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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Drumnadrochit and Inverness.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Drumnadrochit and Inverness.
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Reviews - 3
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (3)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Drumnadrochit
Grid Ref
NH5080029910
Lat / Lon
57.33521° / -4.48027°
Easting / Northing
250,800E / 829,910N
What3Words
topped.undivided.clip
Inverness
Grid Ref
NH6675345426
Lat / Lon
57.47942° / -4.22392°
Easting / Northing
266,753E / 845,426N
What3Words
pill.tennis.frames
Druinv One's land is
| Drumnadrochit | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NH5080029910 |
| Lat / Lon | 57.33521° / -4.48027° |
| Easting / Northing | 250,800E / 829,910N |
| What3Words | topped.undivided.clip |
| Inverness | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NH6675345426 |
| Lat / Lon | 57.47942° / -4.22392° |
| Easting / Northing | 266,753E / 845,426N |
| What3Words | pill.tennis.frames |
| Moors | 14.2% |
| Natural grass | 3.6% |
| Pasture | 15.2% |
| Urban | 16.6% |
| Woods | 50.4% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Pilea
16 Apr 2024I walked this route has part of a hike along the Great Glen Way. We started in Inverness and finished in Fort William. Loved this leg.
Danravenellison
16 Apr 2024This is mostly a great route. We walked it from Inverness towards Drumnadrochit. It's very easy to follow, but as has already been said there is an unpleasant section along the A82 at the Drumnadrochit end, including a small stretch of walking on the verge beside the busy A Road. That's a shame as the rest of the route was such a pleasure.
There are some great views.
*Longer review and some photos to follow.
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Paul Chilcott
30 May 2022May 2022. A long, but lovely walk taking in a variety of landscapes along the way, mainly following the Great Glen Way.
The walk out of Drumnadrochit is not pleasant - along the very busy A82 road, but it`s only for a mile and a half, where it turns off and heads up through some fields, where there are some great views over Loch Ness and the Urquhart Castle. The path then enters the forestry plantations, where there are only occasional views of Loch Ness (Photo 2). It`s a long climb up the footpath through the forestry, where it eventually meets a stony track and the incline reduces a little. Eventually it emerges onto the open moor (Photo 3), before finding more forest as it leads into Abriachan.
Leaving the Abriachan forest behind, the path follows the minor Inverness road for a few miles through the open moorland (Photo 4). The path then veers away from the lane and back into the forestry plantations. There is a wide variety of trees here, not just the usual monoculture, including some scots pine forests (Photo 5) and broadleaved trees. The path follows a variety of tracks through these forests (Photo 6), before emerging on the hills above Inverness (Photo 7).
This would have been a 5-star review, but for the final descent into Inverness. The path follows a route which leads through what looks like a new town type area of the city, which could be anywhere in the UK. The roads are also very busy along parts of the route. A better route would be to follow the Great Glen Way all the way into the city along section of the Caledonian Canal, Ness Island and along the River Ness
Photo 1 - Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle
Photo 2 - View across Loch Ness
Photo 3 - The open moors after leaving the forest
Photo 4 - The moorlands from the lane from Abriachan
Photo 5 - Scots Pine forest
Photo 6 - Path through the forest before Inverness
Photo 7 - First view of Inverness.
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