Sgurr nan Gillean

About Sgurr nan Gillean

Sgurr nan Gillean occupies the northern part of the Cuillin on Skye and is one of eleven Munros in the range. It is the Cuillin Munro closest to Sligachan, and its sharp triangular profile makes it among the most readily recognised peaks on the ridge.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Sgùrr nan Gillean (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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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Computed astronomically for 57.248, -6.193. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is rock by cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Leica RX1250

Record revised

16-Mar-19

Drop measured from

NG453238 · 761 m

Classification history: Col at NG458240 is 2ft higher on 1965 1:10560 map.

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

The Sgurr nan Gillean group

4 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Sgurr nan Gillean as the independent hill at its head.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks