Name: Backpacker's Britain: Central and Southern Scottish Highlands By Graham Uney
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Backpacker's Britain: Central and Southern Scottish Highlands by Graham Uney

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.

About Graham Uney

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

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GOR001577811

ISBN 13

9781852845278

ISBN 10

1852845279

Title

Backpacker's Britain: Central and Southern Scottish Highlands by Graham Uney

Author

Graham Uney

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Cicerone Press

Year published

2008-11-11

Number of pages

240

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N/A

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Backpacker's Britain: Central and Southern Scottish Highlands Graham Uney

Backpacker's Britain: Central and Southern Scottish Highlands by Graham Uney

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Backpacker's Britain: Central and Southern Scottish Highlands Summary

Backpacker's Britain: Central and Southern Scottish Highlands by Graham Uney

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