Ben Nevis seen from Sgurr a' Mhaim in the evening
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Accommodation
- Calluna
- This establishment runs three houses with rooms of bunks and twin beds housing 8 people each. Each house is self contained with all the kitchen and bathroom facilities. Drying room and laundry facilities are also available. Wireless internet access is available for free. Standard is pretty good, but internal walls are very thin so the noise travels too easily through each house.
- The Ben Nevis Inn Bunkhouse
- This bunkhouse lies right at the start of the main Ben nevis tourist path upto Ben Nevis. It's got 20 bunks and all facilities that you need. I found though that the kitchen facilities couldn't really cope with cooking for anymore than a group of 8 people at a time. The kitchen is also the main communal area and isn't really all that relaxing - you need to cope with a limited space for socialising and cooking. For the price charged, I've seen better facilities elsewhere.
- Glen Nevis Youth Hostel
- The standard is very good with well proportioned facilities for the number of people sleeping there. It does get busy, and that can be it's main drawback. During the quieter periods it's probably the best hostel in fort william to stay. Wireless internet is available, but this is expensive. Location wise, it's at the end of the west highland way, and the start of the Ben Nevis ascent, so it's perfect for travellers on foot.
Travel
Four Coaches a day from Glasgow and several also from Inverness with Scottish Citylink
Trains from Glasgow to Fort William
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Introduction
Fort William is surrounded to the east and west by wild, spectacular summits. While many don't lie in view from the town, don't be fooled by the low foothills shielding the great peaks.
Looking south from the Mamores towards Ben Lui on the Horizon East of Fort William lies a large concentration of 3000ft+ summits including Ben Nevis and the Mamore range. Popular as many of these peaks may be, they still provide an isolated wilderness for those who want it. All these peaks circle around Glen Nevis where the hills are easily accessible from the bottom of the glen but very remote near the Glen's watershed in the east. The range of peaks also includes the Ben Nevis ski centre on Aonach Mhor.
Corpach and it's Paper Mill emitting cloud over Loch Eil Along the north side of the Great Glen lies a range on the western shores of Loch Lochy. Some slopes rise steeply and unrelenting for three thousand feet up to the lofty grass ridges that characterise these peaks.
Loch Leven and the Glen Coe peaks from the Mamores The western side of Loch Linnhe lie the frontier hills to Ardgour. None of these hills lie above the 3000ft contour but have a fine collection of peaks and ridges to match in beauty to any of the larger munros that lie elsewhere.
Looking south to Ardgour, Loch Shiel and Moidart Glen Finnan has one of the finest views. The viaduct and the sight down Loch Shiel to the lonely & wild hills of Ardgour makes this village one of the more famous places in Scotland. Despite the spectacular summits, not a single peak south of Glen Finnan breaches the 3000ft barrier making it far less popular with the walkers.
Garbh Bheinn, Ardgour |
Fort William is one of only two towns of any considerable size in the western highlands and thus has a very large catchment area. Oban is the other town and no town exceeds their size anywhere else in the highlands. Because of the proximity of Ben Nevis and the fact that the town has all the facilities a hillwalker needs, it does get very popular on the hills.
Rois Bheinn, Moidart | 