Glen Sligachan

Glen Sligachan runs south from the Sligachan Hotel into the heart of Skye, separating the Red Cuillin to the east from the Black Cuillin to the west. The glen itself has no road beyond the hotel — access is entirely on foot, along a broad track that follows the Sligachan River for 9km before the route branches toward Loch Coruisk. It is one of the finest glen walks in Scotland: open, remote feeling, with the Cuillin increasingly dominant overhead as you go south.

The old bridge at Sligachan — a small stone arch over the river, with the Cuillin rising behind — is among the most photographed views on Skye and genuinely earns that status. The hotel at Sligachan is the main operational base for Cuillin climbing and has been since the Victorian mountaineering era; the bar is a museum of Scottish climbing history. Marsco (736m), the satellite Red Cuillin peak to the east, is one of the best views of the Black Cuillin from any summit and takes around 3 hours return via the glen.