Great Glen Way

The Great Glen Way, stretches 79 miles (127km) coast to coast across the Scottish Highlands from Fort William on the Atlantic west coast to Inverness on the North Sea. It is one of Scotland’s official Great Trails following the geological fault of the Great Glen.

The trail includes some of Scotland’s most breath-taking scenery. Starting from the Old Fort in Fort William in the shadow of Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis it runs alongside Loch Linnhe and then follows the towpath of Thomas Telford’s historic Caledonian Canal through Neptune’s staircase and on towards Loch Lochy and then Loch Oich. From here it partly follows the route of the dismantled Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway before returning to the canal towpath to Fort Augustus. The route then climbs up through the forest above the shores of Loch Ness and onto the open hillside (there is a low route option). The route continues along the hillside next to Loch Ness climbing down into Invermoriston before rising again towards Drumnadrochit and providing fantastic views of Loch Ness from this high route – again, a lower route is available. The final stretch out of the village of Drumnadrochit involves a significant climb up to Abriachan before a gradual descent down to Inverness with magnificent views of the Highlands and then follows the later section of the Caledonian Canal before ending at Inverness Castle.

If you choose to break this section into 2 stages – Day 1 -Transfer from your Drumnadrochit accommodation to Abriachan and walk back to Drumnadrochit.