The road to the wilderness

is 8km long*

*in the Monadhliath Mountains

 Two way urban road
(A86 Newtonmore, Highlands )
From two way to single lane
(Glen Road, Newtonmore, Highlands )
Single lane at settlement edge (with passing
place)
(Glen Road, Newtonmore, Highlands )
Single lane near urban/ rural boundary
(Glen Road, Newtonmore, Highlands )
Single, unfenced, metalled track at rural
fringe
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands)
Moving into the walking zone framed
by signage (exit from final car park)
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
End of the fully metalled zone
(marked by gate and wooden
bridge)
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
 Patches of metalling show the
transition (with deer fence on left
side)
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
Unmetalled single track with verge
2.20 m
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
 Rough stone track to former last
house (with vegetated median strip)
1.8-2.0m
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
Grass vehicle track (after former
last house) 1.5-1.8m
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
Grass vehicle track (plantation
forms boundary) 1.5-1.8m
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
 Grass vehicle track (walkers prefer
taking the flatter wheel runs) 1.5-1.8m
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
Walking path (single wheel run
predominates) 0.8-1.5m
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
Walking path (no evidence of
vehicles- just sheep) 0.3-0.5m
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
Walking path (bike tracks visible) 0.3-
0.5m
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )
What path? (no evidence of single
route)
(Glen Banchor, Newtonmore, Highlands )