The Scottish Highlands

The Great Glen

Stob a Ghrianain ( 744m ) and Beinn Bhan

in the Great Glen

Stob a Ghrianain is the high point

of the long ridge of Druim Fada above Corpach

The Great Glen

( Glen Albyn - Gleann Albainn /

Glen of Scotland or Glen More )

This is a series of glens running 100km

from Inverness to Fort William .

The Great Glen follows a large geological fault

known as the Great Glen Fault.

This bisects the Scottish Highlands

into the Grampian Mountains to the southeast

and the NW Highlands to the northwest.

Map of the Great Glen Way

This long distance walking route
covers 73 miles ( 117km )
from Fort William
via Loch Ness to Inverness.

It takes 5 to 6 days
to walk the whole route.

It may be done in short sections
over a longer period.

Loch Lochy in the Great Glen

from Meall na Teanga ( 918m, 3,012ft )

Sròn a’ Choire Ghairbh ( 937m, 3074ft )
and Meall na Teanga are two Munros
above the Great Glen.

They are joined by the col Cam Bhealach
and are normally climbed on the one outing.

They are known as the Loch Lochy Munros.

Loch Lochy

in the Great Glen

Meall na Teanga ( 918m, 3,012ft )

above Cam Bhealach

Sròn a’ Choire Ghairbh above Loch Lochy in the Great Glen from Meall na Teanga

Sròn a’ Choire Ghairbh ( 937m, 3074ft )

Map of the Loch Lochy Munros

Sròn a’ Choire Ghairbh

and Meall na Teanga

Urquart Castle and Loch Ness

in the Great Glen

Loch Ness is the second largest loch
in Scotland by surface area
at 56.4 sq km ( 21.8 sq miles )
after Loch Lomond
- but the largest by volume
due to its great depth.

Loch Ness is renowned for its legendary
Loch Ness Monster ( " Nessie " ).

Urquart Castle and Loch Ness

in the Great Glen

Canoeists

in the Great Glen

Route Map

of the Great Glen Canoe Trail

Corpach Sea Lock

on Caledonian Canal

at Fort William

The Caledonian Canal connects
the Scottish east coast
at Inverness
with the west coast at Corpach
near Fort William.

The canal was constructed
in the early nineteenth century
by the Scottish engineer Thomas Telford