The tallest mountain in the Outer Hebrides is the Clisham, An Cliseam in Gaelic. It stands 2,621 feet or 799 metres tall. The summit is located in North Harris, 30 miles south of Stornoway and is the easternmost peak in a range of five summits. These make for an airy walk / scramble, which takes 9 hours to complete. From An Cliseam you encounter An t-Isean, Mullach bho Dheas (South Peak), Mullach bho Thuath (North Peak) and Mullach an Langa (Long Peak). Of these, I personally have only conquered the lowest, Mullach an Langa, which is 1,975 feet or 602 metres above sealevel.
The range comes into the news in wintertime, when walkers attempt the five peaks (the Clisham Horseshoe) with insufficient daytime hours to do it in. In December, there is (at best) 6½ hours of daylight. On one occasion, a group found darkness coming down on Mullach bho Dheas, and the Coastguard had to guide them down with lights.
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