Sgùrr a' Mhadaidh () is a mountain peak in the Black Cuillin range on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is a

Munro A Munro () is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nev ...

with a height of . Like the rest of the range it is composed of

gabbro Gabbro () is a phaneritic (coarse-grained), mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich magma into a holocrystalline mass deep beneath the Earth's surface. Slow-cooling, coarse-grained gabbro is ch ...

, a rock with excellent grip for mountaineering. The simplest route ascends via the col of An Dorus (the Door), most easily reached from Glen Brittle. The mountain has four summits; only the highest can be reached by scramblers. The three lower summits require rock-climbing skills and equipment.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sgurr A Mhadaidh Munros Mountains and hills of the Isle of Skye