📌 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
Pattack Falls 
Overgrown section beyond the A86 
Ascent track 
Ascent track 
Start of path ascent 
View east from the ascent 
Approaching the summit 
View southwest from near the summit 
Summit, looking east 
Summit, looking northwest 
Dùn-da-lamh 
Dùn-da-lamh 
Dùn-da-lamh 
Dùn-da-lamh, looking southwest 
Dùn-da-lamh 
Dùn-da-lamh, looking south 
Dùn-da-lamh, looking east 
Dùn-da-lamh, looking north 
Spey Dam reservoir 
Return around the southeast side of the hill 
Forestry stretch 
Final track section
🌍 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
