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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.
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 ...
At the corrie entrance, the top of the path beside the ravine. The path from Glen Coe up beside the gorge into Coire Gabhail is a popular short walk (around 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) each way, ascent 230 metres (750 ft)), the path is rough in places involving use of hands on rock for balance or as a step-up, and crossing a river by stepping stones.
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.
A set of bilingual signs on the A82 in Crianlarich. At 167 miles (269 km), [1] the A82 is the second longest A-road in Scotland, after the A9, and has been described as the "slower but more scenic route" of the two. [3]
Glencoe or Glencoe Village (Gaelic: A’ Chàrnaich [2]) is the main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands.It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Coe where it enters Loch Leven (a salt-water loch off Loch Linnhe).