http://stravaiger.com/blog/tags/glen-elchaig/ Recent content in Glen Elchaig on eBothy Blog Hugo en-us Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2012/10/30/winter-arrives-on-aonach-buidhe/ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2012/10/30/winter-arrives-on-aonach-buidhe/ <p>A break in the awful forecast got me out early yesterday and driving up to Glen Elchaig. Ditching the car and jumping on the mountain bike I headed up what is one of the most beautiful glens in Scotland towards Iron Lodge. Lots of deer down on the road as I think they feed them here but strangely no roaring from the steep surrounding hillsides.</p> <p><a title="Deer in Glen Elchaig by Stravaiger" href="http://stravaiger.com/blog/images/posts/winter_arrives_on_aonach_buidhe/deer_in_glen_elchaig-8138094193.jpg"><img src="http://stravaiger.com/blog/images/posts/winter_arrives_on_aonach_buidhe/deer_in_glen_elchaig-8138094193-800px.jpg" alt="Deer in Glen Elchaig" width="500" height="375" /></a></p> http://stravaiger.com/blog/2011/09/05/a-saunter-on-sguman-coinntich/ Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2011/09/05/a-saunter-on-sguman-coinntich/ <p>Another wild Saturday was forecast to be followed by a very nice bit of weather on Sunday so early doors I packed the sac, jumped in the charabang and headed down the road towards Dornie, hung a left at Conchra and pootled up the narrow single track road along Loch Long-side to the end of the road in Glen Elchaig, where you can park up for the day and explore what is probably my favourite glen. In a sea of mountains it cuts a line from west to east and being privately owned in the Strathfarrar model, no cars are allowed up it so it is very very peaceful in its upper reaches. In fact, it&rsquo;s very peaceful full stop. There are big munros, three corbetts, the Falls of Glomach and lots and lots of history. I&rsquo;ve been reading about it lately and there are some beautiful stories associated with the glen as it&rsquo;s a coffin route for Kintail folk making their last journey from the remote interior around Loch Monar. In some respects, Glen Elchaig makes me think what Glencoe might have been like, had the A87 not turned left at Kingshouse but had instead headed north over the moor. The same fate has been bandied around for some time for Glen Elchaig as the Lochcarron road every few years is subjected to major rockfalls which last time took out the road and the railway in one fell swoop. Being on my route to Inverness, winter traverses of the road can be quite exciting as the waterfalls can be in full spate after major melting of big snow dumps and the road is often strewn with debris as on one side the cliffs rise sheer, riven with rotten gullies and kept in check with steel netting while on the other side is a narrow strip of ground with the railway then straight into Lochcarron. No doubt at some point the whole lot will come down and the westerly route to Inverness will be closed permanently.</p> <p><a title="Sguman Coinntich above Loch Long by Stravaiger" href="http://stravaiger.com/blog/images/posts/a_saunter_on_sguman_coinntich/sguman_coinntich_above_loch_long-6115681860.jpg"><img src="http://stravaiger.com/blog/images/posts/a_saunter_on_sguman_coinntich/sguman_coinntich_above_loch_long-6115681860-800px.jpg" alt="Sguman Coinntich above Loch Long" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>