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A keen outdoorsman, Jim Manthorpe works as a ranger in Knoydart, one of the most remote regions of Scotland.
| Introduction | |
| Planning Your Walk | |
| Practical information for the hillwalker (Accommodation, Food, Drink, Money, Services, Access, Walking companies) | |
| When to go (Seasons, Temperature, Rainfall, Daylight hours, Annual events, festivals and highland games) | |
| What to take (The pack on your back, Footwear, Clothes, Toiletries, First-aid kit, General items, Sleeping kit, Camping gear, Bivvy gear, Maps, Recommended reading) | |
| Getting to the Highlands, Getting around the Highlands | |
| Minimum Impact Walking | |
| Environmental impact, Economic impact, Mountain ethics, Conservation (Scottish National Heritage, National Parks, Other protected areas) | |
| The Highlands | |
| Facts about the Highlands (Geography, Geology, History, Language) | |
| Fauna and flora (Mammals, Birds, Trees, Flowers and plants, Lichens) | |
| Route Guides & Maps | |
| Using this guide, Map keys | |
| Loch Lomond & Southern Highlands | |
| The mountains: (Ben Ledi 879m, The Cobbler 884m, Ben Lomond 974m, Ben Vorlich 943m, Ben More 1174m & Stob Binnein 1165m, Beinn Dorain 1076m & Beinn an Dothaidh 1004m, Stob a' Choire Odhair 945m & Stob Ghabhar 1090m) | |
| Towns and villages: (Callander, Arrochar, Inverbeg, Rowardennan, Ardlui, Inverarnan, Crianlarich, Tyndrum, Bridge of Orchy) | |
| Glen Coe & Glen Nevis | |
| The mountains: (Buachaille Etive Mor (Stob Dearg 1021m & Stob na Broige 956m) | |
| Aonach Eagach (Meall Dearg 953m & Sgorr nam Fiannaidh 967m) | |
| Stob Coire Sgreamhach 1072m | |
| Bidean nam Bian 1150m & Stob Coire nan Lochan 1115m | |
| Ballachulish Horseshoe (Sgorr Dhearg 1024m & Sgorr Dhonuill 1001m) | |
| Stob Ban 999m & Mullach nan Coirean 939m | |
| Carn Mor Dearg 1220m & Ben Nevis 1344m) | |
| Towns and villages: (Kingshouse, Glen Coe, Glencoe Village, Ballachulish, Glen Nevis, Fort William) | |
| Central Highlands | |
| The mountains: (Beinn Ghlas 1103m & Ben Lawers 1214m | |
| Schiehallion 1083m | |
| Sgor Iutharn 1028m | |
| Geal Charn 1132m & Carn Dearg 1034m | |
| Ben Alder 1148m & Beinn Bheoil 1019m | |
| Creag Dhubh 757m | |
| Creag Meagaidh 1128m | |
| Stob Coire Easain 1115m & Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin 1105m) | |
| Towns and villages: (Killin, Dalwhinnie, Laggan, Tulloch, Roybridge, Corrour) | |
| The Cairngorms & Eastern Highlands | |
| The mountains: Ben Vrackie 841m | |
| Mayar 928m & Driesh 947m | |
| Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach 1110m & Lochnagar 1155m | |
| Derry Cairngorm 1155m | |
| Ben Macdui 1309m & Carn a' Mhaim 1037m | |
| Braeriach 1296m | |
| Sgor an Lochain Uaine 1258m | |
| Cairn Toul 1291m & The Devil's Point 1004m | |
| Cairn Gorm 1244m | |
| Meall a'Bhuachaille 810m) | |
| Towns and villages: (Pitlochry, Clova, Braemar, Aviemore, Glenmore) | |
| Sunart To Knoydart | |
| The mountains: (Beinn Resipol 845m, Sgurr Ghiubhsachain 849m & Sgorr Craobh a' Chaorainn 775m, Sgurr nan Coireachan 956m & Sgurr Thuilm 963m (The Corryhully Horsehoe), Beinn Bhuidhe (Knoydart) 855m, Ladhar Bheinn 1020m, Sgurr a' Mhaoraich 1027m) | |
| Towns and villages: (Strontian, Glenfinnan, Mallaig, Inverie, Tomdoun, Barisdale) | |
| Glen Shiel To Torridon & Fisherfield | |
| The mountains: (Beinn Sgritheall 974m | |
| The Saddle 1010m & Sgurr na Sgine 946m | |
| Sgurr na Lapaich 1036m | |
| Mam Sodhail 1181m & Carn Eige 1183m | |
| Beinn Damh 902m | |
| Beinn Alligin (Tom na Gruagaich 922m & Sgurr Mhor 986m) | |
| Beinn Eighe (Spidean Coire nan Clach 993m & Ruadh-stac Mor 1010m) | |
| Beinn an Eoin 855m | |
| A' Mhaigdean 967m & Ruadh Stac Mor 918m | |
| An Teallach (Bidean a' Ghlas Thuill 1062m & Sgurr Fiona 1060m) | |
| Towns and villages: (Glenelg, Glen Shiel & Shiel Bridge, Tomich, Torridon, Kinlochewe, Talladale, Poolewe, Gairloch, Dundonnell) | |
| The Far North | |
| The mountains: (Stac Pollaidh 613m | |
| Suilven (Caisteal Liath 731m) | |
| Quinaig (Spidean Coinich 764m, Sail) | |
| Towns and villages: (Ullapool, Lochinver, Kylesku, Scourie, Durness, Tongue) | |
| The Islands | |
| The mountains: Arran (Goatfell 874m) | |
| Mull (Beinn Talaidh 762m) | |
| Rum (Ainshval 781m & Askival 812m) Skye (Bla Bheinn 928m; Sgurr nan Gillean 964m; Glamaig 775m; The Storr 719m) | |
| South Uist (Beinn Mhor 620m | |
| Ben Corodale 527m & Hecla 606m) | |
| Harris (Ceapabhal 365m; Clisham 799m) | |
| Lewis (Suaineabhal 429m) Towns and villages: Arran (Brodick) | |
| Oban (for Mull)Mull (Craignure) | |
| Rum (Kinloch) | |
| Skye (Broadford; Torrin; Sligachan; Portree; Uig) South Uist (Tobha Mor) | |
| Harris (An T-Ob | |
| An Taobh Tuath; Tarbert; Ardhasaig) | |
| Lewis (Timsgearraidh) The Big Treks The Great Traverse | |
| Corrour to Glen Nevis (via The Grey Corries, The Aonachs, Carn Mor Dearg & Ben Nevis) | |
