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268:. Most day-trippers are content simply to wander around the Sanctuary, admiring the pinnacles and gazing up at the Storr's eastern cliffs. Walkers can easily ascend to the summit, however, by skirting below the cliffs whilst heading north from the north end of the Sanctuary. After passing over a fence at a makeshift stile and climbing a brief steep section of loose rock, the recommended route for walkers heads north-west as far as Coire Scamadal, 1 km north of the summit, then doubles back and heads southwards along the north side, climbing towards the summit. From this route, visible breaks in the cliffs offer tempting short cuts, but these are steep, may not save time and may not be safe. An alternative route, involving some mild scrambling, follows the rim of the south-east-facing cliffs from the top of the aforementioned steep section. 401: 413: 113: 437: 425: 389: 751: 763: 45: 449: 757: 334:(Sorley MacLean). This was David Bryant's last major environmental creative work as he died from cancer in 2007. He won a Plasa Lighting Design award in 2006 for his work lighting the Storr. 618: 567: 631: 79: 400: 248:
The area in front of the cliffs of the Storr is known as the Sanctuary. This has a number of weirdly shaped rock pinnacles, the remnants of ancient landslips.
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was commissioned and premièred by the Essex Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tom Hammond, and given its London première by the
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The Storr is often climbed as part of a much longer expedition, following the full length of the Trotternish landslip.
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was staged on the walk up to Coire Faoin at the base of the Old Man of Storr and the Storr cliffs. Created by
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mile) south-west of the car park and heads north-west to Bealach Beag, about 1 km (
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From 1 August to 17 September 2005 one of Britain's single largest environmental
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A well-constructed path, used by many sightseers, leaves the A855 just north of
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moved to the Isle of Skye, with filming taking place at the Old Man of Storr.
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In October 2009, a photograph taken of the pinnacles looking towards
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won the "Take a view: Landscape photo of the year 2009".
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In January 2012, production of the science-fiction film
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Another route to or from the summit starts 500 metres (
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Old Man of Stoer

Elevation
Prominence
Ranked 73rd
British Isles
Parent peak
Sgurr Alasdair
Isolation
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Listing
Graham
Marilyn
Trotternish
Skye
Scotland
OS grid
NG495540
Topo map
Ordnance Survey
Scottish Gaelic
Trotternish
peninsula
Isle of Skye
Scotland
Sound of Raasay
landslip
Great Britain
type locality
gyrolite

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