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The peaks at the head of Coire a Bhasteir form an impressive welcome to the Black Cuillin for the visitor reaching Sligachan and their traverse makes for a wonderful day in the hills if you have the necessary climbing experience or a competent guide. This photo was taken from the summit of Sgurr a Fhionn Choire which lies between the Bhasteirs and Bruach na Frithe and is an easy scramble from the latter peak (which is generally accepted as the easiest munro on the main Cuillin ridge, although Banachdich via Coir' an Eich takes it for me). On the bottom left of the picture is the Bealach nan Lice. Above and to the right is the Bhasteir Tooth, a most improbably angled triangle of rock perched on the west side of Am Basteir whose summit is again above and to the right. 

Beyond Am Basteir the ridge drops to the Bealach a Bhasteir and then rises narrow, twisting and steep in sections up to the summit of Sgurr nan Gillean, the most north easterly munro on the Cuillin ridge. The peak to the left of Sgurr nan Gillean is Knights Peak, the highest and final pinnacle on the famous Pinnacle Ridge of Gillean. Knights Peak is a munro top (3000 ft or 914.4m) according to the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC), an assertion which has been disputed: http:/www.bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tac/tac35/mapwatch.htm though http:/www.bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tac/tac69/tac69steamdri.htm seems to acknowledge the tops status. The commenters perhaps add a further note of sceptisicim however, is there s a hint of SMC - OS conspiracy theory here?

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