2017
NH3811 : Great Glen Way High Route bursts out of the Forest
taken 8 years ago, 3 km from Fort Augustus, Highland, Scotland

Great Glen Way High Route bursts out of the Forest
Walkers heading from Fort Augustus to Invermoriston on the High Route pass out of the woods beside the Allt na Criche at roughly the 270 metre contour.
The rewards for the effort are extensive views over moorland, and later up and down Loch Ness from on high.
The rewards for the effort are extensive views over moorland, and later up and down Loch Ness from on high.
Great Glen Way
Scotland's fourth waymarked National Long Distance Walking Route is 73 to 79 miles long (depending on route variation), and follows the Great Glen fault between Fort William and Inverness. First opened in 2002, more scenic route variations were added in 2014.
The Way is certainly pretty, well surfaced and waymarked, and interesting in terms of the canal history. But long stretches of the path are amongst coniferous forestry or by the side of the Caledonian Canal, and tend to be somewhat monotonous. Only the higher route alternatives give long views and a better sense of the Highlands.