The line is OpenStreetMap's mapping of the route (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), via Waymarked Trails, with heights from a 30 m terrain model. Check the current official route before a long trip: diversions and permitted paths change. See the source.
Stages
A suggested split into 8 days of about 19.1 km (11.8 mi). Each day ends at the town or village on the way nearest to an equal share of the distance, or at a hotel or hostel where there is none. These are not the official stages: check where you can stay before you book.
- Day 1 Milngavie to Drymen 19.2 km · 19.2 km from the start
- Day 2 Drymen to Rowardennan 23 km · 43 km from the start
- Day 3 Rowardennan to Inverarnan 22 km · 65 km from the start
- Day 4 Inverarnan to Tyndrum 19.3 km · 84 km from the start
- Day 5 Tyndrum to Inveroran 14.3 km · 98 km from the start
- Day 6 Inveroran to Kingshouse Hotel 15.6 km · 114 km from the start
- Day 7 Kingshouse Hotel to Kinlochleven 14.2 km · 128 km from the start
- Day 8 Kinlochleven to Fort William 25 km · 152 km from the start
Summits on the way
- Blair's Hill · 6.2 km from the start
- Dumgoyach · 8.4 km from the start
- Conic Hill 361 m · 28 km from the start
- Tom nan Oisgin (Oisgean) 187 m · 29 km from the start
- Cnoc Buidhe · 35 km from the start
- Tom Beithe · 44 km from the start
- Kirk Craig 381 m · 75 km from the start
- Mam Carraigh 361 m · 97 km from the start
Tops within 300 m of the line. Lists from the Database of British and Irish Hills; other summits from OpenStreetMap.
Start and finish
Start: near Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire. 55.94141, -4.31784
Finish: near Fort William, Highland. 56.81639, -5.11416
Places to stay
Rooms in the towns and villages along the way:
- Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire · The start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Drymen, Stirling · After day 1 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Rowardennan, Stirling · After day 2 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Inverarnan, Stirling · After day 3 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Tyndrum, Stirling · After day 4 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Inveroran, Argyll and Bute · After day 5 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Kingshouse Hotel · After day 6 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Kinlochleven, Highland · After day 7 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Fort William, Highland · The finish Booking.com → Expedia →
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line comes from the source named under the map and the heights from a terrain model, so treat the figures as a guide. Check for diversions before you go, take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
