Glas-allt-Shiel and the Falls of the Glasallt from the Spittal of Glenmuick

The walk starts from the pay car park at the Spittal of Glenmuick, at the end of the public road up Glen Muick, and goes out and back. A track leads from the car park over a bridge and runs south-west along the south-east side of Loch Muick, over a number of burns on bridges and past one burn with a ford and a boardwalk beside it, to Glas-allt-Shiel at the head of the loch, 5.2 km from the car park. Beyond the lodge a path climbs the hillside to the Falls of the Glasallt, where the line turns back 6.5 km out, having climbed about 230 m in the last 1.4 km. Return the same way.

It is 13.0 km (8.1 miles) with 296 m (970 ft) of ascent; allow about 4 hours. The grade is Moderate: the track is easy, and the climb to the falls is the hard part.

The Heading for the Scottish Hills table lists Balmoral for the hills round Loch Muick and gives stalking dates, but says the Glas Allt path from Glas-allt-Shiel and the low level Loch Muick circuit are always OK: see the notice. OpenStreetMap maps a Mountain Bothies Association bothy at Glas-allt-Shiel, 13 m off the line. This walk keeps to the same track out and back; the Loch Muick circuit returns along the other shore.

The Spittal of Glenmuick car park is a pay car park (OpenStreetMap lists a fee).

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.