Walking and scrambling on Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

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The Isle of Skye

Author

Terry Marsh

Cover

Paperback - PVC

ISBN

9781852845605

Published

10 Aug 2010

Availability

Reprinted

Edition

Third

Price

£12.95

ISBN (10)

1852845600

Size

17.2 x 11.6 x 2.0cm

Pages

288

Originally Published

7 Apr 2009

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This third edition of Terry Marsh’s walking and scrambling guide to Skye, the Hebrides, northwest Scotland, updated using digital mapping and GPS. 87 walks and scrambles in Sleat and South-East Skye, Strath, Minginish, Duirinish, Waternish and Trotternish for all abilities. Each route describes local historical and geological points of interest.

Activities

walking, scrambling

Seasons

The weather on Skye is variable but tends to be fairest in May/June and September/October, also the times that midges are less abundant. Recently, there has been excellent weather in February and November, too. Go prepared for cold, wind and rain, and then anything else is a bonus.

Centres

Portree, Broadford, Sligachan, Uig, Dunvegan, Glen Brittle

Difficulty

Almost all of the routes covered demand a good level of fitness and ability to travel safely in wild countryside in changeable weather and use map and compass; some of the walks are arduous and demanding; some scrambles involve exposure and technical ability.

Must See

If you’re a good scrambler, you must try the widely-famed Cuillin but there is also the outstanding coastal scenery and the wacky pinnacles of Storr and the Quiraing and wilderness in abundance – Skye is all you could want it to be.