Around Kinlochewe

Pictures from a couple of strolls around the Kinlochewe area.

The area is well known for its spectacular mountain scenery, especially the Torridon Hills which includes such peaks as Beinn Eighe and Liathach. The landscape around the village is dominated by the Torridonian sandstone, a Precambrian and very old rock formation. Each of the Torridon Hills sits very much apart from each other, and they are often likened to castles. They have steep terraced sides, and broken summit crests, riven into many pinnacles. There are many steep gullies running down the terraced sides.

Beinn Eighe Woodland Trail

The Beinn Eighe nature reserve is famous for its Scots Pine trees and this short walk takes in some great views of the pines and other trees alongside the shore of Loch Moree and with views towards mountain Slioch.

Bealach na Bà

After the previous days storm (60mph winds & horizontal rain) and being stuck in the van all day, todays was a return visit to one of the best mountain passes in Scotland.

Bealach na Bà is a winding single track road through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross. The historic mountain pass was built in 1822 and is engineered similarly to roads through the great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside and gradients that approach 20%. It boasts the steepest ascent of any road climb in the UK, rising from sea level at Applecross to 626 metres (2,054 ft), and is the third highest road in Scotland.

The name is Scottish Gaelic for Pass of the Cattle, as it was historically used as a drovers' road.

Followed by some photos from the return journey back to Kinlochewe.