Walk: Dog Falls – a ruff! guide

📌 Glen Affric, Highland
★★★★

🛠️ Full circuit not currently possible as footbridge just after Dog Falls is closed for maintenance (checked April 2024), though due to re-open in the next few weeks

Dog Falls (woof!) has the most accessible trailhead in Glen Affric – perhaps one of the world’s most beautiful glens. The waterfalls are pretty but views are frustratingly limited from the official viewing platforms, though with care it’s possible to get closer to the river in a couple of spots. Forestry and Land Scotland have devised 3 waymarked trails which explore further afield than the falls themselves, and they can be easily combined to form a interesting circuit (albeit with a less interesting middle part). This culminates in a surprise view into the dramatic upper reaches of Glen Affric, with lofty Munros visible on a clear day, often snowcapped well into the summer months.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish on minor road 4 mi southwest of Cannich

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NH 283283

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.312409,-4.852597

❌ No public transport within 1 mi

🚗 Car park (charge)

📝 Key info

▶ 6 km / 4 mi | ▲ 250 m | ⌛ 2 hr

Features: 🌊 Dog Falls ★★; 💧 Coire Loch; 📷 viewpoint for upper Glen Affric

⬤ Moderate | Clear but narrow paths at first with some rough sections, forestry tracks later on.

➡️ Clockwise circuit with extension to upper glen viewpoint: start – Dog Falls – Coire Loch via yellow route – upper glen viewpoint via yellow, red then white routes – start. Area map 🔗 here

Download file for GPS

🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Dragonflies & damselflies, lizards, possibly a jay. Little grebes at Coire Loch on a previous visit.

Weather: Sunny intervals, temperature in mid teens, snow patches on highest hills.

July 2020

Dog Falls ★★