Waterfalls and Wade's Walk
Our view
At the bottom corner of the car park is a well-built path marked by a blue-and-red waymarker. A field on its right gives views to hilltops beyond Loch Linnhe. The path crosses a footbridge to enter woodland before running gently uphill, through birchwoods with clearings of bracken and grass – these have views of Loch Linnhe itself. The Inchree waterfalls appear ahead, falling through a steep gorge lined with rhododendron. There are seven waterfalls, though only the top four are visible from here. They are particularly fine after heavy rain or during snowmelt. The path turns uphill, staying about 100yds (91m) from the falls, but with fine views of them, particularly from two viewpoint spurs on the right. Above the second viewpoint, the path bends left. Here you should ignore a small path running ahead through boggy ground. This is aiming for the top of the upper fall, but it isn’t recommended as the rocks alongside the fall are unsafe (wet quartzite is slippery) and you don’t actually get a better view of the water. Not far above, the main path runs up to a forest road.
Turn left along this. At a junction, the downward path, with red-and-green waymarkers, is a short-cut back to the car park. Your route turns uphill to the right, with a green waymarker. The wide path runs up under gloomy larches, with clearings formed by windblow. A stream runs up beside the track, which bends left to cross it. As it reaches younger trees above, it is running along the line of the old military road.
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Nearby places to stay
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- Launderette
- Ice pack facility
- Picnic Area
- Shop onsite
