The Cuillin Ridge offers the most consistently challenging terrain in the British Isles. Because of this, the Skye Ridge really is a mountaineer’s playground. Almost all of the eleven Munros that lie on the Cuillin ridge require technical scrambling to reach their summits, while a few, such as the Inaccessible Pinnacle, need rock climbing techniques.
The best times of year to visit Skye tend to be late spring and early autumn although it is possible to undertake the Skye ridge or Munros through the summer as well.
Traversing the Skye ridge
A full Skye ridge traverse offers a unique challenge on an alpine scale. It usually requires two very long, physically demanding days of scrambling and climbing with a heavy backpack. The days are split by a bivi on the ridge.
For more information about traversing the Skye ridge or hiring a guide either to join you on the whole ridge or to climb particular Munros, please feel free to e-mail us at info@ryanglass-mountaineering.co.uk
Hiring a guide
Many Munroists find the local knowledge, rope skills and mountaineering judgment of an AMI instructor a real asset when undertaking the Skye Munros. Hiring an instructor can make a trip much more productive, especially if the weather is less than perfect.
Our prices for Skye ridge instruction and Skye ridge guiding are as follows:
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Individual Skye guiding (1:1)
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£130 per day
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1 instructor: 2 clients
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£75 per person per day
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1 instructor: 3 clients
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£65 per person per day
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For the full (or part) ridge traverse, our prices are slightly different*:
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Individual Skye ridge guiding (1:1)
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£320
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1 instructor: 2 clients
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£210 per person
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*Please note that these prices include a simple evening meal provided for during the bivi
Topping out of some tricky climbing in the TD gap
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