Backpacker's Britain: Central and Southern Scottish Highlands

Graham Uney (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2008
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-85284-527-8 (ISBN)

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A guidebook covering 30 multi-day backpacking routes in Scotland. The walks range from 2 to 7 days in length throughout the Central and Southern Scottish Highlands, such as the classic through-route in the Cairngorms. The book gives you all you need to plan your next Scottish wilderness trip.

A guidebook to backpacking routes in the Central and Southern Highlands of Scotland with all its wild mountains, rocky coasts and long, winding glens. It offers a range of trekking routes from a superb traverse of all the 4000ft peaks, to classic through-routes in the Cairngorms and many weekend circuits over the highest peaks in Britain - all within a couple of hours' drive of Edinburgh or Glasgow. Packed with information, this guide is all you need to plan your next wilderness trip. It includes 30 multi-day backpacking routes, ranging from 7 days in length down to 2 (or perhaps 1 for very fit walkers and fellrunners) in all the main mountain regions south of the Great Glen, including the Monadhliath, Cairngorms, Nevis range, Mamores, Glen Lyon Hills and Arrochar Alps. Each route is accompanied with full information about how to get there, accommodation at the start, campsites, bothies and hostels along the way and also contact details for the tourist information offices to find out more.

Graham Uney's has walked in the U.K.,Himalayas, North Africa and Europe. He indulges in his passions for backpacking, hill walking, rock climbing, orienteering and wildlife watching at home in the highlands of Scotland.

INTRODUCTION
Background
How to Use this Guide
Getting Around and Accommodation
Safety in the Hills
Navigation
Equipment
Food
Access and the Backpacker
Wildlife and Wildflowers
A Note on Measurements

THE ROUTES
Route 1 The Monadhliath from Aviemore to Kingussie
Route 2 Through Glen Roy
Route 3 Glen Einich and the Great Moss
Route 4 Through the Lairig Ghru
Route 5 The Lairig an Laoigh
Route 6 The Eastern Cairngorms
Route 7 The Cairngorms High Level Traverse
Route 8 The Glen Muick High Level Circuit
Route 9 Glen Lee and Glen Mark
Route 10 Mount Battock and Clachnaben from Glen Esk
Route 11 Jock's Road and Tolmount
Route 12 The Glenshee Munros
Route 13 The Blair Atholl Munros
Route 14 The Grampian Glens Grand Traverse
Route 15 The Scottish 4000'ers Traverse
Route 16 The Ben Alder Forest
Route 17 The Glen Nevis High Level Traverse
Route 18 Fort William to Dalwhinnie
Route 19 Glen Coe from Appin
Route 20 Mull's Wilderness Coast
Route 21 The Black Mount
Route 22 Across Rannoch Moor
Route 23 The Crianlarich Munros
Route 24 Ben Vorlich from Glen Artney
Route 25 Ben Lawers and Meall nan Tarmachan
Route 26 The Trossachs from Balquhidder
Route 27 The Munros of Glen Creran
Route 28 Ben Lomond and the shores of Loch Lomond
Route 29 The East Coast of Islay
Route 30 Arran's High Hills

Appendix 1 Useful Websites
Appendix 2 Bibliography
Appendix 3 Route Summary Table
Appendix 4 Glossary of Common Terms

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.11.2008
Zusatzinfo	colour photographs and maps
Verlagsort	Kendal
Sprache	englisch
Maße	116 x 172 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien
	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Schottland
ISBN-10	1-85284-527-9 / 1852845279
ISBN-13	978-1-85284-527-8 / 9781852845278
Zustand	Neuware