This easy walk explores Lower Glen Nevis, following the river bank and returning through the forest.
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1. Park at the Glen Nevis Visitor Centre, where there is a parking charge if staying more than an hour. The centre itself is free and is a good place to learn a little more about the glen and the famous peak on its northern side. The walk begins from the opposite end of the car park, where there is a suspension footbridge over the river. Cross this, and turn right along the far bank; this is the start of the route to Ben Nevis and is usually busy with walkers.
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2. After a few hundred metres, a wooden sign indicates where the route to Ben Nevis goes off to the left; continue straight ahead here along the river. There is a band of fine woodland along both banks. After crossing a wooden bridge over a side-stream, a further bridge over the main river is reached; this iron-box crossing joins the Youth Hostel to the Ben Nevis route. Cross the bridge and head up to the road, turning right along it.
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3. Continue along the road for about three hundred metres before turning left up the tarmac lane immediately past the 'Glen Nevis Bar/ Restaurant'. Follow this lane as it heads up towards a pair of forestry houses. Pass behind these houses and through a gate on a track leading into the trees. This soon becomes tarred and joins another track; turn right here. The track soon becomes unsurfaced again, and the main West Highland Way route joins in from the left. Carry on until you reach a four-way wooden sign-post. Turn right here (signed 'Glen Nevis Visitor Centre'), following a path which winds down between the trees to join the Glen Nevis road. Turn left along the road (there is a pavement); after a very short distance a path off to the right leads to the Visitor Centre.
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