25 Hours on Skye - Bla Bheinn and Sgurr nan Gillean - Alex Rambles

The Cuillin of Skye are Britain's most technically challenging mountains. Great bastions of gabbro forged from the guts of an ancient volano, they form a darkly atmospheric mountaineering arena that is intimidating and awe inspiring in the same breath.
Nowhere else in the UK is nature's architecture so savage and to get close, there's few experiences that can rival a wild camp beneath the Cuillin peaks. I chose to hike into Camasunary Bay from Elgol, a beautiful coast route where you'll find yourself stopping every minute to take in the scenery, watch the sea birds or catch yoru breath.
Camasunary itself is just gorgeous. Nestled below Sgurr na Stri and Bla Bheinn, it is the site of a lovely beach and a newly built bothy (the old one having been reclaimed by the landowner). It's a great place to strike out to Bla Bheinn's spectacular summit for sunset, which is exactly what I did here.
The next day, full of enthusiasm, I took on the mountain that had been top of my British hit list since I'd ascended Liathach a couple of years earlier. It was time to ascend Sgurr nan Gillean. Gillean is one of Britain's pointiest mountains and the "tourist route" to involves a short grade three scramble. Once on the summit though, the views to the rest of the Cuillin Ridge are mesmerising. It is undoubtedly one of the finest mountain scenes in Britain.

[@m1klgordon]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@DM_RUNNING]

Great film

[@ScottishMunroJourney]

Amazing place, hopefully get up there later this year!

[@MalKyle1]

Here from the Facebook Wild camping group. Great Broken Spectre and excellent filming of a very special place.

[@mountain_del1863]

Absolutely brilliant. I love then both, SNG is right at the edge of my tolerance tbh, but I did it in wind and rain. Your videography was absolutely splendid and you caught the landscape perfectly 👌. Without being nosey, If Rambles isn’t your surname, you really should seriously consider changing the name of your channel......that isn’t really a ramble 😂😂😂😂. Anyway, thanks for sharing...fair enjoyed that. 👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@simonsherratt1484]

Crikey. Absolutely incredible

[@mcnivsruns7984]

Amazing Alex .......

[@nosek666]

wow stunning place,views and weather!!!

[@jamiejohn3193]

Looks incredible!

[@chrishomer]

EPIC. Well done mate

[@fayejahmed2183]

crikey mate well done

[@imaanmaya4058]

LMAO well done😖😖

[@paulkelly9820]

Great to have you back Alex. Sublime footage of the Munros in your videos. No major difficulties taking the south ridge of Bla Bheinn from Camasunary? How it would it compare to ie Beinn Alligin? Have eyed that route for some time. Keep well. Post more of these!

[@alexfoxfield8517]

Hi Paul! Thanks for the kind words! I’d say south ridge is easier than Beinn Alligin via the horns. A little bit of a steep gully between the first and main summit, that’s it really. Lovely route! Suilven episode on the way soonish... Enjoy!

[@leeedwards2830]

Blimey.

[@katoomaheaven]

Awesome. Is that called a spectre ?, the circle of light your shadow was in cloud. Sng is rated 2nd hardest munro. It was my first back in 2014.

[@simonsherratt1484]

It's a Brocken Spectre