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To descend, head steeply southeast, balancing your way down across the large boulders of Spidean Coinich’s summit. The gradient soon lessens and the large boulders shrink, giving way to smaller stones and large slabs of rock. Use these slabs to pick a way east down the stony slopes, keeping near the edge of the shoulder. As you near the bottom, a small cairn (226 272) marks the start of a newer section of path that leads you north, avoiding boggy ground, to rejoin the outward path by a large cairn (228 276), from where it is a short walk back to the start (13km, 5hr30).

Alternatives

The route up Quinag can be easily reversed or shortened by only climbing the peaks to the north or to the south of the Bealach a’Chornaidh, or by omitting Sail Gorm.

From Loch Assynt

The only other route onto Quinag is from the road alongside Loch Assynt, the A837. A track leaves the road to the west of Tumore (182 267). Follow this to the Bealach Leireag, from where a very steep, rocky ascent can be made to the Bealach a’Chornaidh and then the main route above followed (3km, 500m to the Bealach a’Chornaidh, shown in blue).