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Falls of Kirkaig – Suilven hike: A Complete Guide to Scotland's Iconic Mountain loop from Norman McCaig Memorial

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Falls of Kirkaig – Suilven hike: A Complete Guide to Scotland's Iconic Mountain loop from Norman McCaig Memorial

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Falls of Kirkaig – Suilven hike: A Complete Guide to Scotland's Iconic Mountain loop from Norman McCaig Memorial

07:58

23.6km

830m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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161 m

View of Flowering Bushes and Hills by the Water

Highlight • Natural

291 m

Falls of Kirkaig

Highlight • Waterfall

The falls are about 18 meters high, and have a considerable volume of water flowing due to some of the lochans further upstream. The path follows the narrow gorge upstream, …

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11.5 km

The Wall

Highlight • Monument

When you top out onto the ridge itself you are confronted by a stone wall that runs across the line of the ridge and seems to divide the mountain in …

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12.0 km

Suilven hike: A Complete Guide to Scotland's Iconic Mountain

Highlight • Natural Monument

Few hills are as genuinely loved as Suilven. Its isolated island-mountain stature, protruding from the low cnoc-and-loch landscape of Assynt, shares more with the monoliths of Monument Valley than a …

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12.1 km

Suilven Summit

Highlight • Summit

In the second attempt, finally at the summit

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23.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.6 km

3.17 km

547 m

269 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

20.1 km

2.65 km

608 m

269 m

Elevation

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Highest point (690 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

Weather

Tuesday 11 August

24°C

14°C

23 %

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Falls of Kirkaig – Suilven hike: A Complete Guide to Scotland's Iconic Mountain loop from Norman McCaig Memorial

View of Flowering Bushes and Hills by the Water

Falls of Kirkaig

Falls of Kirkaig

Falls of Kirkaig

The Wall

Suilven hike: A Complete Guide to Scotland's Iconic Mountain

Suilven Summit

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