Steall Falls, Glen Nevis

An Steall Bàn is Scotland's second-highest waterfall — a 120m ribbon plunging into a hidden hanging meadow beyond the Nevis Gorge, with the shoulders of Ben Nevis and the Mamores crowding in. It's one of the country's great drone waterfalls: from the flat 'Steall meadows' you launch and rise alongside the fall to show its full height against the crag, then swing to reveal the wire bridge and the flat green plain framed by peaks. The gorge itself is dramatic from above too, the river thundering through a boulder-choked slot. Note the walk in from the upper Glen Nevis car park is a rough 30–40 minute path along the gorge — narrow, exposed in places — so pack light and mind your footing carrying kit. Wind here is fickle: the glen funnels and rotors spill off Ben Nevis, so the air near the fall can be turbulent even when the meadow feels calm. Spring snowmelt gives the biggest flow. There's no airport FRZ — Fort William has no airfield — and it's open access hill ground with full TOAL rights. Popular with walkers in summer; keep clear of the crowds at the bridge.