📌 Gorge in Altass, Highland
★★
Raven’s Rock serves as a stark reminder of the power and pace of weather, water and nature. The short but scenic gorge here carved out by the Allt Mòr used to be the site for one of the region’s most dramatic short walks, with a series of bridges, staircases and boardwalks ingeniously threading their way along the rocky walls. This was all wiped out by a series of landslides in the early 2010s, truncating the official circular route into two very short, out-and-back trails with a total distance of well under a mile. These allow the briefest glimpse into the destroyed area and also feature a few wooden sculptures, but little else. It’s still a nice site for a picnic if you’re passing – the gorge lies conveniently close to a main east-west road across Sutherland – and you may catch a sighting of a red squirrel.
🌍 Location
📌By minor road just north of Altass
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NC 498009
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.971737,-4.541344
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
🔗 Official website: forestryandland.gov.scot | Local trails map: forestryandland.gov.scot
