Sgurr Mhic Choinnich is a 3,111-foot (948 m) Munro mountain in the middle of the Black Cuillin ridge on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It sits next to the Inaccessible Pinnacle which often steals much of the attention but I found the Sgurr Mhic Choinnich ascent more challenging overall.
We trudged up An Stac screes in really grim conditions. No visibility and deep in the wet clag. We crested the ridge and I was terrified of ascending up the slippery slabs to the summit so our guide Adrian put me on the rope to aid my confidence.
It was then that the miracle happened. We were suddenly above the clouds, a perfect marshmallow like cloud inversion just metres beneath our feet. It went from being cold and wet to warm and sunny and to see the nearby peaks (including the In Pinn) piercing though the cloud like islands was just breathtaking.