📌 Strath Mashie, Highland
★★★
This varied forestry circuit above Pattack Falls visits an unnamed summit and a Pictish fort, both with excellent views over Strathmashie, the Monadhliath and other nearby hill ranges. Although partly signposted, a few spots are slowly being overtaken by nature, which only greater footfall will rectify – please help!
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Pattack Falls car park, A86 2 mi east of Kinloch Laggan
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 567903
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.981971,-4.359525
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 9 km / 6 mi | ▲ 440 m | ⌛ 3.5-4 hr
Features: △ Unnamed summit in Black Wood (565 m); 🏰 Dùn-da-lamh fort
⬤ Moderate | Paths & tracks throughout, sustained ascent to summit. Many path sections are narrow; section immediately north of A86 is overgrown & boggy.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Pattack Falls – cross A86 (care required) – lochan near Feagour – 565m top in Black Wood – Dùn-da-lamh – return to prevous bealach – return to Feagour lochan via track on southeast side of hill – start by outward route
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Small birds, butterflies.
Weather: Cloudy, light winds, temperature in high teens.
July 2021