Scourie & NW Sutherland Int (6 nights)
Dates: May 2 Start: Sunday, Inverness Station 13.30 Finish: Saturday, Inverness 11:00 Cost: £595 Price Includes: 6 nights in Hotel based on Dinner, Bed & Breakfast, 5 days guided walking. Single Room Supplement: from £60
The unique combination of ancient mountain landscape, vast moorlands, vertiginous cliffs, sea stacks and solitude in this part of Sutherland proves a powerful magnet for anyone who loves walking. On this Intermediate grade departure, we focus on the hills within the area. Mountain walks include the quartzite ridges of Foinaven and Arkle, as well as less well-known but equally tempting heights such as Ben Stack, Cranstackie and Beinn Leoid. On one day we choose a low-level option, walking either in one of the isolated glens or along the spectacularly rugged northwest coastline. - Some of the walking is on rough (rocky) ground with significant steep and pathless sections - On this trip there will be the chance, on the free day, to visit Handa Island, just north of Scourie. Nesting on Handa’s cliffs are tens of thousands of seabirds, including Britain’s largest colony of razorbills and guillemots. Puffins nest atop the Great Stack and we always see Great and Arctic skuas on our walk across the island. Well worth the visit. Accommodation Scourie Hotel – we have been using this traditional, three-star fishing hotel as our base for many years and we love it. The hotel overlooks the sheltered waters and white sands of Scourie Bay. You will experience high-standard accommodation and excellent cuisine in a friendly atmosphere. The comfortable bedrooms are en suite. Walking Grade A mixture of mountain walks with 1500 to 3000 feet (450-900 m) of ascent and long low-level walks of up to 15 miles (24 km). We will walk for 6 to 7 hours a day at a steady pace but with plenty of view stops. There are few paths and the way is often over rough ground. Requires good fitness, previous hill walking experience is an advantage.

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02 May 2010 - 08 May 2010

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