Listing Corbett Top OS grid NG534221 Elevation 786 m Prominence 91 m Mountain range Cuillin | Location Cuillin, Scotland Topo map OS Landranger 32 First ascent 1888 First ascender Charles Pilkington Parent peak Blà Bheinn | |
Translation Grey/blue stone (Scottish Gaelic) Easiest route scrambling (Easy–Moderate) Similar Blà Bheinn, Sgùrr nan Gillean, Am Basteir, Sgùrr Dearg, Bruach na Frìthe | ||
Skye scrambling clach glass and blaven traverse
Clach Glas is a mountain on the Black Cuillin of Skye - its elevation is 786 m (2,579 ft) and the name translates as The Grey Stone. It is often traversed as a sustained scrambling route to Blà Bheinn, mostly at a standard between Easy and Moderate, depending on the line followed (see Parker, routes 101 & 102). It is the penultimate mountain in the Greater Traverse of the Black Cuillin.
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Map of Clach Glas, Isle of Skye, UK
Ashley Abraham called it 'the Matterhorn of Skye', (a description which is often still used).
According to some sources the first ascent of the top was probably not until 1888 by Charles Pilkington and party.
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Clach Glas Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA