The Great Outdoors – July 2019

WALK HERE

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The summit of Schiehallion offers fabulous

views across Loch Rannoch, the wilds of

Rannoch Moor and the hills of the central

Highlands as far as Glen Coe.

Thanks to the work of the John Muir Trust,

the path up the mountain from the Braes

of Foss car park (where there are toilet

facilities) is a well-graded and maintained,

and is a relatively straightforward walk,

making Schiehallion one of the easiest

Munros to walk.

With more than 20,000 people climbing

this path to the summit annually, ongoing

maintenance is necessary to prevent

erosion. Thanks to the generosity of its

members and supporters, the John Muir

Trust recently raised £60,000 to repair paths

on Schiehallion this summer and to help

minimise future erosion.

To download a GPS of the route, and to

read more from our Walk the Wild series,

visit http://www.tgomagazine.co.uk/john-muir-trust.

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All photos: John Muir Trust / Cat Burton