[8] The area is considered to encapsulate the scenery of the west highlands, being composed of ridges and peaks that rise steeply from narrow glens and the sea.

[10] The ridge containing the Five Sisters continues unbroken to the east where it takes in a further three Munros (Sgùrr a' Bhealaich Dheirg, Sàileag and Aonach Meadhoin) which are often known as the Brothers of Kintail.

[12] The Trust's Kintail and Morvich estate covers 29 square miles (75 km2) and includes the Falls of Glomach, one of the highest waterfalls in Great Britain.

[15] Otters are relatively common, and pine martens also inhabit the wooded parts of the area,[15] whilst red deer can be seen on the lower slopes of the mountains.

[19] A large boulder lying on the steep southwest slopes of Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe is known as "Prince Charlie's Stone", as it is the place where Charles Edward Stuart spent a day in the summer of 1746 hiding there from posses of redcoats after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden.

At the time, the Prince had a £30,000 bounty upon his head for leading a regime change war against the House of Hanover and the Whig single party state.