Great Glen Way (From Inverness) 3/3
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 33.31 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,184 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,325 ft
- Max elevation
- 321 ft
- TrailRank
- 34
- Min elevation
- 24 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 5 hours 37 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3933
- Uploaded
- May 18, 2014
- Recorded
- May 2014
near Fort Augustus, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Itinerary description
The Great Glen Way stretches for 117km from coast to coast across the Highlands, linking the main centres of Fort William and the regional capital of Inverness. The route follows the major natural faultline of the Great Glen which divides Scotland from coast to coast. The route keeps to low levels and offers a good introduction to the Highlands and to long distance walking. It runs along the complete lengths of Loch Linnhe, Loch Oich and the forests above Loch Ness, as well as along the towpath of the Caledonian Canal, an engineering marvel built by Thomas Telford that links these lochs and creates a through route from the western seaboard to the Moray Firth.
The ends of the route are easily reached by public transport. Both Fort William and Inverness have good long distance bus connections as well as railway stations.
There is a Citylink bus service that runs along the length of the Great Glen, linking the ends of the route. This passes the start/end points of each of the stages, with the exception of Gairlochy. Gairlochy has no public transport and is around 4km from the bus routes along the A82.
Full timetables for the routes can be found on Traveline Scotland.
The ends of the route are easily reached by public transport. Both Fort William and Inverness have good long distance bus connections as well as railway stations.
There is a Citylink bus service that runs along the length of the Great Glen, linking the ends of the route. This passes the start/end points of each of the stages, with the exception of Gairlochy. Gairlochy has no public transport and is around 4km from the bus routes along the A82.
Full timetables for the routes can be found on Traveline Scotland.
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Hola!! estoy interesado en seguir esta ruta para mi próximo viaje a Escocia y evitar asi la carretera. Es 100% ciclable. estoy interesado en hacer los tramos 2 y 3. He visto que en el 2 empleasteis mucho tiempo. Se debe a que fuisteis tranquilos o a que se hace dificil con alforjas? Gracias y enhorabuena...
Lo suyo en mi opinión es hacerlo en 3 etapas porque merece la pena quedarse a dormir donde marca mi ruta.
Se tarda porqie hay mucho que ver, el paisaje es "brutal" la ruta es 100% ciclable y no tocas la carretera prácticamente, es muy segura.
Es para hacerla todos los años por lo bonito de los pueblos y los paisajes.
Suerte!
Yo necesariamente cubrire lso dos tramos en una etapa. Ves factible hacerlo con ruedas de ciclocros? Gracias
Una pena hacer dos en una ya lo verás.... Sobre las ruedas ten en cuenta que aunque los caminos están compactados y muy muy cuidados no olvides que llueve casi a diario muchas horas y te puedes encontrar con tramos embarrados. Pero eso lo decides tú claro