Travel Reference
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Kilmarie to Coruisk
(11 miles; at least six hours) This is one of the most spectacular
and challenging of Skye's low-level walks. Begin at a parking area just south of Kilmarie,
on the Broadford to Elgol road. A stony track leads over a hill pass to the gorgeous bay of
Camasunary, and continues on the far side of the Camasunary River - at low tide you can
cross on stepping stones, but if the tide is high you'll have to splash across further up-
stream. The notorious Bad Step is opposite the north end of the little island in Loch ni
Cuilce; it's a rock slab that drops straight into the sea, where you scramble out onto a shelf
and along a rising crack (the secret is to drop down leftward when you reach a niche in the
crack). There are no further obstacles, and 15 minutes later you arrive at Loch Coruisk,
one of the most remote spots in Scotland. Return by the same route.
