Itinerary

Day 1 (Sunday): Travel to Torridon

Depart Edinburgh early afternoon (1.00 pm) from where we'll travel northwards to your accommodation at Torridon. The journey takes about 5 hours, including time for a short break along the way.

Day 2 (Monday): Coire Mhic Fhearchair

Your first full day's walking in the Torridon area will be spent hiking up into impressive Coire Mhic Fhearchair.

This is one of the finest corries in Scotland, with an amphitheatre surrounded on three sides by the imposing cliffs and buttresses of Ben Eighe - part of the first National Nature Reserve to be designated in Britain. There is a good steady path most of the way and the views across the Torridon wilderness to the surrounding peaks are wide and expansive.

9m/14km, rocky trail, 600m/2000ft, 7 hrs

Day 3 (Tuesday): Ben Damph


Today we will aim for a slightly more challenging hillwalk to Ben Damph, which lies immediately to the south of Loch Torridon and is a superb viewpoint for the neighbouring giants of Ben Alligin, Liathach and Ben Eighe.

A good path leads up by a gorge through beautiful Caledonian pines before opening out to give wonderful views of Loch Torridon, the Applecross coastline and even across to Skye. The final short ridgewalk includes some rougher rocky ground but the views from the summit peak are simply spectacular and wonderfully exhilarating.

900m/3000ft, 7m/11km, mountain path, some rough ground, 7hrs

Day 4 (Wednesday): Letterewe Wilderness

A wonderfully varied circular walk from Kinlochewe into the heart of this beautiful wilderness area. One of the best walks we know of in fact! This is an area seldom visited by other walkers and despite the generally easy nature of the walk, a real sense of remoteness is felt when the shores of Loch Maree are left far behind.

The walk is non-strenuous but is a long day and involves an interesting mixture of terrain.

14 miles/21km, track, path, some rough ground and river crossing! 9 hours

Day 5 (Thursday): Cul Mor

There are many choices of walks throughout this area, however we shall aim firstly for Cul Mor - a distinctive landmark mountain within the heart of the Inverpolly National Nature Reserve. This fine sandstone massif is capped by two white quartzite peaks and offers a splendid panorama on all sides, including the Coigach hills and the Summer Isles to the south west, Loch Sionascaig and Ernard Bay to the west and the distinctive shapes of Suilven, Canisp and others to the north

849m/2785ft, 7m/11km, good to rough path, some rocky ground, 6-7 hrs

Day 6 (Friday): Stac Pollaidh

Your final day's hillwalking and a suitable finale to the week will be spent on the small mountain of Stac Pollaidh. Despite its relatively remote location, this is one of the most popular mountains in Scotland and is relatively easy to ascend. Its jagged ridge is made up of a spectacular series of towers, pinnacles and ledges - the final remnants of this mountain after the last glaciation. Our route meanders up and round the mountain and we may spend a few hours exploring the various obstacles of the summit ridge. Upon our descent we'll then head slightly further west to the coastal peninsula of Rubha Mor. This rugged coastline contains the beautiful white sand of Achnahaird bay and looks back across to the mountains of Assynt. On a still summer's evening it's just the place to sit and enjoy the peace.

613 m/2011ft, 2m/3km, good path, 4-5 hrs

Day 7 (Saturday): Return to Edinburgh

After breakfast you will travel back to Edinburgh, arriving back to the city at around 2pm.

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