Cuillin Harta Corrie and Coire Na Creich in the Cuillin: Boswell and Johnson visited Skye during their tour of the Western Isles in 1773, and observed snow falling on the summits of the range in September. Boswell described the Cuillin as "a prodigious range of mountains, capped with rocks like pinnacles in a strange variety of shapes". Uniquely for a group of Scottish mountains there are no records of the majority of the Cuillin summits having been climbed prior to the start of mountaineering as a leisure activity in the Victorian era, a situation reflected in the fact that around half
Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles the concept of isolation is embedded in the "qualitative" definition of a Scottish Munro, from the Scottish Mountaineering Club requirement of "sufficient separation" (instead of prominence). Mountains in Scotland are frequently referred to as "hills" no matter what their height, as reflected in names such as the "Cuillin Hills" and the "Torridon Hills". The "Database of British and Irish Hills" ("DoBIH") was created in 2001 "with the intention of providing a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for British hillwalkers". It is now maintained by a team of eight editors, and is described by the Long Distance Walkers Association as "now the most