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Pitlochry,
Clunie walk
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The Clunie Walk from
Pitlochry
7 miles (11.25Km)
Allow a minimum of 3 hrs.
  This is one of a series of walks
taken from the
Pitlochry Walks leaflet. All are well signed and are along safe
and established paths. The Pitlochry Walks leaflet with maps and
details on each of the walks can be obtain from the Tourist
Information Centre, the Boat station and some shops in
Pitlochry.
As with all walks make sure you are
properly equipped with rain coat, water and food if you intend
being on the hills for some time. Good footwear is a must.
 There is a steady uphill climb, intially
through farm land, then through forest. Taking the left turn on
the route, you will proceed to climb up through the woods along
side a wee burn.
 The water
burbling away and the still silence
of the trees and the chatter of the birds, make it very special.
I felt almost as though I should not talk, talking was rather
like leaving rubbish or graffiti. It was so lovely.
 The path eventually comes out on to the forest road that leads
to the mast on Clunie Hill. The road takes you through the pine
plantation, with occasional glimpses through the threes to the
open moors. Eventually you will see a gate and beyond this there
is open moorland.
The views from the moorland are fantastic, with glimpses of Ben
y Vrackie and the all the hills to wards Rannoch. The moorland
is relatively
 flat, but can be boggy particularly in wet
weather, so make sure you have suitable
 footwear.
As you sweep round to the north, the views change to those over
looking Tummel valley, Killiecrankie Pass and over Pitlochry.
All making the walk even more enjoyable. The walk then takes you
down off the moorland and in to the pine trees, and steadily
back to the road you left on your way up and then on down to
Pitlochry using the road you can up by.
  The combination of walking through the plantation of trees its
stillness and the open moor makes this walk very enjoyable. The
variety is very rewarding.
The Clunie walk - Pitlochry / The Craigower walk - Pitlochry / Drummond Hill walk - Kenmore / Falls of Acharn walk - Kenmore / The Fungarth walk - Dunkeld / Glen Banvie walk - Blair Atholl / Glen Tilt walk - Blair Atholl | 
