The Activities team spend many happy hours running archery sessions at The Torridon with the front lawn of the hotel providing beautiful views of Glen Torridon and frequent wildlife sightings. Over the years, our team has spotted golden eagles, deer, herons and of course our own highland cattle. However Chris Wilson, senior guide, came across [...]

Brave is this year’s big movie release from Pixar. Set in the wilds of Torridon – well, it certainly looks like the stirring Torridon landscape – the new Pixar movie features feisty Miranda, who we see in the latest trailer for Brave hitting the bull’s eye with a well-shot arrow. Queen Elinor, her mother isn’t [...]

The snow has arrived and Rich and Chris from the Torridon Activities team have been out and about leading groups and getting ready for the Torridon Winter Walking Festival as well as preparing the Torridon Winter Skills Training. However, before they threw themselves fully into the action, the boys have been out and about brushing [...]

Having a paper map is great until the weather becomes bad enough you actually need it. More often than not that is when it becomes a sodden mess. Map cases are good but if you do not want to buy a case you have a number of options: a) buy a laminated map. They cost [...]

We have just run our first Snow Hole Expedition of the year and were blessed with stunning weather and plenty of snow. We ran the trip in Glen Carron, giving us an unparalleled sense of wilderness. All we could see for miles around was mountains and snow with the occasional herd of deer. On Saturday, [...]