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Highlights
- Very popular tourist viewpoint; A short, easy, roped off walk from the Nevis Range gondola station. Simm, Graham Top.
Routes
1 summit • 18.7 km • 1,365 m gain • 7 hr 10 min
Latest summits
"Out and back from the north. Parked Nevisrange gondola car park (£3)
Start 1110h + Finish 1820h = 7h10 18.7km 1495m ascent
Summits today:
SGURR FINNIOSGAIG - Simm, Graham Top
AONACH MOR - Munro
AONACH BEAG - Munro
Nevis Range is a good, efficient set up for winter skiers, summer mountain bikers and tourists. But no dedicated walkers path goes up from the car park. Ideally pick a day the gondola doesn’t run (link below) plus always be ultra careful not to impede cyclists/skiers! I enjoyed this day out as something different but traditionalists will want to approach the Aonachs a different way.
Take the gravel trail up from the right hand corner of the car park, then at the old tramway go left across to the gondola line. Next wend you’re way up as best you can roughly following the pylons then the World Cup downhill track. In places are faint side trods, between which you’re warily forced on to the cycle track. Including Finniosgaig serves to get you away from the cyclists soonest and is a busy, popular viewpoint worth visiting.
Past the gondola station the summer crowds melt away fast and it’s a steep grassy plod up to a large featureless Summit plateau. The gond..." — davidb • Aug 19, 2020