A large format guidebook to 50 varied walking and backpacking routes on the Scottish Hebrides. Spread across well-know and remote islands, most of the walks provide a full day for experienced walkers, with a few multi-day backpacking adventures as well as some shorter routes.
- Day walks range from 3-20 miles (5-32km)
- Multi-day backpacking routes are also described
- Each walk includes clear route description, 1:50,000 mapping, summary statistics and local points of interest
- Routes on Jura, Scarba, Islay, Colonsay, Rum, Eigg, Canna, Muck, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Skye, Raasay, Harris, Lewis, Berneray, North Uist, South Uist, Barra and St Kilda
- Highlights include Trotternish Ridge, Ben More, Skye and Rum Cuillins, the Paps of Jura and full circuits of smaller islands
- Detailed information on planning, accommodation and transport
This inspirational guide offers 50 varied hiking and backpacking routes on the Scottish Hebrides islands, set out in a large guidebook to be savoured. The hikes highlight all the very best landscapes and scenery to be found on the spectacular islands of the Hebrides, a wonderland for adventurous walkers to return to time and time again.
The hikes are suitable for experienced hikers with good fitness levels and navigational competence. Many of the routes have no waymarkers or signposts, and the terrain is often rough, rugged and pathless. The introduction to each walk clearly sets out the scope and strenuousness of any difficulties involved.
Peter Edwards grew up in Sussex and nurtured a love of walking amid the hills of the South Downs. He has undertaken numerous walking and cycling expeditions in Europe and beyond and is drawn to wild and remote landscapes in particular. He moved to Glasgow in 2006.
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