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Nevis Gorge and Polldubh Crags

ROUTE 4

Down Glen Nevis

StartGlen Nevis lower falls, 300 metres up-valley from Achriabhach (NN 145 683)FinishFort William station (NN 105 741)Distance11.5km/7 milesTotal ascentNilTime3hrTerrainSmall pathsMax altitudeUpper fall 55mTransportStagecoach bus 41 serves the youth hostel: there have been buses to the Lower Falls – check with Tourist Information

The Glen Nevis road hardly intrudes on this at all, and enables an outward journey on the Glen Nevis bus – that’s unless you make it the second half of the walk from Corrour station (Route 5) or a backpack trek from Kinlochleven, Rannoch, or elsewhere.

Start by turning right out of the car park, to cross two bridges, under the second of which are the Lower Falls. Beware of inaudible traffic coming round the blind bends. A stile on the left is for canoeists and photographers – pass it to a track just beyond. Follow this past Polldubh cottages, to find a faint path. After 400 metres along the foot of the hill slope, the path joins the river; then follows it downstream, past the square wooded enclosure of an old burial ground. After crossing the two branches of the Red Burn (no footbridges), you reach a long bridge on the left that would lead to the youth hostel.