Great Glen Way – Coast to Coast in the Scottish Highlands
The Great Glen Way Trail A Quiet Walk Through Waterways, History, and Highland Forests After walking Wainwright’s Coast to Coast , the Pennine Way, and the West Highland Way back-to-back-to-back, we arrived in Fort William physically exhausted and emotionally drained. We weren’t certain we had the energy to continue. It was a local bookseller who convinced us otherwise, describing the Great Glen Way as quieter, more peaceful, and altogether different from what we had just experienced. That was all the encouragement we needed. So we set out once again, this time following the geological fault line that forms the Great Glen - a long valley carved by tectonic forces and glaciers, linking Loch Linnhe, Loch Oich, Loch Ness, and the Caledonian Canal. Opened in 2002 as Scotland’s fourth official long-distance trail, the route stretches approximately 126 kilometres (79 miles) between Fort William and Inverness, offering a coast-to-coast crossing of the Highlands. Why Walk the Great Glen Wa...