Highlands & NC500 · base 3: Assynt & Lochinver

3A Knockan Crag: Thrust Trail

There and back, from the Knockan Crag car park on the A835, 21 km north of Ullapool.

0.3 kmeach way, on our map
8 m+of climbing, at least
30 minutesEasy, short walk

Download the GPX route

Load it into a walking app or GPS. It is the same line as the map in the book.

The ground

A low-gradient ramp, avoiding steps, from the car park to the Rock Room, then on towards the Moine Thrust itself.

Official figure: 30 minutes (NatureScot). Source: nature.scot. Things change: check the updates page and the signs on the day.

Route data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.

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