Sgurr Nan Gillean & Sligachan Burn Isle of Skye 1963

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Sgurr Nan Gillean & the Sligachan Burn, Isle of Skye
• Publisher:  Harvey Barton
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  2½d red Wilding definitive
• Postmark(s):  Kyle Ross-Shire 15 June 1963 wavy line postmark
• Sent to:  Bedford Road, Laindon, Essex
• Notes & Key words:  bumped corner (due to postal use), few bits of paper due to being mounted somewhere

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Sgurr nan Gillean is a mountain in the northern section of the Cuillin range on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. With a height of 964 m (3162 feet) it is one of eleven Munros on the Cuillin ridge.

Sgurr nan Gillean is the mountain closest to Sligachan, and its impressive triangular profile is visible behind the Sligachan hotel, making it perhaps the most recognised peak in the Cuillin range. The summit is a small and airy platform offering magnificent views.

The most popular route of ascent, misleadingly known as the Tourist Route, follows a path leading south, crossing a burn known the Allt Dearg Beag (small red burn). The route continues up in to a corrie, the Coire Rhiabhach. The final sections, from the head of the corrie and along the southeast ridge to the summit are extremely exposed, and call for scrambling ability. Alternative routes to the summit include the west ridge, which is a very narrow wall of rock, and the north ridge of the mountain, known as Pinnacle Ridge, both of which require an even higher scrambling ability.

The west ridge leads down to a bealach separating Sgurr nan Gillean from Am Basteir. About two-thirds of the way down, there is a particularly narrow and exposed section, which forms the remains of a large upright rock, known as the Gendarme which broke away due to the effects of frost shatter during the winter of 1986/87, leaving only the base. The narrow section can be avoided by abseiling down (or climbing up) a gully, known as Nicholson's Chimney, on the north side of the ridge.