Kintail Winter Panorama

The Five Sisters of Kintail Winter Panorama

The Five Sisters of Kintail is an unbroken ridge of mountains north-west of Glen Shiel and overlooking Loch Duich and the villages of Morvich and Ratagan. The view of the Five Sisters is one of the most iconic images of the Scottish Highlands, the mountains dominating the skyline when seen from the south shore of Loch Duich near the village of Ratagan.

Snow rarely lingers on the mountains of the western seaboard, so when a heavy overnight fall was followed by a brilliantly clear and perfectly still morning I had no hesitation in heading the short distance to Loch Duich. I was fortunate in that my arrival coincided with a flood tide, the waters of which provided a perfect reflection of this wonderful scene.