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C1112 (Highland)

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C1112
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From:  Cannich (NH317295)
To:  Glen Affric (NH214241)
Distance:  8 miles (12.9 km)
Meets:  C1110
Highway Authorities

Highland

Traditional Counties

Inverness-shire

Route outline (key)
C1112 Glen Affric Road
This article is about the Class III road numbered C1112 maintained by Highland Council.
For other roads numbered C1112, see C1112
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The C1112 is the road into Glen Affric - one of the Highlands most scenic Glens, and as such it can be a busy road in the summer months, with walkers and cyclists heading down to the car parks and the more sedentary visitors just going for a look.

Winding through the forest

For some reason, however, the C1112 does not make the full journey itself. Instead, it starts on the C1110 at Fasnakyle, which makes a loop from the A831 at Cannich. The route then heads south west through the forestry above the River Affric, with occasional glimpses through the trees of the mountains rising up on either side of the glen. A short, fairly straight climb leads to a much twistier section as the road fights its way up the glen, crossing a tributary on a narrow bridge. After a mile or so of tortuous bends, the road straightens up, although you can hardly call it straight, and then passes above the Dog Falls, which have cut a steep sided gorge for the river below. Paths wind through the trees offering vantage points, and a large car park (charge) sits on the roadside a little above the falls. The long distance Affric-Kintail Way crosses the road here, offering a long distance walking route from Loch Ness to the West Coast.

A little way past the car park, a left fork leads up to the dam, and is the old road line, but the road now has to climb a little through the trees, passing the top of the dam to reach the shore of Loch Beinn a'Mheadhoin. There was great debate about the rights and wronds of building a dam on the River Affic, but the benefits were considered to outweigh the disadvantages. 70 years later, the vast forestry plantations mean that the dam and reservoir are almost completely hidden from the roadside, indeed the natural scenery of the whole glen is lost behind the walls of trees through which the road passes. There are a few gaps in the trees which offer some fine views across the loch, with its islands and strange shaped promontories, but no parking opportunities for motorists, so these views are best seen on foot. The road winds its way through the forest as it continues westwards, climbing up a little, only to drop back down towards the lochside, without ever really reaching it.

The end of the route at Chisholm Bridge

There are a couple of small parking areas, and rough paths drop down to the waters edge here and there, but for the most part this narrow twisting forest road could be almost anywhere. A left turn doubles back down to the shore showing where the old road climbs out of the loch, and then after rounding a corner on a bridge there is another forestry car park providing better access to the lochside. For the next mile or so, the road is much closer to the water, but nearly always screened by trees. And then, 8 miles down the glen from Fasnakyle, the road passes a large walkers car park (free) and comes to an end at Chisholm Bridge over Abhainn Gleann nam Fiadh, 2 miles short of the main car park at the foot of Loch Affric. It is not clear if the onward route is a U road, or a private or forestry road over which the public have free access, nor is it clear which end of the bridge the C1112 ends at.




C1112 (Highland)
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