Lochinver 3: Canisp (Corbett)

This is the third of three, consecutive, separate day events from Lochinver in the NW Highlands. Book one, two or all three events as you wish! Book your own accommodation if you wish to stay overnight, some suggestions below.

Day 1 (Friday 26th June) here: Lochinver 1: Watch the Summer Sunset over the Sea

Day 2 (Saturday 27th June) here: Lochinver 2: Quinaig

A challenging, out-and-back hike to the summit of Canisp. It's only 12km or 7.5 miles but it's across often pathless, boggy and stony ground making the going very slow at times. We will have 710 metres of ascent so we will be rewarded, with a bit of luck, with some very dramatic views from the summit. Iconic mountains such as Suilven and Stac Pollaidh dominate the sky-line, but the vastness of the landscape of Assynt can take your breath away. There are lots of mountains to see in the distance but unlike much of the Highlands where they're squashed in together, almost holding each other up, these rise individually and dramatically from a boggy flat landscape which is one of the richest carbon deposits in Europe.

Canisp is a Corbett, which is a classification of mountain between 2,500 and 2,999 feet. The summit is 847m high (2779 feet).

IMPORTANT - DO NOT USE THE POSTCODE FOR SATNAV PURPOSES. Follow the text directions.

Accommodation Options:

An Cala Bunkhouse

Culag Hotel

More options on line / Google maps

Photos: taken by AMD and used with permission.

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