GLEN AFFRIC, STRATHGLASS & BEAULY
By common consent, Glen Affric is the finest of all Scotland's glens. It features a fabulous variety of scenery and is deservedly popular with walkers. The glen begins amongst the steep, bare mountains of Kintail far in the west. A little further downriver is beautiful Loch Affric, at the foot of the highest mountains north of the Great Glen. The middle part of the Glen is a National Nature Reserve, magnificently wooded with Scots Pine - one of the last remnants of the original Caledonian Forest.
From the village of Cannich the glen changes once more, becoming known as Strath Glass as the river winds through the now wider, gentler and more fertile glen, and the river is joined by another flowing from Strathfarrar. At the foot of these glens is the town of Beauly, centred on an ancient priory.
| Walk | Grade | Distance | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Affric and Am Meallan, Glen Affric |
|
1.5km | 45 minutes |
| Reelig Glen, Moniack |
|
1.5km | 1 hour |
| Plodda Falls, near Tomich |
|
2.5km | 1 hour |
| Phoineas Hill, near Beauly |
|
4km | 1 - 1.5 hours |
| Dog Falls and Coire Loch, Glen Affric |
|
6km | 1.5 - 2.5 hours |
| River Beauly and Lovat Bridge circuit |
|
8km | 2 - 2.5 hours |
| Loch nam Bonnach, near Beauly |
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6.5km | 1.5 - 2 hours |
| Alltbeithe walk-in from Glen Affric |
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|
14km | 3 – 5 hours |
| Loch Affric Circuit |
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|
18km | 4.5 - 6.5 hours |
| Beinn a' Bha'ach Ard |
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16km | 6 - 7 hours |
| Tom a' Choinich and Toll Creagach, Glen Affric |
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17km | 6 – 8 hours |
| Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan and neighbours, Alltbeithe |
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20km | 9 – 11 hours |
| Glen Strathfarrar Munros circuit |
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25km | 7 – 10 hours |
| The Loch Mullardoch Munros |
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29.5km | 11 – 14 hours |
| Carn Eige and Mam Sodhail |
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29.5km | 10 – 13 hours |