Coire Gabhail

Like other clans in the area, cattle were the mainstay of their economy, both herding and raiding: young men boastfully sang of getting cows from the Mearns.

This culminated tragically in the 1692 massacre of Glencoe when Government soldiers turned on Macdonald clansfolk who fled in a winter blizzard, and a number made their way up to Coire Gabhail while their houses were burned.

A car park on the south side of the A82 road, a short distance west of Allt-na-reigh cottage, has a path heading down eastwards to a footbridge across the River Coe.

[4][9] This forms a common access route for hill walkers tackling the Stob Coire Sgreamhach and Bidean nam Bian Munros.

A rough steep path climbs from the flat corrie bottom traversing the side of Gearr Aonach and gaining height to reach Bealach Dearg.

Entrance to Coire Gabhail over the shoulder formed by a landslip, looking southwest over the flat corrie floor to cliffs and the peak of Stob Coire Sgreamhach .
Access from Glen Coe , via a wooded ravine between Beinn Fhada and Gearr Aonach, seen over River Coe
View up to the ridge access at Bealach Dearg, with the peak of Stob Coire Sgreamhach to the left of centre.
The flat valley floor, looking north to the narrow entrance, and beyond that the Aonach Eagach ridge on the other side of Glen Coe.
At the corrie entrance, the top of the path beside the ravine.
Seen from high up near the ridge, the hill path snakes down to the corrie floor.
On the other side of Glen Coe, the A82 road passing Allt-na-reigh cottage is visible below the slopes of Am Bodach.