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Fort William, Inverlochy And Torlundy

Nevis Range Base Camp Café – Leanachan Forest Trails loop from Visitor Centre

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United Kingdom
Scotland
Highlands
Fort William, Inverlochy And Torlundy

Nevis Range Base Camp Café – Leanachan Forest Trails loop from Visitor Centre

Hard

53

runners

Nevis Range Base Camp Café – Leanachan Forest Trails loop from Visitor Centre

02:45

18.9km

700m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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1

147 m

Nevis Range Base Camp Café

Highlight • Cafe

Coffee before gondola

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2

4.49 km

View of Fort William and Loch Linnhe

Highlight • Settlement

From here you get a magnificent view across Fort William, a town located on the southwestern shore of Loch Linnhe in the Scottish Highlands. It is one of the largest …

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3

5.34 km

View of the North Face of Ben Nevis

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass

The CIC hut at the end of the trail is closed.

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4

8.78 km

The Castle and Castle Ridge

Highlight • Climb

5

8.85 km

The Charles Inglis Clarke Memorial Hut (usually referred to as the CIC Hut) is an alpine-style mountain hut in the shadow of Ben Nevis' immense North Face. Owned by the …

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6

9.57 km

Waterfall Near Steall Falls

Highlight • Natural

7

9.77 km

Singletrack to CIC Hut

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Hut

This is a really cool trail to descend, this time we went up and then around to the Ben Nevis hikers path, but it would have been better to come back down the CIC trail.

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8

13.9 km

Leanachan Forest Trails

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Leanachan Forest on the northern slopes of Ben Nevis is well-developed for mountain biking and walking trails.

It's an active working forest, managed by Forestry and Land Scotland so the trails do change as logging work continues.

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18.9 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.8 km

7.61 km

319 m

174 m

Surfaces

10.9 km

7.86 km

161 m

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

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Saturday 23 May

16°C

12°C

70 %

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