Great Glen Way
121 km / 75 miles
Highlands
One of the original four officially designated Long Distance Routes in Scotland, and now one of the family of Scotland's Great Trails, links the west coast at Fort William, the end of the West Highland Way, with the east coast at Inverness via the Great Glen and Loch Ness. Use is made of forestry tracks, the towpath of the Caledonian Canal and various minor lanes and tracks with very little use made of the main A82.
The updated guide published in 2014 by Rucksack Readers includes two new more scenic route alternative sections to the original main route - Great Glen Way High Route that links from Fort Augustus at a higher level above Loch Ness to rejoin the main route above Alltsigh, and Great Glen Way Invergarry Link Route that traverses along Loch Oich on the western side between Laggan and Aberchalder passing close to Invergarry, while the main route keeps to the east of this Loch. Both variants are more scenic but more demanding and provide alternatives if forestry operations close the main route. They are also shown on the OutdoorHighlands website below. The mapping below shows them by selecting the Show Variants option.
Strider News - December 2017 (Publication Update)
A new Footprint Map is available, also for West Highland Way. See 'Other Paper Maps' below.
Strider News - August 2017 (Publication Update)
There is a new guide by Jim Manthorpe from Trailblazer Publications, listed below.
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Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
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Last Updated 14/07/2016 10:45:12 - Minor adjustments to route
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Last Updated 14/07/2016 10:45:12 - Minor adjustments to route
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Last Updated 14/07/2016 10:45:13 - Minor adjustments to route
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Route Profile:
2,753 m (9,032 ft) ascent
382 m (1,253 ft) maximum height
