Walking in Torridon

This guidebook contains 52 day walks in Torridon, a remote and much-loved area of the Scottish Highlands. Based around Shieldaig and Slioch, the routes are split into 3 sections: easy walks, long and high level walks and mountain ascents over 2000ft including 9 Munros, and 5 outline suggestions for major ridge walks.

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Overview

A guidebook to the best walking routes in the mountains of Torridon in the western Highlands of Scotland. Based around Shieldaig and Slioch, the 52 day walks include easy walks to routes up Torridon's best summits, including 9 Munros.

This book makes Shieldaig its base and covers the 200 square miles south west of Loch Maree and north of the Achnasheen - Achnashellach - Lochcarron road, as well as Slioch and its environs. The guidebook offers a wealth of routes of different grades and differing characters between 2 and 14 miles in length. It is also beautifully illustrated with Peter Barton's original drawings, alongside clear OS map extracts. Routes described include 11 easy walks, 11 long or high-level walks, ascents of 32 summits over 2000ft and 5 outline suggestions for major ridge walks.

The mountains of Torridon rarely have clearly defined paths to their summits, but the many excellent stalkers' paths take walkers deep into wild territory and often give them a flying start. To explore this remote and much-loved area of the Highlands fully you need to be prepared to free-range over heather, grass, rock and marsh and this guide will help you find the best ways across the landscape.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Introduction
Maps
Safety on the Hills
Access
When to Go
Deer Fences
Cairns
Car Parking
Bridges
Gaelic Names
Erosion
Feet and/or Metres
Geology and vegetation – Chris Lowe
EASY WALKS
Introduction
EW1 The Falls of Balgy and Loch Damh (Shieldaig)
EW2 The Shieldaig Peninsula (Shieldaig)
EW3 West Lodge, Loch Torridon and Loch Torridon Hotel and Inn (Shieldaig)
EW4 Coire Mhic Nobuil (Alligin)
EW5 Ardheslaig to Kenmore (Applecross Peninsula)
EW6 Coulin Estate: Loch Clair and Loch Coulin (Glen Torridon)
EW7 Torridon (Fasag) to Inveralligin (north shore Upper Loch Torridon)
EW8 Heights of Kinlochewe (Incheril)
EW9 Toscaig to Airigh-drishaig (southern Applecross)
EW10 The Coire an Laoigh of Beinn Eighe (Glen Torridon)
EW11 The Cold Hollow of Fuar Tholl (from Achnashellach)
LONG AND HIGH LEVEL WALKS
Introduction
W1 Walk to Coire Mhic Fhearchair
W2 Walk around Beinn Alligin
W3 An Staonach–An Fur Ridge
W4 The Great Corries of Beinn Bhan
W5 Walk round Beinn na h-Eaglaise
W6 Walk to Applecross or around Croic Bheinn
W7 Heights of Kinlochewe and Gleann Bianasdail
W8 An Sgurr (Kishorn)
W9 Seana Mheallan (Glen Torridon)
W10 Three Flowerdale Miniatures: Meall a’ Ghlas Leothaid, Meall na Meine and Meall Lochan a’ Chleirich
MOUNTAIN ASCENTS OVER 2000FT
Introduction
Liathach and Beinn Eighe
Introduction
Liathach
Beinn Eighe
Northern Group
Introduction
N1 Beinn Alligin
N2/N3 An Ruadh-Mheallan and Beinn Bhreac
N4 Slioch
N5 Beinn a’ Chearcaill
N6 Beinn an Eoin
N7 Baosbheinn
N8 Beinn Dearg
N9 Meall a’ Ghuibhais
Southern Group
Introduction
S1 Beinn Damh
S2 Beinn Liath Mhor
S3/S4 Sgorr nan Lochan Uaine and Beinn Liath Bheag
S5 Sgurr Dubh
S6 Beinn na h-Eaglaise
S7 Beinn Shieldaig
S8 Beinn Bhan and Carn Dearg
S9/S10 Sgurr a’ Gharaidh and Glas Bheinn
S11/S12 Sgorr Ruadh and Fuar Tholl
S13/S14 Maol Chean Dearg and Meall nan Ceapairean
S15 Meall Dearg
S16 Beinn a’ Chlachain and Meall an Doireachain
S17 An Ruadh-stac
S18/S19 Sgurr a’ Chaorachain and Meall Gorm
S20/S21 Carn Breac and Beinn na Feusaige

Through Walks
Major Ridge Walks
Appendix 1 Deer Stalking
Appendix 2 Useful Information

Maps

All the routes described are delineated on sections of the Ordnance Survey Landranger 1:50,000 maps: 19 (Gairloch & Ullapool), 24 (Raasay & Applecross) and 25 (Glen Carron & Glen Affric), and the appropriate sheet should be carried on every walk. OS Explorer 1:25,000 maps 433 (Torridon – Beinn Eighe & Liathach) and 428 (Kyle of Lochalsh, Plockton & Applecross) also cover the region and are available in laminated form. Harvey’s Superwalker map 1:25,000 Torridon includes Slioch, Beinn Eighe, Liathach and Beinn Alligin. The sketches of some parts of the routes in this book are only intended to add detail not revealed by the maps. All routes described in the text are shown in orange (in many instances these overlie the broken lines indicating stalkers’ paths on the OS maps). Though several routes may appear on the same map each is referred to separately in the text. I have adopted the mountain and place names as printed on the OS 1:50.000 sheets, although there are some inconsistencies. I have also offered approximate phonetic spellings and English translations for certain of the Gaelic names as they arise in the text.

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June 2019

Updates

Page 121:

There is now a sizeable car park at the bottom of the stalkers' path up to Spidean Coire nan Clach

2010

Page 220 the telephone number for Kinloch should read 01520 755206

Page 221 the correct name of the garage is 'Mackenzie & Maclennan'

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