Adventure On Foot
SC 1247

Bealach Path

11.0 miles (17.7 km), linear.

Log it

Map not drawn yet. OpenStreetMap has only about 2.5 of its 11 miles, so we’ve left the map off rather than show a misleading stub. The length above is the publisher’s. The facts and sources below still stand.

History

We haven’t written this one’s history yet.

Facts

Code
SC 1247 (provisional)
Distance
11.0 miles (17.7 km). We measure 2.5 miles along the mapped line
Type
Linear
Region
Scotland
Total ascent
Still to be measured

Getting there

Car park
Car park (free), 980 m from the start. Directions

No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at High School, 2.1 km away (Directions); Pitlochry station, 2.7 km away (Directions).

Directions to the start

Getting back

No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: the bus stop at Killiecrankie, 1.2 km away (Directions); Pitlochry station, 5.1 km away (Directions).

What to expect

Underfoot: grass 46%, gravel and tracks 37%, earth, rock and mud 17%.

Almost all off road.

Path grade, where mappers have given one: clear path 62%, rough mountain path 39%.

On the way: 1 kissing gate, 1 gate, 2 stream crossings.

Where it's steep: the biggest climb gains about 163 m in a kilometre, 500 m in.

From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.

Sources

Checked against pkc.gov.uk on 2 October 2026.

Something wrong or missing?

Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.