West Highland Way
Scotland's best-loved long walk, 96 miles from Milngavie to Fort William by Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor and Glencoe.
The West Highland Way is Scotland's best-loved long-distance walk, 96 miles from Milngavie, on the northern edge of Glasgow, to Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis.
It begins in gentle farmland and woods, then follows the whole length of the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, past the falls at Inversnaid, before climbing into the Highlands.
Beyond Tyndrum it runs beneath the great cone of Beinn Dorain and out across the wide, empty expanse of Rannoch Moor, drops into Glencoe, and climbs the Devil's Staircase before descending to Kinlochleven and over the last hills to Glen Nevis and Fort William. It is walked in eight sections, and most people take between five and eight days, stopping at the inns and other places to stay along the way. Some 85,000 people walk part of it each year, and more than 30,000 walk the whole way.
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The Way runs 96 miles from Milngavie to Fort William in eight sections.
Most walkers take five to eight days.
- Length
- 96 miles, Milngavie to Fort William.
- Time
- Usually 5 to 8 days.
- Sections
- Eight.
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Beinn ChabhairThe rocky Munro above Inverarnan at the head of Loch Lomond, climbed past the waterfalls of the Ben Glas Burn.3 miles 4 min by road
Woven Sound, Falls of Falloch3 miles 4 min by road
Falls of FallochA waterfall in Glen Falloch with a pool called Rob Roy's Bathtub and a steel viewing platform by the artist John Kennedy.3 miles 4 min by road
Stob BinneinBen More's twin above Crianlarich, at 1,165 metres.3 miles 7 min by road
Ben More, CrianlarichThe pyramid above Crianlarich, 1,174 metres high, climbed up steep slopes from Benmore Farm.4 miles 6 min by road
Beinn DorainThe great cone that fills the view north of Tyndrum, a Munro climbed from Bridge of Orchy with Beinn an Dòthaidh.10 miles 12 min by road
Places to stay near the Way, and when each is next free.
Monachyle Mhor- To stay
- In Balquhidder
- 7 miles from the Way
Suie Hunting Lodge- To stay
- In Luib
- 7 miles from the Way
Kabn- Sleeps 2
- In Cairndow
- 16 miles from the Way
Red Squirrel Cottage- Sleeps 6
- In Lochgoilhead
- 19 miles from the Way
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