The construction of the Mullardoch hydro dam in the 1950s flooded upper Glen Cannich, finishing what the Clearances started by making an unpopulated emptiness where people once lived. While elsewhere the energy industry continues to steadily appropriate what's left of the undeveloped Highlands, modern day Mullardoch and its now vintage dam does at least offer visitors a kind of wildness, and but for the reservoir tideline it could almost be natural. Dramatic, muscular hills line the loch. The four Munros on the north side make for a fantastic ridge striding day in a lonely and stunning place. This route description assumes use of the Mullardoch ferryboat, which operates from early spring to late summer (see Public Transport). If you're aiming instead to walk the shoreline of Loch Mullardoch, this adds 8.5km and about 250m of ascent on a relatively arduous path that most folk will probably be happier paying to avoid.
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