Ben Damff
There are endless opportunities for walking at Ben Damph, from a
pleasant leisurely stroll to an arduous all-day hike, or challenging
climbs needing good equipment and mountaineering skills.
The Estate contains extensive footpaths laid down in the 19th
century for the deer ponies. They pass through the pine forest (source
of the huge timbers from which the Log House was built), via waterfalls
to inland lochans and the Torridon sandstone interior.
Walking on the estate is enough to fill the most vigorous walker's
week. The proximity to mountains such as Liathach, Ben Alligin and Ben
Eighe provide an additional supply of Scotland's most famous climbs.
Maol Chean Dearg is the highest peak on the Estate and at 933
metres (3,060 feet) and is the only munro. In the foreground is Lochan
Eoin, the haunt of both black-throated and red-throated divers. To climb
Maol Chean Dearg by an easy route would take most of a day.
Ben Damph itself is also a spectacular and challenging climb,
rising to 2,960 feet, just a few feet off munro height. Once at the top,
there's a two-mile ridge walk comparable to all the more frequently
visited munros.
For river walks there is the river Thrail (estate water), which
runs through the estate into the river Torridon (the Thrail House is
situated next to the river). There is also the river Balgy (not estate
water) that runs from Loch Damph to the sea just west of the estate
boundary (the New Lodge is situated half a mile from the Balgy). Both
these rivers are very pretty with many waterfalls.
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