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Walks on Skye

Ask this member a question. fifporter Happy holidays visiting the family home
21 Aug 2006
4.5 of 5 stars based on 1 vote
Skye contains some stunning places for walks - high and low - these are just a few of my favourites
  • Category: Perfect day
  • Traveler type: Active/Outdoors
  • Appeals to: Active/adventure
  • Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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1. Bruich na Frithe - on the main cuillin ridge
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk...
This is a really stunning walk - which gives amazing views of the Cuillin ridge - it is not a rock climb although gets into really impressive mountains - definitely needs walking shoes or boots - and not one for a misty day - but on the right day it is amazing.
2. Portree to Sithean Bhealaich Chumhaing
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1015/skye3.jpg
I think Ann Bowker's picture in the link says it all - views don't get much better than this.

You start the walk at portree, head out along the bay past the black rock and battery green - then up a nice path to just north of Torvaig - then head up the hill (Sithean Bhealaich Chumhaing) - for amazing views - and head back down via Torvaig, to emerge beside the Cuillin Hills hotel - perhaps to reward yourself with a beer or bar meal?
3. The Quiraing
http://www.ochils.com/images/hills/pages/quiraing.htm
This is a very unusual landscape - and quite atmospheric place - especially when the mist is down. Apparently its all due to the erosion of the lavas that covered Skye millions of years ago.
4. Walk to the Coral Beach
http://www.andysuttonphotography.com/pages/Scotland/western%20isles/32...
Definitely a family friendly walk - to a lovely beach with coral and the chance to swim with the seals..
5. The Lump, Portree
http://www.skye-highland-games.co.uk/location.htm
Just a short walk - this hill within Portree itself has great views - you can either walk around the outside, or take a path into the middle. If you go there when the highland games is on, it will be transformed!
6. The beach at the storr hydro power station
http://web.mac.com/fionaporter/iWeb/Site/Library.html
A walk down to a lovely remote beach, with amazing fossils in the rocks - lovely and remote.