Mat Hayward
Peaks

Stac Pollaidh sunrise inversion

20 September 2020  •  Scotland  •  4.5km  •  510m ascent

Peaks

Getting up at 5am is rarely something I’m happy to do, but it was ‘necessary’ to give us the best chance of reaching the top of Stac Pollaidh around sunrise. The only real problem is that, in the darkness before sunrise, we hadn’t seen how cloudy and grey it was!

Our rush up to toward the top was rewarded though, when the clouds started clearing and gave use incredible views of cloud inversions over Loch Lurgainn and towards Cùl Mòr.

sunrise and cloud inversion around Cùl Mòr
Sunrise from Stac Pollaidh
Kerry and Rudi on Stac Pollaidh
Howard on Stac Pollaidh
Howard on Stac Pollaidh
Howard on Stac Pollaidh
Cloud layers from Stac Pollaidh
Sarah on the summit of Stac Pollaidh
Sarah taking a break on Stac Pollaidh