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Name: | Quinag - Sail Gharbh |
Hill number: | 1188 |
Height: | 809m / 2654ft |
RHB Section: | 16E: Scourie to Lairg |
County/UA: | Highland |
Catchment: | Eddrachillis |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Corbett, Yeaman, Trail 100 (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,C,Y,T100,P500) |
Grid ref: | NC 20939 29197 |
Summit feature: | boulder 15m NW of trig point/windshelter |
Drop: | 550m |
Col: | 259m NC235281 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 15 (1:25k) 442E |
Observations: | boulder is 1m higher than base of trig point (NC 20928 29183) |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 482 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Quinag circuit from the JMT car park. | Geoff Briggs | 26/11/2023 |
7 of 7: From Sail Gharbh Far West Top. Best clearances of the cloud all day. Much better than last time in 2007. TP damaged and no FB. With Tim. | ChrisR | 30/07/2023 |
Circuit of Corbetts from JMT car park. 
7 of 7 | thekirkie pirate | 24/09/2022 |
17 years down the road, Sail Garbh again plus this time all the others. NW to SE traverse over all rest of the ridge in calm largely clear conditions. best day of the week | vegibagger | 18/09/2022 |
Clockwise round of all three of Quinag's corbett summits with John. Started at Quinag car park (NC232273), up the path to the junction cairn then up the shoulder of Spidean Coinich to the summit. No views from summit due to clag, but the low cloud cleared off the tops as we descended to Bealach a Chornaidh. Steep but short re-ascent to point 745 with stunning views in all directions. Dropped down to start the shallow but long ascent to Sail Ghorm and had lunch at the summit looking down onto Kylesku Bridge. Headed back and contoured around point 745 and another short ascent up Sail Gharbh, before dropping down into the coire and took the decent path back out. Total time 5h 29min. | mproudfoot | 18/09/2022 |
Classic walk from John Muir car park over Spidean Coinich, north to Sail Gorm and back to Sail Gharbh trig. With Gillian, very windy, cloud base around 550m | richard69 | 20/09/2021 |
Along ridge from Spidean Coinich | JulieB | 21/08/2021 |
Classic Quinag round of 3 Corbetts. | quadbarrel | 03/06/2021 |
Final peak in the torrential rain. Ha, perfect for what is one of the perfect Scottish mountains. So glad I have done this magnificent beasty. Company: Solo | iandesbottes | 28/09/2020 |
Number 7 and the last for a great day. Descended on the path towards the Bealach a'Chornaidh and then took the path directly to the Quinag car park on the A894. Just under 9 miles for the full ridge and 6.75 hours. Solo. | bolton | 06/09/2020 |
Gloriously clear day with Lynn and Gemma. | nix_snilloc | 06/08/2020 |
Solo on a very windy but dry day. (From Inchnadamph) | iansm | 17/08/2019 |
A really brilliant day for a round of all the Quinag tops starting from usual car park. Straightforward walkig all the way. Spidean Coinich (C); Creagh nan h-iolaire (Gt);Beinn Uidhe S top (Gt); Sail Garbh W top (Gt); Sail Garbh Far W top (Gt); out to Sail Gorm and back to Sail Garbh, back to bealach down to lochan and back to car. An Australian guy declared it the best mountain he had ever climbed and hard to disagree though certainly the weather helped. | dickscroop | 02/08/2019 |
Climbed with Richard, Pete Mann, Dom and Amy on Elphin DMC trip. Breezy start but the weather improved a lot throughout the day. Excellent visibility on the summits. | amcculloch | 15/06/2019 |
