Glencoe – The Three Sisters and Lunch at the Clachaig Inn
A few hours.
The route
The Three Sisters are the three steep ridges on the south side of Glen Coe, and the big car park halfway up the glen looks across the valley at them.
It's a view from the roadside, open in every month of the year. Lunch is a few minutes further down the glen at the Clachaig Inn, below the last of the three.
Before you go
Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
The nearest of ours is RiverBeds at Woodlands Glencoe, 5 miles away. Sleeps 2.
The day
Glencoe
A late morning in the middle of Glen Coe, with the three ridges across the valley and the River Coe below, then an unhurried lunch at the foot of the last of them.
About two hours
Three Sisters of Glencoe
An attraction
The Three Sisters are the three steep-sided ridges that Bidean nam Bian, the highest mountain in Argyll, sends north into Glen Coe. There are two car parks beside the A82 halfway up the glen; the larger one is the one for the view, with the ridges across the valley. From left to right they are Beinn Fhada, the long mountain, Gearr Aonach, the short ridge, and Aonach Dubh, the black ridge. Between the first two lies Coire Gabhail, the Hidden Valley, where the MacDonalds kept their cattle out of sight. The view needs no walking, so bring a flask and give it half an hour.
About 5 min by car
Clachaig Inn
Lunch
The Clachaig Inn is six minutes' drive further down the glen, on the old road below Aonach Dubh. Lunch is served every day from noon to 4pm, soup of the day with bread or a sandwich, with food on until 9pm. Sit in the Lounge Bar, whose window looks up at the West Face of Aonach Dubh, so the last of the three ridges stays in view through lunch. It's the bar for families, too: under-18s are welcome there with an adult.
If it rains
In low cloud the ridges can disappear from view. The Clachaig's bars are under a roof, and the Lounge Bar's window looks up at Aonach Dubh.
Clachaig Inn, walkers' pub in the glen.
Photograph by Clachaig Inn via Google
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