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TRIP HIGHLIGHT
20 Great Glen 1 Glen Coe
Scotland’s most famous
glen is also one of its
grandest. The A82 road
leads over the Pass of
The Great Glen is a geological fault running in Glencoe and into the
an arrow-straight line across Scotland, filled by narrow upper glen.
The southern side is
a series of lochs including Loch Ness. This trip dominated by three
follows the A82 road along the glen (completed massive, brooding
spurs, known as the
in 1933 – a date that coincides with the first Three Sisters, while the
sightings of the Loch Ness Monster!) and links northern side is enclosed
by the continuous steep
two areas of outstanding natural beauty – Glen wall of the knife-edged
Coe to the south, and Glen Affric to the north. Aonach Eagach ridge, a
classic mountaineering
challenge.

North
# e 0 0 10 miles Orrin Beauly 8 # \Kessock
20 km
# #
\ #
\
# ] #
9
Loch Reservoir # # Culloden
Monar A82 m K
Inverness
# \ Lochcarron Farrar # \ Struy / · Findhorn
# \ Dores F G
Loch 16
Mullardoch Cannich \ # # 7 \ #
# Drumnadrochit
F G H Urquhart # / ·
#
#
16
6
A9
Loch
# Dornie
\
Affric # p276 Castle Loch Ness Carrbridge # \
Five Sisters Glen
of Kintail # \ Foyers
# \ (1068m) Affric
c
\ # Shiel Invermoriston # \ Monadhliath
Glenelg R 0 ¸ Mountains
Bridge / · A887 Aviemore # \
A87
# Arnisdale Cluanie # \ Loch Glengarry # #
\
\ #
Inn Cluanie Loch 5 Fort Augustus Kincraig # \ F G
Ladhar # \ Viewpoint Oich 19
R Bheinn Kinloch # / · Kingussie
A87
(1019m) Hourn Loch \ # # \ R
Quoich Invergarry Newtonmore # \
Loch / ·
A82
Arkaig Loch Glen Roy
Strathan # \ Lochy / ·
Achnacarry \ # A86
Gairlochy \ # Roy # Dalwhinnie
\
Bridge
/ · # Glenfinnan # \ # \
A830
\
Grampian
Corpach Spean Mountains
Bridge
Loch # \ Ben Nevis Loch Loch / ·
A9
# ] #
3
Shiel Fort William # R(1344m) Treig Ericht
# Glen
4
#
16
Nevis F G
Strontian Corran # \ Kinloch Killiecrankie R
# \ Kinlochleven
#
2
/ · Ballachulish \ # # \ Loch # \
# \ # Rannoch # \
A861
l L
A82
\
#
# 1
19
Loch Glencoe / · # Glen Coe Bridge Rannoch F G
Linnhe of Gaur
Aberfeldy
# \