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The timber-clad Pinemarten cafe at the foot of Nevis Range, after rain.
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Nevis Range Mountain Resort

The only mountain gondola of its kind in Britain, fifteen minutes up Aonach Mòr to 650 metres, with viewpoint walks and a café.

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Nevis Range is a mountain resort at Torlundy, seven miles north of Fort William, and home to the only mountain gondola of its kind in Britain.

Eighty six-seat cabins climb the north face of Aonach Mòr, the eighth-highest mountain in the UK, from 100 metres to the top station at 650 metres, a ride of about fifteen minutes each way.

At the top, two signposted viewpoint walks, to Sgurr Finnisg-aig and Meall Beag, look out across the Great Glen and Loch Linnhe, with Ben Nevis behind, and the Snowgoose Café serves hot food, coffee and cake beside them. The gondola was built for skiers and still carries them when there is snow. Through the year it also takes walkers, climbers and paragliders up the hill, and dogs ride free. It runs daily, weather allowing, and the mountain report on the resort's site shows the day's conditions.

Before you go

The gondola runs daily, weather allowing, and the mountain report on the resort's site shows the day's conditions before you set out.

Where
Torlundy, seven miles north of Fort William, PH33 6SQ. Type Nevis Range Mountain Resort into a sat nav, as the postcode alone is not exact.
Open
The gondola runs daily: first up 9.30am, last up 3.45pm, last down 4pm in the early winter season, with times changing through the year in line with the light. It can close without notice in weather: check the mountain report on the resort's site or call 01397 705 825.
Price
Gondola day pass, 2026: adult £28.95, junior (5 to 17) £14.95, under 26 or 65 and over £22.95; family tickets from £51.95 (one adult and two children) and £62.95 (two adults and two children). Two-day and three-day passes are sold too. Prices as listed on the resort's site, read 21 October 2026.
Booking
Tickets are sold online and on site; the resort's ticket page asks you to buy online.
Parking
A car park at the base station, paid for online (until 4pm the day before) or at the ticket machines on site, with 15 minutes free for drop-off and pick-up. Free for Blue Badge holders.
Dogs
Dogs ride the gondola free and are welcome in the cafés and on the viewpoint walks, on a lead at all times.
Getting there
Shiel Buses route 41 from Fort William bus station stops at Nevis Range, Monday to Saturday on the operator's timetable page; the resort recommends it from Fort William. Fort William station is about seven miles away.
Access
The gondola takes wheelchairs up to 60cm wide by a ramp. There are designated disabled parking spaces near the base station and accessible toilets. Disabled Badge holders get 25% off a gondola ticket and carers go free. The two viewpoint walks from the top station are signposted mountain trails.
Food
The Snowgoose Café at the top station opens with the gondola and stops serving 15 minutes before the last one down. The Trails End Café & Bar at the base is open 8am to 10pm every day.

Opening hours

Monday
9.30am–4pm
Tuesday
9.30am–4pm
Wednesday
9.30am–4pm
Thursday
9.30am–4pm
Friday
9.30am–4pm
Saturday
9.30am–4pm
Sunday
9.30am–4pm

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Two Nevis Range gondola cars passing above the forest in low cloud.
Did you know

The only gondola of its kind in Britain.

It climbs the north face of Aonach Mor, the eighth highest mountain in the UK, from 100 metres to the top station at 650.

The Nevis Range gondola line crossing above birch and pine.
Did you know

Eighty cabins on one cable.

Each cabin seats six, and they run on a continuous steel cable 4.6 kilometres long. The ride takes about fifteen minutes each way.

The Nevis Range and Nevis Cycles signs beside a piste map on the base building.
Did you know

It was built for skiers.

The gondola was put in to carry skiers and snowboarders up the mountain. It is now a year-round visitor attraction, and still reaches the snowsports area when conditions allow.

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From our guide to Lochaber

Seven miles from Fort William, on the slopes of Aonach Mòr, a mountain gondola lifts you from the glen to 650 metres in about fifteen minutes, with the views over Lochaber opening out the whole way up. At the top there are two short viewpoint walks and the Snowgoose Café for something warm. Mountain bikers come for the trails and the downhill World Cup track, and there's bike hire at the base. In winter, when the snow comes, the gondola carries skiers and snowboarders to the slopes. It's a fine way to get high without the climb.

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Where it is

Nevis Range Mountain Resort, Torlundy, seven miles north of Fort William, PH33 6SQ; type the name into a sat nav, as the postcode alone is not exact.

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