Not the West Highland Way: A Mountain High Way - Mountain alternatives and backpacking ideas to link with the West Highland Way (Turnbull Ronald)(Paperback / softback)

Experience the West Highland Way as you’ve never seen it before. Not the West Highland Way: A Mountain High Way explores a series of alternative day walks, mountain routes and multi-day options that run alongside, above and beyond Scotland’s most popular long-distance trail. From Milngavie to Fort William, these routes swap busy paths and low-level tracks for high ridges, classic peaks and sweeping Highland views, offering a wilder, more challenging way to engage with this iconic landscape. Designed for walkers who want to go beyond the standard 96-mile route, this guidebook shows how to build tougher, more adventurous itineraries using high-level detours, standalone mountain days or linked multi-day routes. It’s ideal for experienced hillwalkers, return visitors to the West Highland Way, or anyone looking to combine iconic scenery with greater challenge and solitude. The guidebook includes 14 alternative mountain variants and side loops, ranging from roughly 10–29km with ascents from around 650–1600m, giving you options for single high-level days above almost every stage of the standard West Highland WayTwo beginner-friendly two-day backpacking trips are also described, offering a gentle introduction to wild camping and hut nights while staying close to the security and facilities of the main trailThree extended multi-day adventures go beyond the West Highland
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