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Quinag (808m) from the Gaelic cuinneag, meaning ‘milking pail’

StartGR 232 273Distance13kmAscent1200mTime5hr30TerrainThis is a long, challenging route across rocky, narrow ridges, with some exposure and a lot of ups and downs.MapsOS Landranger 15, OS Explorer 442AccessQuinag is owned by the John Muir Trust and there are no access restrictions. Contact the JMT on 0131 554 0114 or visit www.jmt.org.Getting thereStart at the car park on the A837 (232 273). There are buses during the summer from Inverness to Skiag Bridge at the junction of the A837 and the A894 (Traveline Scotland 0871 200 22 33, www.travelinescotland.com).Something elseTake a walk around the ruins of Ardvreck Castle or visit the Bone Caves at nearby Inchnadamph, where human remains dating back 4500 years were found.

Five tops, stunning scenery, several ridge walks and sea views make this an absolute epic, one of the best mountains in one of the wildest parts of Scotland.

More of a massif than a single mountain, Quinag has five tops, three of them Corbetts (if you are counting). Its huge Y-shaped form dominates north Assynt, stretching from Loch Assynt at the foot of its southern slopes, to the village of Kylesku to the north.