The West Highland Way is Scotland's most popular long-distance walk, running 96 miles (155 km) from Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, through its first National Park, across the western Highlands to the foot of its highest mountain, Ben Nevis. This fifth edition of the popular rucksack-friendly guidebook includes the "extra mile" into Fort William and has been fully revised for 2020. It contains all you need to plan and enjoy one of the world's finest walks. It includes detailed route description; background on Loch Lomond, history and wildlife; detailed mapping of the entire route at 1:42,500; practical information about transport and travel; lavishly illustrated with 120 colour photos; and printed on rainproof paper.

Author Biography

Jacquetta Megarry is a professional author who turned publisher in 2000 when she created the Rucksack Reader format to meet the needs of long-distance walkers. The West Highland Way was her first long-distance walk and it remains her favourite among Scottish walks. She has completed it end-to-end several times and revisits parts of it repeatedly.