With Sue from the car park nice day sunny with light wind. Spidean Coinich for lunch and a decision to do all three peaks was made. Steep decent and over and straight on to farthest Sailgorm where we watched the coastguard chopper practice landings then on to final Sail Gharba and return down glen passing Lochan Bealach Cornaidh. | Frank | 09/06/2019 |
Spectacular views, no wind, best of 3 summits I think. Now to sail gorm which was windy | Adventurers5 | 30/05/2019 |
With ProfRob. Low cloud but some views and sometimes clear. Very still day. | Rounsfell | 08/09/2018 |
Superb day on the three Quinag Corbetts (second). | dal | 04/09/2018 |
The last peak, no views as the cloud had well & truly set in. | DanMaisieBex | 24/08/2018 |
Last in clockwise route starting from car park. | justin999 | 26/06/2018 |
With: hb; From Bealach Chornaidh, used slanting path to bealach W of Sail Gharbh then to summit. Returned over W top then Far W Top (often missed) and out to Sail Gorm. Returned back over Sail Gharbh bealach then back to car park. Stunning Day. | Ian Baines | 30/05/2018 |
With: ib; | Helen Baines | 30/05/2018 |
Final hill of the day. The whole Quinag 'classic' circuit taking in all seven summits is a must for all. It took just over five hours (including the walk in and out from the A894 JMT car park) - but this was in ideal conditions - sunny and cool, with no wind to speak of. | summitter | 29/04/2018 |
With Ken and Stephen - super day out in the fresh snow. | Richard | 11/11/2017 |
From Sail Ghorm. Retraced steps south, taking subsidiary path round the flank of Pt. 713m to the wide bealach, and north-east up the ridge to the summit. Descent by the glen of the Allt na Bradhan. With KN, NP and JK. | Man of Kernow1 | 21/10/2017 |
Last of the Quinag round. Frustratingly misty, as all of the summits were. Easy enough to find the standard descent route. | Owen B | 25/09/2017 |
Walked up from east, over Spidean Coinich first, then Sail Ghorm. Great day's walking. Very good paths. | stever | 27/07/2017 |
Clockwise round of the 3 Corbetts of Quinag. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 28/06/2017 |
Did after Spidean Coinich & Sail Ghorm | duchally | 15/08/2016 |
Round of Coinich, Gharbh and Ghorm from car park to east. There is a well built and easy path up the SE face of Pt745. | Topographer57 | 28/05/2016 |
tick | chazzyboy19 | 24/05/2016 |
With Tim, Kiera, Kevin, Jenny (& Josh) | Loz_mck | 09/03/2016 |
From car park, 1st of 3 Corbetts. Fairly easy climb to Sail Gharbh. Started off sunny, but becoming very cloudy as I reached the main ridge... | Jhimmy | 27/08/2015 |
Climbed mid August 2015. Staff from John Muir Trust doing repair work on the path. | KareenR | 01/08/2015 |
Three Quinag Corbetts and associated tops using route from WalkHighlands | Crib Goch | 10/05/2015 |
great day on all 3 summits | oatcake | 04/06/2014 |
round of spidean coinicch, sail garbh, sail ghorm,from carpark on A894 no views. | robertphillips | 09/07/2013 |
Veryhappybunny | 02/04/2013 | |
With Mark. Staying at Laxford Bridge. Beautiful sunny day. | Grinner | 07/06/2012 |
CPC 2012 | HardenC | 09/05/2012 |
With Olly | JamesSDonald | 30/07/2011 |
an unforgettable days walking on one of the very best hills in britain. a small quarry beside the main road as a starting point and straight up spidean coinich. from there a number of ups and downs startling views, huge drops.. an awesome round. | stig_nest | 23/06/2011 |
with VR's | batrigg | 17/05/2011 |
mattwilde66 | 12/05/2011 | |
Moira, completed full ridge in one glorious day | ColB | 05/05/2011 |
With Josie | sclater | 09/04/2011 |
The tree Corbetts | Harper100 | 10/10/2010 |
Assynt traverse (28 hrs) from Stac Pollaidh to Quinag and finish at Kylesku | petesimpson | 13/07/2010 |
With Chris Crocker, now beginning to rain as we leave the last Corbett summit. | Dugswell2 | 08/06/2010 |
Galltywenallt | 08/06/2010 |