What is the best guidebook for West Highland Way?
What is the best guidebook for West Highland Way?
Trailblazer West Highland Wayby Charlie Loam and Joel Newton Very useful for planning your trip will be the Trailblazer’s West Highland Way guide. These books contain extensive, and regularly re-published, guides to accommodation and facilities on, and near, the trail.
Is West Highland Way difficult?
The West Highland Way hike is a moderate to difficult trail. It starts out with fairly easy, flat sections and becomes more difficult as you journey into the Highlands. The total elevation isn’t very high so you don’t have to be an experienced mountaineer or climber to successfully do the trail.
Can you do the West Highland Way on your own?
Can I do the West Highland Way on my own? Yes! For some people it offers great solitude to undertake the trek on your own, but undoubtedly you will make new friends too by the time you reach Fort William. Most people tend to split the route up into similar sections so you often meet the same people each day.
What is the best time of year to walk the West Highland Way?
May is the lowest rainfall month in Scotland and perfect for walking – so it can feel like half the world has decided to walk the West Highland Way. Generally, May is the busiest month for walking, making accommodation very hard to find.
How fit do you need to be to walk the West Highland Way?
People take on average from five to 10 days (that’s an average of 19 miles or 9.5 miles each day). You need to be able to walk a little further than your longest day before you set out on your WHW multi-day trip.
How many days does it take to do the West Highland Way?
6-8 days
The West Highland Way is generally completed over 6-8 days: depending on fitness levels, time available, and accommodation vacancies. There are a couple of options open to you if you only have 1-2 days and want to do a part of the West Highland Way.
What is the hardest section of the West Highland Way?
The first part is arguably the most difficult stretch of the West Highland Way from Rowardennan to Crianlarich. The terrain underfoot on this section presents the greatest walking challenge on the route and the 6-day walk means that rather than walking to Inverarnan you are carrying on the extra 7 miles to Crianlarich.
How fit do you have to be to walk the West Highland Way?
Is the West Highland Way worth it?
The West Highland Way is a serious trail so it’s good to have experience hiking long days on rocky terrain and in bad weather. You can walk the West Highland Way between 5 to 10 days, with most folks taking 7 days to complete it.
Can you do the West Highland Way with no training?
Training for the West Highland Way You must build your fitness up for the West Highland Way given that every day is a demanding hiking day. You’ll enjoy hiking the walk more if you’ve worked to get your fitness up.
Is West Highland Way signposted?
The West Highland Way is well signposted, but every so often you come to an intersection and it’s not entirely clear which way to go and it was a really helpful tool for making sure we were on the right track.
Can a dog walk the West Highland Way?
Not all multi day treks are dog friendly. I would say the West Highland Way is, but only if you have a dog that is very fit, used to long mountain walks and enjoys being in a bustling atmosphere. There were a few dogs completing the trip whilst we were walking.
