Not the West Highland Way

Introduction

The High Road and the Low

When to go

Safety in the mountains

Maps

How to use this book

A Winter Not the West Highland Way

Part 1 The High Road and the Low

Milngavie to Drymen

1 Hill Option: the Campsie Fells

Drymen to Rowardennan



Rowardennan to Inversnaid

2 Rowardennan Outing: Ben Lomond

3 Hill Crossing: Ben Lomond to Inversnaid

Inversnaid to Inverarnan

4 Hill Crossing: Beinn a' Choin

5 Inverarnan Outing: Beinn Chabhair

Inverarnan to Tyndrum

6 Hill Crossing: Ben Lui

7 Crianlarich Outing: An Caisteal and Beinn a' Chroin

Tyndrum to Inveroran

8 Hill Crossing: the Back of Beinn Dorain

9 Inveroran Outing: Ben Inverveigh and Meall Tairbh

Inveroran to Kings House

10 Hill Crossing: Black Mount

Kings House to Kinlochleven

11 Hill Crossing: Beinn a' Chrulaiste and the Blackwater

Kinlochleven to Fort William

12 Hill Crossing: Mamores

13 Hill Crossing: More Mamores

14 Fort William Outing: Ben Nevis by the CMD Ar&##xea;te

Part 2 Beginnerish Backpacking

The excitement is in tents

Midges are unpleasant

May is the month

Shoulder-strengthening short trips

The off-route food-fetching formula

Stuff, stuffsacks, and throwing it all away

15 A mostly gentle two-day: the Back of Ben Nevis

16 A wilder two-day: Taynuilt to Bridge of Orchy

Part 3 Away from the Way

17 Dumbarton Start

18 Wrong side of the Loch: the Arrochar Alps

19 The Etive Trek

20 Blackwater and the Lairig Leacach

21 Routes of Rannoch

Part 4 Roads to the Deep North

22 Corrour to Dalwhinnie

23 Fort William to Inverie

24 Spean Bridge to Cluanie and even Cape Wrath

Appendix 1: Access

Appendix 2: Useful information

Appendix 3: Further reading