A walk taking in the Falls of Truim and then through sheep-grazing countryside with good views of the Cairngorms mountains before it plunges into pleasant forestry for a circuit of Glen Truim Woods including a climb to a high crag which is an excellent viewpoint.
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1. Park at the Falls of Truim car park, just off the A9 signed for Crubenmore and Dalwhinnie. From the car park backtrack a short way along the road towards the A9 and take the turning on the left for Crubenbeg. After a very short way turn right through a kissing gate onto a path signed for the Falls of Truim. The path goes to the right with nice views of the falls through the trees. As you approach the falls you can take a short path down to the water, although there are better views from the other side of the river later on.
2. Cross the bridge and take the signed path on the right to follow the crags above the falls which have a lovely stand of pines on them. Follow the path past a bench; it meanders through the heather and heads inland. Go through a gate and across the field then turn right at a marker onto a faint grassy track. Pass through another gate and pass below the new house then keep left where the track forks. Follow a, sometimes muddy, ramp up and around Crubenbeg Steading. From here follow the clear track diagonally uphill with a fence on the left side.
3. Go straight across the first field and pass through a metal gate next to a green right of way sign for the Perth road. Turn right, keeping the stone wall on your right and follow the grassy track next to it (the opposite way to the green sign). The forestry of Glen Truim woods can be seen up ahead.
4. Follow the track to the edge of the woods and go through a gate to continue straight ahead. Keep on the track ignoring a turning to the right signed Glen Truim Woods. At the next signed junction take the track to the left signed for Truim Woods Viewpoint. This track takes you uphill to the top of Creagan an Fhithich (the crag of the raven). This is a fine viewpoint with a cairn and bench and great views over Badenoch and towards the Cairngorms mountains. Descent from the crag on the same path until you reach the junction with the forestry track.
5. Turn left and follow the track until it emerges at a road. Here you can detour to the left to look at the Shanvall Memorial, built in honour of Ewan Macpherson who led local men in the Jacobite uprising of 1746. Otherwise turn right when you reach the road and follow it until another signed forestry gate and track on the right is reached. Take this track, keeping right at a fork, and follow it all the way back to the junction with the outward route.
6. Turn left at this junction and follow the outward route back to the Falls of Truim. Cross the bridge and walk back up the road to reach the parking area.
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