Knockan Crag

National Nature Reserve
Creag a Chnocain Tearmann Nadair Naiseanta
Scottish Natural Heritage
Dualchas Nadair na h-Alda

rock route

Strathcanaird

Map showing the location of Strathcanaird
Stac Pollaidh from the A835 near Strathkanaird.  Jan Breckenridge / SNH.

An immense sheet of ice once flowed like a river over this land, carving out the valley in front of you. The mountains on either side of this valley are capped by quartzite, a very hard rock. The quartzite resisted erosion by the sheet of ice, so the mountains were left standing proud of the valley.