Devils Staircase

Having watched the weather forecast and thinking the ground will never be drier this year again, yesterday I decided to have a go at the Devils Staircase in Glencoe.
I also fancied the Rannoch Moor track, so it looked like another epic day.

What a boneshaker that rannoch Moor track is, but the track from Kingshouse to the Staircase is a treat.
The Staircase is pretty well a walk, but the descent down to Kinlochleven is absolutely fabulous except the path preservers have put damn ditches across the path every so often, even so there's plenty of uninterrupted technical stuff further down.
The lower forest track is loose and dangerous but still great fun.

Got a pinch on this bit due to the extra speed.
Had a coffee and sandwich at Kinlochleven and watched some folk rafting in the rapids.

I had timed it so that it was after 5pm while going up Glencoe to avoid the worst of the traffic and I used the off road bits as well, lovely climbing track in Glencoe to sit back in the saddle and watch the scenery change. Then it was back to Kingshouse and over the boneshaking Rannoch Moor to the car at Forest Lodge.


Absolutely marvelous day, next time though I'll do it from Kingshouse and skip the boneshaker.

View some pictures here

The drop to Kinlochleven must be one of the best descents in the country if not the best pity the path people have degraded it a little.