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See Ben Nevis summit summary map. Start from the road end at Achintee. At the car park end, ignore a small stile but take a gate onto a track, to a signpost just ahead. Now the wide, well-built path slants up the side of Meall an t-Suidhe, with a couple of zigzags and crossing two little aluminium footbridges, into the hollow of the lower Red Burn. At the top of this it makes a zigzag to the left to arrive on the halfway plateau above Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe (the Halfway Lochan). Turn off here for Route 11, Meall an t-Suidhe.

The wide path slants uphill northeast above the lochan. After 400 metres a path ahead starts to run gently downhill: here turn back sharp right up the main path. (Or keep ahead for a nicer walk altogether, the Half Nevis, Route 10).

Pony Path, Ben Nevis, above Red Burn

After this sharp right turn, the path slants back across the hill to cross the Red Burn below a waterfall, and rises in wide zigzags. The rebuilt path is clear to follow, except when snow covered. As the slope starts to ease at 1100m, unseen drops into Five Finger Gully are on the right; occasional glances backwards will help memorise the path line for the descent. At 1200m the slope eases further, and the path runs just south of east to a steepening, MacLean’s Steep. At this point you become aware of the tops of the great northern crag nearby on the left.