Dubhs Ridge - Skye

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With a good weather forecast we decided to go for the Dubhs ridge which is a Moderate scramble and  920m in length. The route ends up on the summit of Sgurr Dubh Beag (733m) and then on to Sgurr Dubh Mor (944m). Unfortunately, the weather forecast wasn't quite accurate and as we arrived on the top of Sgurr Dubh Beag the cloud descended upon us with strong winds and rain. We had already decided that we were going to have a bit of an adventure as we were going to catch the boat to Loch Coruisk and then we were going to walk out back to Elgol. The descent slowed us down a bit due to a lack of visibility but we managed to make it back to Elgol before dark. A stunning route but just a shame about the weather.


Top photo: Chris, Gwen and Andy on the Dubhs Ridge.
Bottom photo: Andy and Chris on the way to Sgurr Dubh Mor.

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