A82 · Glen Coe · Scotland

Glencoe

The A82 through Glen Coe: one of the great scenic drives in Scotland, a fast, open road between huge mountains, ending at sea level by Loch Leven.

StartFinish

19.0 kmLength

54Pace-note calls

0Hairpins

0Tight corners (1–2)

↑60 ↓330Climb and drop, m

≈320 mHighest point

Counts are from Turini’s pace-note engine on this route. Heights come from terrain data and can differ from signposted figures by a few tens of metres.

Where is Glencoe?

In the Scottish Highlands, on the A82 between Glasgow and Fort William. The route on this page runs west from the edge of Rannoch Moor, down through the glen to Glencoe village.

Why Glencoe is famous

It passes Buachaille Etive Mòr at the head of the glen and the Three Sisters further down, and it is the classic road to Fort William and Skye.

It is a fast road with few real corners. Most calls are crests, dips and bridges, plus long fast bends, and a quiet stretch can go well over a kilometre without a call.

A82 Glencoe corners

Over 19.0 km Turini calls 22 corners graded 1 to 6, plus 12 crests and 10 dips. That is 54 calls in all, one every 352 metres on average. Grade 1 is the tightest, 6 is nearly straight (how to read pace notes).

Elevation profile

From 276 m at the start to 11 m at the finish, with a highest point of about 320 m.

400 m0 m

0 km9.5 km19.0 km

A82 Glencoe pace notes, first few km

The first 25 calls, exactly as Turini reads them, with the distance from the start.

285 mBig crest

345 mDip

470 mRight 6 long

1.38 kmBridge

2.06 kmCrest

2.22 kmDip

2.29 kmCrest

2.63 kmLeft 6

2.94 kmRight 6

3.03 kmCrest

4.85 kmBridge

4.91 kmLeft 5 long

6.13 kmDip

6.38 kmDip

6.45 kmCrest

7.36 kmDip

7.43 kmCrest

7.88 kmBridge

8.16 kmRight 4 long over crest

8.45 kmDip

8.59 kmBig crest

8.67 kmLeft 3 long

8.67 kmBridge

8.74 kmBridge

8.97 kmBridge

That takes you to 8.97 km. 29 more calls follow over the remaining 10.1 km.

Before you go

It is a main road, open all year, and busy in summer with coaches, camper vans and people stopping in the laybys for photos. Winter brings snow and ice on the higher part.

How to drive Glencoe with Turini

Set the route before you leave and Turini saves its notes on the phone, so it works with the screen off and no signal. On the road it reads each call about 4.5 seconds before the corner, timed to your speed, and you never touch the phone. It also works through Android Auto. If pace notes are new to you, start in Simple mode (Easy, Medium, Hard) and switch to the 1–6 scale once it feels natural.

Always drive within the law, the conditions and what you can see. Turini tells you what the map says; the road is what counts.

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