Sgurr a' Choire-rainich

About Sgurr a' Choire-rainich

Perched above the tidal narrows of Loch Hourn, this rugged western shoulder of the Beinn Sritheall ridge offers a dramatic sense of scale. The ascent involves steep, heathery slopes and broken rock, rewarding walkers with an unobstructed view across the Sound of Sleat toward the jagged profile of the Cuillin on Skye.

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• •The name translates from Scottish Gaelic as the 'Peak of the Bracken Corrie', referring to the fern-filled hollows that indent the lower southern slopes rising from the shores of the loch.
• •Though categorized as a Hump, this peak is most frequently visited as the sharp western top of its parent mountain, Beinn Sritheall, forming part of a classic high-level ridge walk above the village of Arnisdale.
• •From the summit, the view south-east looks directly over the 'Little Wilderness' of Knoydart, highlighting the formidable peaks of Ladhar Bheinn and Luinne Bheinn across the deep trench of Loch Hourn.
• •Given the terrain rises almost directly from sea level to nearly 850 metres in a very short horizontal distance, your calves will likely have a much firmer opinion on its classification than the official database does.