UKH

The West Highland Way is trodden by thousands. But while the route has plenty of scenery, it misses all the best bits - which, as any hillwalker knows, are up high. John Fleetwood rectifies that in a big way with a summit-level, crowd-avoiding alternative. 

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Some big days here John... in fact there's not really what you'd call easy stage among them. Love how you kick off with a casual Lochaber Traverse day one, and then there's still five hefty days to go after that. But what a route - looks awesome! And you (as in, me) could always break it into smaller chunks

Yes, a winter traverse in the right stable conditions would still be testing. Hang on a minute, the past week has had pretty good weather and not too much snow, although I imagine a headtorch would be more than essential!