Walk: Farleitter Crag – where Cairngorms meet Canada

📌 Kincraig, Highland
★★★★

The wooded expanse stretching from Glenmore to Glen Feshie is one of the largest areas of ancient Scots pine forest left in the UK. A short and steep climb to Farleitter Crag gives awesome views across miles of forest canopy, with the barren Cairngorms and Monadhliath plateaus rising beyond. A cluster of marshy lochans (the Uath Lochans, with uath pronounced as wah) at the foot of the hill adds a watery dimension to a walk that somehow feels more like it passes through Canadian terrain than Scotland.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish in Inshriach Forest, minor road 2 mi south of Kincraig

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NH 835023

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.096638,-3.924469

❌ No public transport within 1 mi

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 6 km / 4 mi | ▲ 100 m | ⌛ 2 hr

Features: 💧 Uath Lochans (Hawthorn lochans); △ Farleitter Crag (340 m)

⬤ Moderate | Good paths & tracks throughout; brief but noticeable ascent to gain Farleitter Crag.

➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – path around east side of the two northeast lochans, north side of southern (largest) loch, to track junction at 🧭 NH 834021 – Farleitter Crag – Badenoch Way to 🧭 NH 828029 – start. Route combines trails marked in white / red 🔗 here

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Robins, chaffinches, goldcrests. Several deer in the forest on a previous visit. This is a good walk for spotting red squirrels.

Weather: Mostly cloudy with a little light rain & sunshine. 11°C, breezy.

June 2025