Scottish Highlands: The Hillwalking Guide

The Scottish Highlands is the most popular hiking region in Scotland and the most spectacular mountainous area of the British Isles. This is the Scotland of the imagination: misty glens and dark lochs, windswept moors, and crumbling castles.

This guide covers getting to the Scottish Highlands--from North America and other parts of Europe and features places to stay and places to eat for all budgets. It contains eighty trail maps that include walking times, directions, places to stay, and points of interest. These maps are fully-edited maps drawn specifically for trail users.

There are eighty-one day-hikes in the following areas:
>Loch Lomond, the Trossachs and Southern Highlands
>Glen Coe and Ben Nevis
>Central Highlands
>Cairngorms and Eastern Highlands
>Western Highlands
>North-West Highlands
>The Far North
>The Islands

The multi-day expeditions in the hills include the following:
>Knoydart: Kinlochhourn to Inverie--two to three days
>Cairngorms: Aviemore to Braemar--two to three days
>Fisherfield: Kinlochewe to Dundonnel--three to four days
>Lochaber: The Grey Corries and Ben Nevis traverse--two to three days
>Ben Alder Forest: Rannoch to Dalwhinnie--two to three days