I nod and nod to my own shadow and thrust
A mountain down and down.
Between my feet a loch shines in the brown,
Its silver paper crinkled and edged with rust…

—Norman MacCaig, “Climbing Suilven”
from BETWEEN MOUNTAIN AND SEA: Poems From Assynt (Birlinn, 2018)

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I saw a picture of Suilven recently and was wondering if I had any pictures of the mountain from our Scotland trip back in 2016 so I went and dug out the archives. Turns out I have a few. This one is the best one I got. I do wish that the pole wasn't there but I don't care enough to remove it digitally.

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The view east from the top of (in our opinion) Scotland's best mountain, Suilven, inland from Lochinver on the west coast of Sutherland. Just 2,389ft high, the name is said to come from the Norse for "Pillar Mountain". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/suilven/index.html

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A wintry view across Loch Inver on the west coast of Sutherland to the village of Lochinver, the largest settlement on the west coast of Scotland north of Ullapool. Beyond the village are the mountains of Canisp and Suilven. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/lochinver/index.html

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The view east from the top of (in our opinion) Scotland's best mountain, Suilven, inland from Lochinver on the west coast of Sutherland. Just 2,389ft high, the name is said to come from the Norse for "Pillar Mountain". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/suilven/index.html

#Scotland #Sutherland #Mountains #Suilven #Assynt #UndiscoveredScotland

There are few mountains in Scotland that are as distinctive as Suilven. It is not high and with its 731 meters it does not belong to the Munros, those mountains in Scotland that are over 3000 feet high (914m). But the difficult climb and the fascinating view from the top make it one of the most popular mountains in Scotland.

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