Great Glen Way Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Long distance trail in Scotland
About Great Glen Way
The Great Glen is a fault line that slashes diagonally across Highland Scotland. Glaciers carved the fault into a valley which was flooded by three long lakes (Loch Lochy, Oich and Ness), linked in the 19th century by a coast-to-coast canal. It's always been a natural transport route. Beyond the mainland, the fault stretches undersea north to Shetland and southwest through Donegal. The Great Glen Way, designated as a way-marked long distance trail in 2002, traverses the glen. That means it is at no great altitude and seldom far from the main road, with bail-out options. A suggested itinerary is to walk it over six days, or by mountain bike in two or three. The recommended direction is from Fort William northeast to Inverness, to have the sun and weather at your back. This gives you firm le
Great Glen Way Travel Guide Sections
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