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The West Highland Way (Scottish Gaelic: Slighe Taobh an Iar na Gàidhealtachd) is a linear long-distance route in Scotland. It is 154 km (96 miles) long, running from Milngavie north of Glasgow to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands , with an element of hill walking in the route. [ 3 ]
This is a route-map template for the West Highland Way, a trail in Scotland, the United Kingdom.. For a key to symbols, see {{trails legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
For much of the way it passes through the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. West Highland Way: 96 154: Scottish Lowlands to the Scottish Highlands: Milngavie, near Glasgow: Fort William, Highlands: Scotland's first and most popular long-distance walking route. [28] West Island Way: 30 48: Isle of Bute: Kilchattan Bay: Port Bannatyne
This is reason enough to avoid the summer months. The trail’s popularity is soaring, and it now attracts around 120,000 hikers annually. Around 36,000 of these walk the whole route – the vast ...
The trail starts in Kirk Yetholm, at the end of the Pennine Way. [1] The route combines sections of other well known long distance walking routes including St Cuthbert's Way , the Southern Upland Way , the Forth and Clyde Canal Pathway , the West Highland Way , the Rob Roy Way and the Cape Wrath Trail .
It is a sharp little summit which is on the Highland Boundary Fault. There was a tiny cairn at the top (361 m or 1,184 ft); as of February 2019 there is only a scattering of stones to mark the "true" summit. [1] Most visitors also stop on a sub-summit at 358 m (1,175 ft). [3]
The East Highland Way (EHW) route begins in Fort William where it engages with both the West Highland Way and the Great Glen Way. On leaving Fort William the route follows the old Ben Nevis access track past the aluminium works and Ben Nevis distillery continuing through broadleaf forests on the lower northern slopes of Carn Beag Dearg.
West Highland Way, opened in 1980; Speyside Way, opened in 1981; Southern Upland Way, opened in 1984; Great Glen Way, opened in 2002; Following the passage of the Land Reform Act (Scotland) 2003, the public has a right to responsible access to most land in Scotland, in accordance with the Scottish Outdoor Access Code. Access rights for new ...