Route: Road to the Isles Way

Submitted by Pawel Cymbalista on Tue, 11/08/2022 - 06:00pm
Location
United Kingdom
Distance
68 km
Vertical Gain
780 m
Description

Road to the Isles Way is a Point to Point route on the road connecting a busy port village Mallaig on the West Coast of Scotland with Fort William sitting under the shadow of Ben Nevis via the A830 road. 

68km, 780m of elevation on the road. 

Route starts at the wodden 'Lost at Sea' statue near the CalMac Ferry office in Mallaig and finishes at the end of High Street in Fort William at the brass statue of the 'Man with Sore Feet' which is also the End of the West Highland Way route.

You will be going through villages Arisaig, Lochailort and Glenfinnan with the Famous Glenfinnan Viaduct that featured in the Harry Potter movies. 

95% of the climbing happens from Mallaig to Glenfinnan. 

Start in a port village Mallaig, next to see islands Rum and Eigg from Mallaig, spot the trio of Corbetts above Lochailort, run along the shores of Loch nan Uamh near the cairn of Bonnie Prince Charles, run the length of Loch Eilt with dramatic views of the local hills, spot the Glenfinnan Viaduct and maybe the Harry potter train going all the way from Fort William to Mallaig and back, run the length of Loch Eil, cross the Neptunes Staircase which starts/finishes the Caledonian canal going to Inverness up North, Cross the railway bridge next to Old Inverlochy Castle, run next to the Old Fort which was destroyed by the Jacobites to sprint finish on the High Street at the Old Man with Sore Feet.