Glen Etive (en gaélique écossais : Gleann Èite) est un glen, une vallée des Highlands en Écosse. La rivière Etive (en gaélique écossais : Abhainn Èite) prend sa source sur les sommets entourant Rannoch Moor, avec plusieurs ruisseaux affluents se réunissant au Kings House Hotel, au début de Glen Coe. Du Kings House Hotel, l'Etive coule pendant environ 18 km, atteignant le loch marin, le Loch Etive. La rivière et ses affluents sont populaires auprès des kayakistes en eau vive et, en période de niveaux élevés de l'eau, c'est une descente classique de la région. À l'extrémité nord de Glen Etive se trouvent les deux montagnes connues sous le nom des « bergers d'Etive » : Buachaille Etive Mòr et Buachaille Etive Beag. Parmi les autres sommets accessibles depuis le glen figurent Ben Starav, situé près de la naissance du Loch Etive, et Beinn Fhionnlaidh sur le côté nord du glen. La beauté pittoresque du vallon a conduit à son inclusion dans la zone pittoresque nationale de Ben Nevis et Glen Coe, une de 40 zones de ce type en Écosse. Une route étroite depuis le Kings House Hotel descend le glen, desservant plusieurs maisons et fermes. Cette route se termine à la naissance du loch, bien que des pistes accidentées continuent le long des deux rives. La rivière Etive est l'une des voies de kayak en eau vive les plus populaires et les plus difficiles d'Écosse. Elle fournit une multitude de rapides de classe IV-5 avec une variété de chutes. Elle abrite un troupeau de cerfs rouges écossais qui se sont habitués à la présence des humains.

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Meall nan Eun (Munro)

Meall nan Eun (928.1 m) is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It is located east of Glen Etive in Argyll and Bute. A dome like mountain with a rounded top but steep sides, it has a summit plateau. Climbs usually start from Glen Etive and the peak is often climbed together with the nearby Munro Stob Coir'an Albannaich.
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Beinn Mhic Chasgaig

Beinn Mhic Chasgaig (864 m) is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It lies near the head of Glen Etive in Highland. A steep and craggy peak, it is surrounded by high Munros and provides a very steep and challenging climb to its summit. Climbs start from Glen Etive.
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Creise

Creise (Scottish Gaelic: A' Chrèise) is a mountain summit in the Black Mount range, in the Scottish Highlands. It overlooks the northern end of Glen Etive and its height is 1,100 metres (3,600 ft). Creise is one of four Munros in the Black Mount, along with Meall a' Bhuiridh, Stob Ghabhar and Stob a' Choire Odhair. The mountain is a long and flattish ridge, whose highest point was unnamed until 1981. It is popular with cross-country skiers, being near the White Corries ski area from where it is often climbed along with adjoining Meall a' Bhuiridh. The steep and craggy northern buttress, Sròn na Crèise, is well seen from the A82 road and the Kings House Hotel.
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Stob Ghabhar

Stob Ghabhar is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands, part of the Black Mount group. It is a Munro with a height of 1,089.2 metres (3,573 ft). Stob Ghabhar lies nine kilometres (5.6 mi) northwest of Bridge of Orchy and stands on the border of the Argyll and Highland council areas.
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Meall a' Bhùiridh

Meall a' Bhùiridh (IPA:[ˈmauɫ̪ˈaˈvuːɾʲɪʝ]) is a mountain on the edge of Rannoch Moor in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies near the top of Glen Coe and Glen Etive, overlooking the Kings House Hotel inn and the A82 road. The Glencoe Ski area is located on the northern slopes of the peak. Meall a' Bhùiridh is linked by a high bealach to the neighbouring peak of Creise, and the two hills are often climbed in conjunction, starting and finishing at the ski area carpark. The Clachlet Traverse is a 25 km north-to-south route linking the inn at Inveroran with the Kingshouse. Meall a' Bhùiridh is the final of four Munros crossed on this route, the others being (south to north) Stob a' Choire Odhair, Stob Ghabhar and Creise.