The Corrieshalloch Gorge is a prime stop on the North Coast 500. A dramatic, seemingly bottomless gorge, with a tumbling waterfall framed by towering trees. We’d passed by this way quite a few times before but never stopped, as I’d not been feeling quite fearless enough to brave the bridge! However, we had some free time at the end of one day during our last trip to Assynt, not enough to do a full walk but enough to make a quick stop off at Corrieshalloch.
There is a large pay and display parking area at the visitor centre, where there’s also a coffee and cake hatch. We walked from the visitor centre along the clear and mostly flat path to the gorge: you can’t really see that much from the side, unless you’re brave enough to head out onto the bridge!
There’s a nice warning sign advising a maximum of 6 people on the bridge at any one time, to freak you out just that little bit more if you don’t like heights. Once you’ve crossed the bridge, you can walk down to the main view point for the Falls of Measach. Again, the viewing platform requires either a head for heights or a willingness to disregard the knee wobbling vertigo, as it juts out over the gorge with holes in the floor so you can see just how high you are!
From here, you have to return back the way you came over the bridge, and you have a choice of returning to the car or continuing on a way marked walk which takes you up to a view point in open countryside overlooking Loch Broom. Fairly exhausted after a long day, we decided to head straight back to the car on this occasion, but I’m glad we finally managed to get here – and that I was brave enough to cross the bridge and walk out onto the viewpoint (I’m not sure I’d be brave enough to do it again though!).
Dog friendly rating – 2/5. Dogs are welcome, but I would strongly advise that you keep your dog on a short lead at all times due to the sheer drops all over the shop. We did see plenty of other dogs, which at times was a bit tricky as the paths are narrow in places and Coal tends to freak out if other dogs get too close. There are no stiles, and the walk from the visitor centre does include the opportunity for dogs to have a paddle in a stream at one point, which was a nice plus.
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