| 2-3 days; Cairngorms | |
| Aviemore to Linn of Dee | |
| 2 days; Knoydart | |
| Kinlochhourn to Inverie | |
| 2 days; Fisherfield | |
| Poolewe to Dundonnell | |
| 2-3 days | |
| Appendix: | |
| Mountain safety | |
| Gaelic | |
| Glossary | |
| Mountain photography | |
| Index | |
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Introduction
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountain is going home; that wildness is a necessity
John Muir,Wild Wool,1875
The Highland region of Scotland is rightly considered to contain some of the most breathtaking landscapes in Europe. It is the largest upland area in the British Isles and, despite the modest height of the hills when compared to other European ranges, is home to some incredibly diverse mountain architecture from the high sub-Arctic plateau and deep corries of the Cairngorms to the knife-edged ridges of the Skye Cuillin. Add to this the tumbling burns and rivers, ancient Caledonian pine forests and the magnificent islands and sea lochs (fjords) along the West Coast and you have a picture of what the Highlands have to offer.
It is perfectly possible to spend a lifetime walking these hills and many people do. Recreation in the mountains has become increasingly popular over the past ten to twenty years leading to the formation of a number of official long-distance paths, notably the West Highland Way and Great Glen Way. But to appreciate fully this diverse mountain region, the history, the wildlife and the ever changing light there can be no better way than to don a pair of walking boots and climb to the tops.
A hugely popular activity among British hillwalkers is to ‘bag’ the munros (see box opposite), the 284 Scottish summits of 3000ft or more. To limit oneself to these mountains alone, however, is to miss out on some of the most beautiful peaks that Scotland has to offer.
Despite the popularity of the Highlands, it is still possible to walk for days in the mountains without seeing another soul, making this the premier mountain region in the UK when compared to the English Lake District or Welsh Snowdonia, which are altogether busier and much smaller in area.
The Scottish hills are certainly wild in character but they are far from untouched. Man has, over the centuries, upset the balance of nature in this fragile environment. The most notable change to the landscape has come through the loss of the ancient Caledonian pine forest that once filled many of the glens. Today around 1% of this woodland remains in vulnerable fragments. Efforts are being made to encourage natural regeneration but this is hampered by the grazing activities of the red deer that roam the hillsides. Their population has exploded following the eradication of the wolf by man around 300 years ago. The high peaks and ridges above the treeline, however, have changed little or not at all since the last Ice Age, some 10,000 years ago. A walk up there is the closest you can get in the British Isles to finding what some might call true wilderness.
The great wonder of the Highlands is how the mountains change in character over such a short distance. The tamest hills are in the south around beautiful Loch Lomond which spills out into the Lowlands. In the east, the massive high-altitude Cairngorm plateau cut with deep corries is home to arctic wildlife and semi-permanent snowfields, a marked contrast to the west coast which is a land of narrow ridges, pyramidal peaks and fjords. Even further west, the Isle of Skye offers the most challenging and vicious-looking peaks in Britain in the shape of the Cuillin Hills, while the Outer Hebrides contain much smaller, rounded hills that look down on deserted white-sand beaches. Finally, in the far north, there is some of the remotest and wildest country, inselberg peaks rising as lonely sentinels from a vast lochan-studded floor.
The tops of many of these hills are relatively easy to attain while others require a certain level of ability, expertise and in some cases climbing experience. This book offers a selection of some of the best hill walks from each region of the Highlands. Some are straightforward walks of just a few hours while others are much longer and may involve a spot of scrambling or extra reserves of energy and fitness. The hills chosen for this book have been selected not just for their aesthetic quality but also to cover different levels of difficulty so that anyone with at least a little hillwalking experience will find some walks within these pages to suit their ability. Additionally, as anyone who enjoys the mountains should have an innate regard for the natural environment, most of the hills in this book are easily accessible by public transport, so you can leave your four wheels at home!
Excerpted from Scottish Highlands - the Hillwalking Guide, 2nd: 60 day-walks with accommodation Guide by Jim Manthorpe
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