Sgurr Dubh

About Sgurr Dubh

Rising above the southern shores of Loch Maree near Taagan, this rugged peak offers a quieter perspective on the giants of Torridon. Its rocky slopes provide a rough, pathless ascent rewarding walkers with a framed view of Slioch's fortress-like walls and the sprawling, intricate ridgeline of neighbouring Beinn Eighe.

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• •The name is Gaelic for 'Black Peak', a reference to the dark, weathered Torridonian sandstone that forms its crags, which stands in stark contrast to the bright white Cambrian quartzite found on the nearby heights of Beinn Eighe.
• •The summit provides a front-row seat to one of the best views in the Northwest Highlands, looking directly across the water of Loch Maree to the ancient Gneiss terraces of Slioch and the remote wilderness of the Letterewe Forest.
• •Most walkers approach from the north via the tracks near Taagan, but a longer, more scenic route climbs from the Coulin Pass to the south, following 19th-century stalkers' paths that weave through the glen.
• •The hill is a prime location for spotting red deer; the surrounding Coulin Forest remains an active deer forest where herds often congregate on the lower, sheltered eastern slopes during the winter months.
• •The hill sits in a notorious rain shadow, which sounds promising until you realise it is usually the shadow cast by a much larger, wetter mountain directly upwind.