An iconic 96 mi (154 km) hiking route in Scotland, the West Highland West begins north of Glasgow in Milngavie, extends along Loch Lomond, and finishes in Fort Williams, a charming town in the Scottish Highlands.
The following log entries feature my photographs and daily route.
DAY 1: June 6, 2025 [33 mi]
Route: Starting point at Milngavie to campsite near Inversnaid
DAY 2: June 7, 2025 [28.5 mi]
Route: Campsite near Inversnaid to wild camping near Mam Carraigh
DAY 3: June 8, 2025 [34.5 mi]
Route: Wild camping near Mam Carraigh to the terminus in Fort Williams
POST-TRAIL REFLECTION
A highly stylized trail with ample (if not excessive) amounts of infrastructure, the West Highland Way is ideal for new backpackers. I know that such accessible and curated experiences have their own virtue; however, it saddens me to see a trail that so unabashedly declares, “Man has tamed this landscape.”
– Webster signing off
