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From the Kings House, the Etive flows for about 18 km, reaching the sea loch, Loch Etive. The river and its tributaries are popular with whitewater kayakers and at high water levels it is a test piece of the area and a classic run. At the north end of Glen Etive lie the two mountains known as the "Herdsmen of Etive": Buachaille Etive Mòr and ...
Buachaille Etive Mòr lies close to the head of both Glen Coe and Glen Etive, on the edge of Rannoch Moor. Although named after Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, the national scenic area covers a much wider area of land, as detailed below. [3] Much of the northern part of the NSA lies within the Lochaber region.
The Kings House Hotel is a remote inn at the eastern end of Glen Coe in the Scottish Highlands. The inn, which is in an isolated position about 2 km east of Glen Etive, stands on the edge of Rannoch Moor. It faces Buachaille Etive Mor which makes it a popular hostelry with rock climbers. In 2019 the hotel was reopened after a substantial modern ...
Glen Coe (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Comhann [3] pronounced [klan̪ˠˈkʰo.ən̪ˠ]) is a glen of glacial origins, [4] that cuts though volcanic rocks in the Highlands of Scotland.It lies in the north of the county of Argyll, close to the border with the historic province of Lochaber, within the modern council area of Highland.
Buachaille Etive Mòr is a large ridge nearly five miles (8 km) long, almost entirely encircled by the River Etive and its tributary the River Coupall. The ridge contains four main peaks: from north-east to south-west these are Stob Dearg (1,021.4 m), Stob na Doire (1,011 m), Stob Coire Altruim (941 m) and Stob na Bròige (956 m).
The A82 is a major road in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Inverness via Fort William.It is one of the principal north-south routes in Scotland and is mostly a trunk road managed by Transport Scotland, who view it as an important link from the Central Belt to the Scottish Highlands and beyond.
Buachaille Etive Beag (/ ˈ b u ə x eɪ l ˈ ɛ t ɪ v ˈ b ɛ ɡ /, [2] Scottish Gaelic: Buachaille Èite Beag, [3] 'little herdsman of Etive') is a mountain between Glen Coe and Glen Etive in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies west of Buachaille Etive Mòr, its larger neighbour, from which it is separated by a high mountain pass called ...
Argyll and Bute Council authorised construction of the Glen Noe hydropower project in September 2016, and construction began in 2019. The power station is located close to Loch Etive, and is fed by 1.9 miles (3.1 km) of buried pipeline, which runs along the south bank of the river.