Walk: Glen Branter gets good

📌 Cowal, Argyll & Bute
★★★

🛠️ Route partially diverted due to storm damage (checked April 2024)

High on the steep sides of Glen Branter, occasional glimpses through gaps between trees are just enough to let you know that there’s an impressive gorge somewhere down there. Otherwise the thick vegetation keeps vantage points to a minimum, especially in high summer; by the time you reach the head of the valley you might be feeling a little underwhelmed. But be patient: happily the route eventually descends to reach the banks of the Allt Robuic, with an impressive set of waterfalls as the climax.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish off the A815 at Glenbranter

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 112976

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.133224,-5.040220

🚌 Bus stops on A815 at car park turnoff

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 4 km / 2 mi | ▲ 130 m | ⌛ 1.5 hr

Features: 🌊 Allt Robuic gorge & waterfalls

⬤ Easy | Clear paths and forest tracks, quite hilly at times and with some mud.

➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start – Allt Robuic gorge by upper path & red squirrel hide – Glenbranter cottages – start. Route mostly waymarked as Waterfall Trail, in yellow & on map 🔗 here (Waterfall Trail)

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: A red squirrel, newts, sheep, several birds of prey. Wild raspberries.

Weather: Sunny intervals, temperature in mid teens.

July 2023