North Coast Storr Route

Follow the coastal road around the Northernmost tip of Skye to the Old Man of Storr, a basalt rock pinnacle standing 719 meters high. Ebiking along Skye’s Jurassic coast gives you the chance to visit both sets of Skye’s famous dinosaur footprints, Staffin Dinosaur Museum and the location of the recently discovered Pterosaur fossil; as well as taking in some stunning views out over the Minch. 

This medium-difficulty route is longer than our Trotternish Explorer Route, and contains a faster A-road section, which can be more challenging. The total route length is 43.2 miles/69.5 Kilometres.

1. THE SKYE MUSEUM OF ISLAND LIFE offers an award-winning, traditional experience of an old Highland village.  Above the Museum is KILMUIR CEMETERY The 16^th century church is gone now, but the cemetery includes a wealth of historic graves and monuments, including that of Flora Macdonald, a Jacobite heroine, whose white marble Celtic cross monument is 28 feet/8.53meters high. More modern memorials include Mr. Lee Alexander McQueen CBE, the famous fashion designer and couturier.
2. DUNTULM CASTLE was the seat of Clan MacDonald of Sleat in the 17^th century. It now stands in ruins and is a scheduled monument. Below the remains of the castle, in Score Bay, you can see the largest track way of dinosaur footprints ever found in Scotland. Discovered in 2015, it has been referred to as a ‘dinosaur disco’.
3. RUBHA HUNISH is the northernmost tip of Skye at the end of the Trotternish peninsula. It offers a magical walk, 5.2 miles in length, with a chance to view seabirds and marine mammals. You can also visit the viewpoint bothy.
4. LOCH LANGAIG is a medium-sized loch nestled among hills, just off the road, that offers a great place for picnics with mountain views.
5. THE HEALING POOL – LOCH SHIANTA/SHEANTA is a crystal clear, cold water pool which is purported to have healing properties and is fed by an ancient spring that is located in a wooded area nearby.
6. AN CORRAN BEACH & DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS is the site of a Late Upper Palaeolithic settlement, a sheltered sandy beach, with boat trips available from the slipway in the summer. In 2002, fossilized dinosaur footprints were found on a flat mud-stone to the right of the ramp leading down to the sand. They were identified as belonging to a 3-toed Hadrosaur, which lived over 170 million years ago!
7. THE STAFFIN DINOSAUR MUSEUM was established by Dugald Ross in 1976. It has a wide selection of fossils on display and the chance to get first hand knowledge on Skye’s Jurassic past.
8. KILT ROCK is made up of basalt columns resting on sandstone, looking similar to a pleated kilt. From Kilt Rock, the MEALT FALLS plummet roughly 55m into the Sound of Raasay below.
9. BROTHERS’ POINT known in Gaelic as Rubha nam Brathairean is a short walk out to a dramatic headland which marks the easternmost point of the Trotternish peninsula. There is a good path down to the shore; or walking out to the end of the point is on a steep path above vertical drops. (1-2 hours). A Jurassic Pterosaur found here in 2017 and estimated to have lived around 170 million years ago, has this year been confirmed as the world largest of its kind ever discovered.
10. LEALT FALLS known in Gaelic as Abhainn an Lethuillt, travels the Trotternish ridge to the sea. Crashing deep through the Lealt gorge and over a series of falls it is often orange in colour due to the surrounding peat. The Trotternish ridge dominates the skyline inland, whilst out to sea you look over the Isle of Raasay to the mainland of Scotland.
11. RIGG VIEWPOINT is a scenic lookout point offering views over the water to the Isles of Rhona and Raasay.
12. THE OLD MAN OF STORR is one of the most famous walks on Skye. The ‘Old Man’ is a pinnacle of rock that stands high as part of the Trotternish ridge. The modern day Trotternish landslip is the longest geological feature of its kind in the UK, and is one of the most photographed and filmed landscapes in the world. The Storr walk which starts and finishes at the carpark, covers a distance of 3.8km, with the average time to complete the walk being 1 hour 20 minutes (with no stops). It is just one element in a group of spectacular rock features . A 30 minute walk from here is BEARREAIG BAY, a mile long often windy shingle beach with stunning views.