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Top rope soloing around Skye?

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 BryceShakes 11 Nov 2024

What are you some good crags for top rope soloing around Skye?

I will be doing some travelling around Skye and the west coast, unfortunately with none climbers. I'm looking for spots that are favourable to some top rope soloing so I can get my fix.

 Andy Clarke 11 Nov 2024
In reply to BryceShakes:

The Sonamara sector at  Neist has extremely easy access to the top and has plenty of short climbs on dolerite. Great views too.

If you don't mind a reasonable walk in then  China Crag has a number of short routes you could scramble to the top of. Good quality gabbro en route to the Cioch Slabs.

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 Andy Moles 11 Nov 2024
In reply to BryceShakes:

Kilt Rock, Staffin and  Staffin Slips are absolutely amazing for this. Long, excellent, straight up lines, perfect for TR soloing. Belays are often stakes quite well back, so you don't even need to take any rack for most things. I've had some joyous days TR soloing there - you get to do a lot more climbing than swinging leads! The only thing I would say is that Kilt in particular is quite intimidating on first acquaintance.

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 Andy Moles 11 Nov 2024

...another thing to add to that is that the routes are right next to each other and often use the same anchors, so it's minimal faff to re-rig. I think I've done 300m+ of sustained vertical climbing there in a few hours.

 Pu11y 11 Nov 2024
In reply to BryceShakes:

Another vote for Staffin Slips. There is even a couple of bolted anchors. 


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