Dog-friendly walks in Highland

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Around the Small Shepherd at Glen Coe

Glen Coe

Difficulty - Hard

Two valley passes through the high mountains at the head of Glen Coe.

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Grey Mare's Tail and Mamore Lodge

Kinlochleven

Difficulty - Medium

A waterfall, a shooting lodge and a ramble down the West Highland Way.

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Aluminium landscape above Kinlochleven

Kinlochleven

Difficulty - Medium

A sea loch, a mountain loch and a pipeline path above deep wooded glens.

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Waterfalls and Wade's Walk

Inchree

Difficulty - Easy

A sheltered forest ramble high above Loch Linnhe.

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Ariundle oakwoods and the elements of chemistry

Strontian

Difficulty - Hard

Through the shades of green Sunart to the hillside site of an old lead mine.

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The Nevis Gorge and its waterfalls

Nevis Gorge

Difficulty - Easy

A walk beside Scotland's Himalayan lookalike, leading to an enormous waterfall

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Half Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis

Difficulty - Hard

The half-way lochan and the great north corrie of Nevis.

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The peat road to Cow Hill

Cow Hill

Difficulty - Easy

Looking down at Fort William and up at Ben Nevis.

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Banks of the Caledonian Canal

Corpach

Difficulty - Easy

A walk alongside – and underneath – Thomas Telford's masterpiece of civil engineering.

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Around Coire Ardair

Coire Ardair

Difficulty - Hard

Regenerating woodlands lead to a high pass where Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped through the window.

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Up and down the Corrieyairack

Fort Augustus

Difficulty - Hard

Above the Great Glen on the road the English built and Bonnie Prince Charlie marched over.

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Loch an Eilein's castle and Ord Ban

Loch An Eilein

Difficulty - Medium

The castle on the island in the loch is the heart of the Rothiemurchus Forest.

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The Pass of Ryvoan and the Thieves' Road

Glenmore

Difficulty - Medium

Following cattle thieves and drovers to the lochan used by the fairies for their laundry.

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Meall a' Bhuachaille

Glenmore

Difficulty - Medium

Looking at the Cairngorms from a smallish mountain above the fairy lochan.

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Looking over the sea to Skye

Glenelg

Difficulty - Easy

A coast walk along Loch Alsh with views of Skye, the sea and a fish farm.

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Heart of the Cuillins

Glenbrittle

Difficulty - Hard

Classic rock-climbing country below the Chioch and the Inaccessible Pinnacle.

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Quiraing – prison and pinnacle

Quiraing

Difficulty - Hard

Exploring the weird lava landscape of Skye's northern peninsula

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Skye and the sea

Glenbrittle

Difficulty - Easy

A comfortable coastal track above Loch Brittle and on to a former fortified peninsula.

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Around Raasay

Raasay

Difficulty - Medium

Seaside and woodland lead to Raasay's old iron-mining railway.

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Seeing sea eagles at Portree Bay

Portree

Difficulty - Easy

A coastal walk to a raised beach called The Bile, then returning by way of Dun Torvaig.

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The shores of Loch Shieldaig

Shieldaig

Difficulty - Medium

A walk around the many inlets of the Shieldaig peninsula.

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Coire Lair and the Coulin Forest

Strath Carron

Difficulty - Medium

Deer stalkers' paths lead into the heart of the South Torridon mountains.

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Following the Diabaig Coast Path

Loch Torridon

Difficulty - Hard

A walk above Loch Torridon in the footsteps of the fairy folk – the legendary Duine Sithe

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Flowerdale Falls

Gairloch

Difficulty - Easy

Porpoise-watching along the Gairloch shore and up a rocky valley.

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Beinn Eighe Mountain Trail

Beinn Eighe

Difficulty - Medium

The toughest waymarked trail in Scotland, to a lunar landscape.

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Around Poolewe

Poolewe

Difficulty - Medium

A pleasant walk around Loch Kernsary and down the Ewe.

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Farigaig Forest and Loch Ness

Loch Ness

Difficulty - Medium

Overlooking Loch Ness and past the home of a different monster, the Beast of Boleskine

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Cnoc Mor and Knockfarrel

Strathpeffer

Difficulty - Medium

A grassy ridge walk above Strathpeffer to a vitrified fort.

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River island of Inverness

Inverness

Difficulty - Easy

An Inverness town walk of riverside, seaside and canalside.

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Portuairk and Ardnamurchan Point

Ardnamurchan

Difficulty - Medium

Black rocks and golden sands at the western end of Britain.

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Dog Falls and Glen Affric

Cannich

Difficulty - Easy

A craggy glen where wolves once roamed below the pine trees