Clach Glas

Clach Glas
Clach Glas viewed from Blaven
Elevation	786 m (2,579 ft)
Prominence	c. 91 m
Parent peak	Blaven
Listing	Corbett Top
Translation	Grey/blue stone (Scottish Gaelic)
Location
Location	Cuillin, Scotland
Topo map	OS Landranger 32
OS grid	NG534221
Climbing
First ascent	1888, Charles Pilkington and party.
Easiest route	scrambling (Easy–Moderate)

Clach Glas is a mountain on the Black Cuillin of Skye - its elevation is 2590 ft (789m) and the name translates as The Grey Stone. It is often traversed as a sustained scrambling route to Blaven, mostly at a standard between Easy and Moderate, depending on the line followed (see Parker, routes 101 & 102). It is the penultimate mountain in the Greater Traverse of the Black Cuillin.

Ashley Abraham called it 'the Matterhorn of Skye', (a description which is often still used).

According to some sources the first ascent of the top was probably not until 1888 by Charles Pilkington and party.^[1]

References

1. ^ Jackson, Fred W. (1896). "Clach Glas, Skye". Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal 4 (1). http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/smcj/smcj019/smcj01902.htm. 

• Slesser M, (1975), The Island of Skye, SMC District Guide, ISBN 901516 96 1

• Parker, J. Wilson, (1983), Scrambles in Skye, Cicerone Press, ISBN 902 363 387

Coordinates: 57°13′23″N 6°05′13″W / 57.22301°N 6.08681°W / 57.22301; -6.08681