Bealach na Bà

Bealach na Bà (pronounced [bjal̪ˠəx nə baː]) is a winding single track road through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands.

The Bealach na Bà is just one feature on this road, being its highest point and site of several corries.

The bealach is considered unsuitable for learner drivers and very large vehicles, and the route is often impassable in winter.

According to Country Life, "the single-track, historic drovers' lane travels up, down and around hairpins through the mountains of the remote Applecross peninsula as if they were the Alps and, at Bealach na Bà ('pass of the cattle'), features the steepest ascent of any road in the UK".

[3] Since 2006 a pair of cyclosportive cycling events has been staged in the surrounding region, and over the pass.

The Bealach na Bà was the only road linking Applecross with the rest of the country until the late 20th century