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 The West Highland Way


Kinlochleven
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 Photographs of Kinlochleven and Loch Leven

on the West Highland Way


The West Highland Way - Kinlochleven, Loch Leven, Pap of Glencoe and Mamores

Kinlochleven, Loch Leven, Pap of Glencoe

and Beinn na Caillich


 


The West Highland Way - Loch Leven

Pap of GlencoeLoch Leven

and Beinn na Caillich




The Mamores above Loch Leven from Garbh Bheinn

Beinn na Caillich and Stob Ban in The Mamores

above Loch Leven from Garbh Bheinn

The West Highland Way from Kinlochleven

to Fort William runs beneath The Mamores





Blackwater Reservoir from Garbh Bheinn

Blackwater Reservoir from Garbh Bheinn






The West Highland Way from Kinlochleven to Fort William from Beinn na Caillich

The West Highland Way from Kinlochleven

to Fort William from Beinn na Caillich





Kinlochleven beneath The Mamores

Kinlochleven beneath The Mamores





Kinlochleven beneath The Mamores

Kinlochleven beneath The Mamores





Kinlochleven beneath The Mamores

Kinlochleven beneath The Mamores





Grey Mare's Tail waterfall at Kinlochleven

Grey Mare's Tail waterfall

at Kinlochleven





Grey Mare's Tail waterfall at Kinlochleven

Grey Mare's Tail waterfall

at Kinlochleven






The West Highland Way - Route Map - Kinlochleven to Fort William

Route Map of the West Highland Way

from
Kinlochleven to Fort William



Route Map - Kinlochleven to Blackwater Reservoir

Route Map from Kinlochleven

 to Blackwater Reservoir





Route Map for Kinlochleven circuit

Route Map for Kinlochleven circuit



KINLOCHLEVEN CIRCUIT - ROUTE DESCRIPTION:


Locaiton: Lochaber
Map: OS Landranger 41
Distance: About 9 miles (15km)
Time: 4-6 hours
Terrain: easy hill walk

The crumbling remains of the old aluminium smelter have not done it any favours but Kinlochleven has one of the scenically finest positions in the land. Tucked away at the head of Loch Leven, the village nestles at the foot of the Mamore Forest and is dominated by high peaks and soaring ridges. Few villages are so naturally blessed with such a magnificent situation. Indeed one well-known mountaineer once suggested it was a “deplorable town in a delectable setting”. The delectable setting is well worth exploring. Follow the signposted footpath which starts behind the church. The route offers a good mid-level circular walk that provides extensive views down the length of Loch Leven and across to the high tops of the Mamores and the northern corries of Glen Coe’s Aonach Eagach Ridge.
Using footpaths and stalkers’ tracks it climbs the western slopes of Meall na Doire Dharaich before meeting up with a track that runs west, following the curves of the southern slopes of Na Gruagaichean into Coire na Ba where it crosses the Allt Coire na Ba by a footbridge and turns back on itself, descending south then west, to Mamore Lodge Hotel, once used as a shooting lodge by King Edward VII.
You can descend from the hotel by a tarmac road but it’s much better to continue past the buildings and out of the trees with a wonderful view down the length of
Loch Leven, with the twin portals of the Pap of Glencoe on the left and Beinn na Caillich on the right. From this point look out for the amazing zig-zag footpath running up the north-east slopes of Beinn na Caillich.
Such marvellous old stalkers’ paths are a feature of this area. Soon you’ll see a wooden marker post on your left beside a small cairn. This post, with its white thistle emblem, indicates the West Highland Way
. The section from here, through the Lairigmore to Fort William, is one of the finest, but turn your backs on it and drop down to the left where the path enters the trees for the long descent to the B863 and Kinlochleven.


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