag - Spidean Coinich | 764 m | 2.8 km |
| Glas Bheinn | 776 m | 6.9 km |
| Canisp | 847 m | 11.7 km |
| Beinn Leoid | 792 m | 12.2 km |
| Suilven | 731.4 m | 12.9 km |