Hiking · Highland

South Glen Shiel Ridge

A 27.1 km point-to-point route near Strath Cluanie, with 1,467 m of mapped climbing and an estimated time of 8.9 hours.

Distance27.1 kmClimbing1,467 mEstimated time8.9 hrDifficultyhard

Route overview

What the mapped record shows.

South Glen Shiel Ridge is a complete hiking route mapped from OpenStreetMap. It covers 27.1 km as a point to point route.

Route shapepoint-to-point
ActivityHiking
SurfacePaved
Descent1,646 m

Mapped surface mix

Natural76% Paved22% Unknown1%

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