Main Areas This guide illustrates all the great boulders climbed to date in the Coire Lagan area of the Cuillins. A unique climbing experience, thousands of gabbro boulders lie among the glaiated slabs, between the altitudes of 200m and 600m, giving some of the finest mountain bouldering in the country. Only the most obvious routes have been climbed so far, leaving hundreds more,in more remote areas, unclimbed. The rock is generally solid and clean, although new climbs may need some hard brushing. Due to a lack of weathering, there are rarely any features on the roofs and steeper walls, so alot of the problems tend to be on lip traverses, arĂŞtes, thin faces and sometimes cracks. Gabbro is well known for its incredible roughness; many a bouldering trip has been abandoned early due to raw fingertips, so gloves/finger tape is advised. A bouldering mat would also be useful, as the landings are usually either in a bog, stream or on rocks.
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How To Get There: Glen Brittle is a tiny village at the south-west of the Cuillins (NG 41, 21). -Marked on map as Coire Lagan From Sligachan, drive west towards Carbost and turn left onto a single track road. Follow this to the end (8 miles), and stop in the car park by the beach. Alternately, there are two buses daily from Portree via Sligachan to Glen Brittle (Highland Country Buses - 01478 612622). Accommodation can be found at the campsite (01478 640404) and the Youth Hostel (01478 640278). There is a small but well stocked shop at the campsite. Bar meals and good beers can be found at The Old Inn at Carbost The Boulders: Use the base map below to locate the main bouldering areas. Walk through the campsite, the path into the hills starts from behind the toilet block. Dogs should be kept on a lead at all times. Culnamean (418, 201) is closest area to the campsite with a 15 minute approach, but has only a couple of decent boulders. The Ghrunnda boulders (431, 198) have an easy 30 minute walk in and enough problems to keep you busy for days. An Sguman (445, 186) is another 30 minutes beyond The Ghrunnda Boulders, and is mostly undeveloped. Coire Lagan (444, 207) is the most popular area with a 40 minute approach and loads of good clean boulders.
Right now, several square miles of wild boulderfields are lying amongst scree slopes and moorland on the Isle of Skye. Finally the mystery of these notoriously hard to find boulders is yours to unravel. Including accurate new maps at 1:2500 scale, with all the boulders plotted using GPS, and 39 diagrams showing the lines of 150 problems.
Portree Sligachan Bridge
Coire Lagan Sleat