Cuillin Mountains

One of the most characteristic mountains, by shape, texture and color on the Isle of Skye, is the mountain range known as Glamaig, but more specifically the peaks known as Red Cuillins, named for the reddish color that becomes more evident at sunset. In these lands almost everything has a Gaelic name (rather than English), as was the case with the most notable summits: Red Cuillin, Beinn Dearg Mhor, Sgurr Mhairi and An Coileach. Its striking striae or cuts that cross are mountains are perhaps what makes them so characteristic. These ridges move to the northern of the island to one of its most colorful, called Sligachan, the place where the last rays of sun change the colors of the landscape completely.