Glen Carron

Glen Carron is the broad valley carrying both the A890 and the Kyle of Lochalsh railway line between Achnasheen and Lochcarron — a through-route with Munro access rather than a destination glen in its own right. The hills above the glen (Moruisg, Sgurr nan Ceannaichean, Maol Chean-dearg) are frequently visited by Munro-baggers who take the train to Achnasheen or Strathcarron and walk from the stations.

The glen runs roughly east to west between the Achnasheen watershed (where the catchment changes from the River Bran heading east to the River Carron heading west) and the head of Loch Carron at Strathcarron. Most of the floor is sheep and forestry country; the Achnashellach Forest fills the middle section south of the road. The river is a working salmon river; walkers' access to the hills branches off the A890 via signed stiles and forestry tracks rather than open landrover routes.

The southern flank of the glen carries some of the steeper Munro approaches in Wester Ross. Maol Chean-dearg (933m), Lurg Mhor and Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich (the "Cheesecake") and the Achnashellach Munros all start from forestry tracks branching off the A890 — most have small signed laybys for hillwalker parking. The Coulin Pass at the eastern end is the foot connection through to Glen Torridon.