Route Overview

The West Highland Highway is a 176km route roughly tracing the West Highland Railway line from Fort William to Arrochar near Loch Lomond.  It takes a high level line requiring 13,500 m of ascent and incorporates 24 Munros and several other hills.  The route was first completed in May 2022 over a period of 6 days including train travel to and from my home in the Lake District. I slept in my tent on all but one of the nights, but I've divided the route into 6 sections as below. This allows the route to be completed using bothies, hostels and bunkhouses, although a tent gives far more flexibility and is to be recommended as accommodations is extremely limited.

A description and details of each day can be viewed by following the links below. The route is also available on OSMaps.  A GPX file can be downloaded here.https://explore.osmaps.com/route/12289575/west-highland-highway?lat=56.304701&lon=-4.755782&zoom=11.6644&overlays=&style=Leisure&type=2d&placesCategory=https://explore.osmaps.com/route/12289575/west-highland-highway?lat=56.304701&lon=-4.755782&zoom=11.6644&overlays=&style=Leisure&type=2d&placesCategory=https://explore.osmaps.com/route/12289575/west-highland-highway?lat=56.304701&lon=-4.755782&zoom=11.6644&overlays=&style=Leisure&type=2d&placesCategory=https://explore.osmaps.com/route/12289575/west-highland-highway?lat=56.304701&lon=-4.755782&zoom=11.6644&overlays=&style=Leisure&type=2d&placesCategory=


Day 1 - Fort William to Lairig Leacach Bothy, 26.2 km, 2880m ascent

Day 2 - Lairig Leacach Bothy to Loch Ossian Youth Hostel, 25.0 km, 1780m ascent

Day 3 - Loch Ossian Youth Hostel to Gorton Bothy, 34,0 km, 1070m ascent

Day 4 - Gorton Bothy to Crianlarich, 36.9 km, 2980m ascent

Day 5 - Crianlarich to Inverarnan, 20.3 km, 1990m ascent

Day 6 - Inverarnan to Arrochar & Tarbet, 28.1 km, 2880m ascent

 



 

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