The mountains across the end of Loch Quoich seen from Sgurr Mor Related Links Walking Britain Fraoch Bheinn Accommodation Little exists in the area. A hostel exists in Inverie though I have no info on that. A B&B exists at Kinloch Hourn, £17.50 per night + £5 breakfast.(2007 prices). There's a bothy at Barrisdale Bay that charges £3 a night. (2007 Prices) Other than that, theres just you, your stuff and the ground you walk on! Britains most remote pub at Inverie Travel Without public transport, it's almost impossible to visit this place for weekends. A postbus visits Glen Dessary and Kinloch Hourn every so often. There's also the boat three times a week to Inverie. That's it! If visiting for a week or so then catch a bus/train to Glen Shiel/Finnan and walk in to Knoydart from those approaches. It's wonderfully spectacular and gives you a much better appreciation of the remoteness of the place. The bridge across Loch Quoich for the road to Kinloch Hourn

Introduction
Knoydart has some very spectacular scenery. Many of its summits lie out on a peninsular that is bounded by Loch Nevis to the south and Loch Hourn to the north. The only permanent habitation, Inverie isn't linked to the main road network but completely isolated but for three boat services a week getting through. All the mountains lie bare - very few forests exist for this place. The only forests lie near Inverie and Glen Dessary.

Looking southwest to Knoydart
across Loch Quoich

All the mountains are quite knobbly upon close acquaintance - many slopes are bare slabs particularly the further west you go. Some ways up the mountains can look quite forbidding but because the ridges rise up in steps, they aren't a problem nor do they feel exposed. Very few ridges around here are narrow - one or two exceptions to that but rock steps on otherwise broad slopes tend to characterise these mountains. Nothing like the ridges of Glen Shiel - and that's another point. Most of the mountains are isolated from each other by comparatively low passes.

Sgurr Mhaoraich seen from Gairich

So, spectacular mountains are all well and good but this place is remote. Getting to the end of the two single track roads at Loch Arkaig and Kinloch Hourn takes about an hour from the main roads. The Loch Arkaig road in particular is very twisty along the lochside and is no place to suffer a breakdown. At the end of Loch Arkaig is space for 5 cars at a pinch. Once at the roadend, it's then another three to four hours of footwork to reach the bothies of Soulies or Barrisdale from where you can climb the Knoydart mountains. They are not easily accessible by mountain bike. On the remote summits on Knoydart, telephone reception is not gauranteed.

Knoydart from the Inverie Ferry

Stalkers tracks in the north and west of this area are very well built and greatly ease the long walk in. Statistically, Knoydart and in particular Loch Quoich holds records for being the wettest place in Scotland. It is thus worth heeding the fact that many burns have no bridges and thus require long deviations in wet conditions.

Loch Arkaig, gateway to southern Knoydart