Skye

Bla Blaven often overlooked by climbers visiting the main ridge
the Glach Glas ridge
superb buttress climbing the route requires a good head for heights over mixed scrambling
lots of exposure with some tricky moves
a very worthwhile summit and at 3044 feet certainly lots more than just another Munro rewarded by the view, most of the famous Cullin ridge can be seen

The
Cullin
Ridge

# six miles long
# 10,000 feet of Ascent
# a walk graded as a
"very difficult" rock climb

But more importantly
without any doubt the best ridge
in the whole British Isles

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the view from Gas-bhein, The small hills
on the Island of Soay rise above the clouds,
"taken about 8pm having just finished the ridge"
and below Gas-bhein summit

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the 14 peaks
on the ridge are both tops and Munros, the main summits are :

Sgur nan Gillean
Am Bhasteir
Bruaach na Frithe
Bidean Druim nan Ramk
Sgurr a' Mhadaidh
Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh
Sgur na Banachdich
Inaccessible Pinnacle
Sgurr Mhic Coinnich
Sgurr Alasdair
Sgurr Sgumain
Sgurr Dhubh
Sgurr nan Eag
Gas-bhein

there are lots of extra high points on the ridge such as :
The Bhasteir Tooth
(at 3000 feet exactly the tooth is the lowest of the official "tops" - but possibly one of the most dramatic)

roughly at mid distance along the ridge is

The Inaccessible Pinnacle

its top is at 3235 feet, is often thought as the hardest Munro to ascend for the non climber to reach

it is however a very good peak, certainly well worth the climb wether or not you are Munro collecting

The In Pin as it is called is a climb to its top via one of two routes

the longest ridge is the easiest at "Moderate" and is very easy and very exposed (the way I went up)

the shorter side is "Difficult" (and is the way I abseiled down)
you can climb either route but it is best to abseil down the shorter steep pitch.

getting there & where to stay	no pictures of ferry or bridge (not going to get involved in that one)
Skye from the Kyle of Lochalsh very early one May morning
The camp site at Silachan surrounded by so many famous peaks, and only 100 meters from the famous Sliachan Inn there is also a good camp site at Glen Brittle at the other end of the ridge

	The Cioch nose "Direct route" 500ft Severe on Sron na Ciche with two other climbs below this, it's over 1000 feet to the ground made famous in the film "Highlander"