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The walk
The walk starts from the National Trust for Scotland's pay and display car park at the end of the public road to the Linn of Quoich and goes round in a loop. A path and an estate track run up the south-west side of the Quoich Water through old Scots pine woodland to a footbridge, 2.3 km from the car park. A path then comes back down the north-east bank, crossing two burns by fords, past two small waterfalls, and runs above the Linn of Quoich, where the river drops through a narrow rock channel beside the Punch Bowl, a round hole in the rock, before the last stretch to the car park.
It is 4.7 km (2.9 miles) with 67 m (220 ft) of ascent; allow about 1½ hours. The grade is Easy.
The National Trust for Scotland warns that the burn on this path can rise quickly in very wet weather and may be uncrossable; if it is, go back the way you came. The pinewood here is being regenerated, and the Trust asks for dogs to be kept on a lead or under close control, especially in the ground-nesting bird season (April to August). The Heading for the Scottish Hills table has no row for Glen Quoich below the hills.
The Linn of Quoich 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.
Good to know
- The Quoich Water falls through a narrow rock channel at the Linn of Quoich, beside a round hole in the rock called the Punch Bowl
- An estate track runs up the south-west side of the river through old pines to a footbridge, and a path comes back down the other side
- Old pinewood that the National Trust for Scotland is helping to regenerate
- Two burns on the path are crossed by fords, and the burn can rise quickly in very wet weather
Getting there
Start: Linn of Quoich car park · Pay and display. 57.00178, -3.45523
Directions to the start
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line is drawn along OpenStreetMap paths and the figures are worked out from it; take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
