The Munro Show - Five Sisters of Kintail - 3501 feet (1067m) - Glen Shiel

Sgurr Fhuaran is one of three mountains that make up the Five Sisters of Kintail (the other two being Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe and Sgurr na Càrnach) and when seen from Màm Ratagain above Loch Duich, the Five Sisters are one of the best known views in the Western Highlands of Scotland. The legend of the Five Sisters of Kintail tells the story of seven sisters, daughters of a local farmer, two of whom married visiting brothers who said they would send their five other brothers for the remaining five sisters to wed. However, no one returned and the five remaining sisters agreed for a local wizard to transform them into peaks in order to preserve their beauty while they waited.[4]

Sgurr Fhuaran is a distinctive peak with steep slopes which drop away to Glen Shiel on its western flank at an angle of over 30 degrees giving the mountain a feeling of great height. It has four main ridges, the best known of these is the WNW ridge which is conspicuous in views from Glen Shiel, it drops away precipitously from the summit to descend 1000 metres in just over two kilometres to the River Shiel in the valley. The southern ridge connects to the adjoining Munro of Sgurr na Càrnach, which lies a kilometre away.

The eastern ridge which is a narrow knife edge in places gives a dramatic ascent route from Glenlicht House at the head of the remote Gleann Lichd. Between the southern and eastern ridges lies the impressive Coire Domhain to which the mountain drops almost vertically. The northern ridge goes to the Munro top of Sgurr na Saighead (Peak of the Arrows) which with a height of 929 metres lies a kilometre away from the main summit. It is one of the Five Sisters and regarded by many as the finest, being narrow and exposed[5]. This northern ridge continues for a further four kilometres to reach sea level at the shores of Loch Duich.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgurr_Fhuaran

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[2freeheel]

Fantastic and a big thanks for bringing this to us. Agree - awe the best!

[GBPaddling]

Right on Muriel,a bit of class war at 3000ft,ha ha

[bundadrew]

Muriel ! you are a balloon . Probably responsible for more accidents in the hills than any other human being on earth.

[ForkyJim]

Gone yerself Muriel.. The Munro Show is one of the best shows to come out of Scottish TV. As a MacRae this segment is particularly poignant. Sgurr Uaran, the highest peak, was the war cry of my ancestors as they charged into battle. (The MacRaes lived in the shadow of The Five Sisters in Kintail) Sgurr Uaran indeed..If you shout it loud and quickly sounds like SCREW YOU haha.....More Munro Show please..Awe the best......