Trail · Opened 1980
West Highland Way
Milngavie to Fort William
Scotland's original long-distance path: lochs, the Devil's Staircase, and the shadow of Ben Nevis.
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Still at Milngavie
The road to Drymen is 12 miles. An obelisk at the edge of Glasgow. The way is north.
The road
Milngavie
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An obelisk at the edge of Glasgow. The way is north.
Drymen
12 mi
The last easy village before Conic Hill and the Highland Boundary Fault.
Balmaha
19 mi
Loch Lomond opens. Islands scatter like stepping stones.
Rowardennan
27 mi
The foot of Ben Lomond. The lochside path grows roots and rock.
Inverarnan
41 mi
The Drovers Inn country. The loch is behind you.
Tyndrum
53 mi
A meeting of glens and the West Highland railway.
Kings House
72 mi
Rannoch Moor, empty and bright. Buachaille Etive Mòr on the skyline.
Kinlochleven
81 mi
Down the Devil's Staircase into a slate town at the head of the loch.
Fort William
96 mi
Glen Nevis. Ben Nevis stands over the finish.
West Highland Way Management Group, 96 miles