Scottish National Trail

THE CHALLENGE

The route becomes progressively more difficult as it heads northwards. Walked in its entirety, the route will surely come to be regarded as Britain's toughest and yet most varied backpacking challenge. Far more walkers will enjoy tackling individual legs a section at a time - particularly of the more accessible southern half of the route.

It combines sections of official routes such as St Cuthbert’s Way, the Southern Upland Way, the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals, the West Highland Way and the Rob Roy Way. Other parts - including sections through central Perthshire, the Cairngorms and the Northwest Highlands - make for a more serious backpacking route with neither waymarking nor a continuous path, as well as a number of potentially hazardous river crossings.

ROUTE MAP