Loch Ness Shores Club Site Falls of Foyers

THE FALLS OF FOYERS

Lower Foyer Falls

1. From reception at Loch Ness Shores Club Site leave the site past the barrier. Drop down and bear right on the approach road passing beneath the Club Site back into Lower Foyers. Continue ahead when the track becomes a lane and walk past a phone box to a bus stop. Go left here, continuing up a road with a forest to the left and houses on the right. When the road bends right go ahead into the woods bearing right and rising beneath houses. Continue ascending and carry on ahead on an access track. Bend left and right and then turn left at the next junction past a sign for Foyers Mains. Pass through a gate/opening and follow the track as it rises and bears left past a seemingly derelict house. Bend right in front of a white house and pass the side of the derelict house. Curve left on the track passing Merther Mains House. Go straight over at a junction  by the house and continue towards the forest ahead, passing through a large gate to reach it.

The track after entering the forest

2. Take the Yellow Route ahead bearing right past a marker. Stick to the track as it rises into the forest and stay ahead on the marked Yellow Route at a junction. The route climbs upward near some telegraph poles and overhead wires and higher up it climbs more steeply. Keep to the track. Bend left with the track past a Yellow Route marker and reach a junction on the right as the angle eases. Go straight ahead to descend past a Yellow Route marker and continue descending to reach more level ground at another junction marked with both a Yellow Route post and a Red/Yellow Route post. Go left past the Red/Yellow route post and pass through a large deer gate. Follow the track on the forest edge keeping a fence on your right. Continue on the track to eventually bear right over a bridge by Upper Foyer Falls.

Upper Foyer Falls

3. After the bridge the track becomes surfaced and you follow it into Upper Foyers. It rises to meet a road. Here go left on the pavement following signs for Foyers Store and Waterfalls Café. Follow the road past a play area and houses on the right and descend to reach the entrance (left) for The Lower Falls of Foyers facing The Waterfalls Café, Village Store and a car park.

The entrance to the Lower Falls of Foyers

The Waterfalls Café and General Store

4. Go left through the leftmost of two gates and follow signs for The Falls of Foyers. Descend some steps to a path junction. Go left for the Falls of Foyers and descend more steps to another junction where the path cuts back to the right. Go straight on to reach the upper viewpoint for the falls. Return to the main path and go straight on before dropping down and cutting back to the left to the lower viewpoint.

The Way to the Lower Falls of Foyers

The Lower Foyers Waterfall

5. Retrace your steps back past the upper viewpoint and continue up to the path junction passed earlier (where the path bends back to the right). Here leave your outbound route and carry on ahead following the To Path Network and Lower Foyers signs. Cross a bridge and next go left on a good track at a junction of paths. Cross another bridge and head downhill. At the next junction go straight ahead on the Blue path. Keep a fence left and follow the path zig-zagging down with a gorge on the left. Descend the steps and pass a bench that overlooks the falls, then continue on to bear back to the right and pick up more descending steps. Continue down with the fence still on your left using a footpath and steps where available.

The way back to Lower Foyers

6. When the path curves right it becomes more level before rising again to pass a nice viewpoint for the two bridges in Lower Foyers.

The viewpoint for the two bridges in Lower Foyers

7. Follow the path to reach a surfaced lane and go left on it to descend through trees to reach a road. Go left downhill on the road. Continue descending and bend left by a sign for the power station. Descend into Lower Foyers and cross a bridge over the river. Here go right on your outbound route to follow the road and then an access track back to the Club Site near Loch Ness.

The way back to the Club Site