Kintail and Glen Shiel Prints

The ‘Road to the Isles’ reaches its final stages at Loch Cluanie from where it starts the long descent of Glen Shiel. Bounded to the south by the seven summits of the South Glen Shiel ridge and to the north a gigantic wall of mountains culminating in the graceful and imposing Five Sisters of Kintail, this area of majestic surroundings is regarded one of the finest glens in the Scottish Highlands and justifiably feature as the centrepiece of my Kintail and Glen Shiel prints collection.

The monarch of the entire region is A’Chralaig which along with its many neighbours east and west is part of a high mountainous region penetrated by deep and furrowed valleys offering fine long distance cross country walking into Glen Affric. Further west are the Five Sisters of Kintail, featured separately in their own section of this website.

During the descent of Glen Shiel one is confronted by the imposing peak of The Saddle with its perfectly cone-shaped neighbour of Faochag. Climbers are generally agreed that the ascent of The Saddle via its knife-edged Forcan Ridge is one of the classic ascents of the Scottish Highlands, particularly when the mountain is in winter condition. I have therefore included several images of The Saddle in different conditions and at various times of year in my Kintail and Glen Shiel prints selection.