Torridon - A Walker's Guidebook

The guidebook has 52 walking routes up and around Torridon's mountains and moors on Scotland's west coast. The region of Torridon offers a great deal of potential for the walker. Expeditions ranging from low-level and fairly easy walks to ascent routes of Torridon’s best 32 summits, including nine Munros. 52 walks, many free-ranging over heather, grass, rock and marsh. Sketch maps show the route, plus stalker's and the other paths.

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(Easy Walk) EW3: West Lodge, Loch Torridon, Loch Torridon Hotel

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Nearest Village: Shieldaig and Annat
Distance: 2-5 miles; 3.2-8km; 1-2 hours
Map: O.S. sheet 24

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This is a delightful walk, in fine weather, among rhododendrons, woodlands and open spaces, along the shore of upper Loch Torridon and can be made short or longer as desired.

For the shorter walk, leave your car near West Lodge (857542). Go through the iron gates (which may be closed but not locked) and walk down the track among rhododendrons. After ¼ mile you will be joined by the track from Badan Mhugaidh.

As you approach the first bay you will see the rows of buoys stretched across the water marking the site of the mussel farm. As you enter more open scrub land you will reach a gate on the L, across a track which leads out to the first peninsula and the old croft cottage and fishing sheds at its tip. The shortest walk is to stroll out to the end of the track and shoreline and then back, by the way you came, to the road; but if you plan to do the full walk it is still well worth making this 40 minute detour. This branch track first passes through a miniature, but impressive, rocky gorge and then winds to the right and down to the cottage at the shore. Follow the track beyond the cottage to the shore and past the fishing sheds where you can continue along a small path which leads W and then S round the promontory to rejoin the main track before it enters the gorge.

To complete the shortest walk retrace your steps back to the road. Otherwise continue W along the original track, with fine views of Beinn Alligin, Beinn Dearg and Sgurr a’Chadail, the most westerly peak of Liathach, across the loch…