Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Activities
Walking
Skye offers some of the finest - and in places, the roughest and most difficult - walking in
Scotland. There are many detailed guidebooks available, including a series of four walk-
ing guides by Charles Rhodes, available from the Aros Experience (
Click here
)
and the
tourist office in Portree. You'll need Ordnance Survey (OS) 1:50,000 maps 23 and 32.
Don't attempt the longer walks in bad weather or in winter.
Easy, low-level routes include: through
Strath Mor
from Luib (on the Broad-
ford-Sligachan road) and on to Torrin (on the Broadford-Elgol road; allow 1½ hours, 4
miles); from
Sligachan to Kilmarie
via Camasunary (four hours, 11 miles); and from
El-
gol to Kilmarie
via Camasunary (2½ hours, 6.5 miles). The walk from
Kilmarie to
Coruisk
and back via Camasunary and the 'Bad Step' is superb but slightly harder (11
miles round trip, allow five hours). The Bad Step is a rocky slab poised above the sea that
you have to scramble across; it's easy in fine, dry weather, but some walkers find it intim-
idating.
Skye Walking Holidays
(
01470-552213;
www.skyewalks.co.uk
;
Duntulm Castle Hotel)
Organises three-day
guided walking holidays for £400 per person, including four nights of hotel accommoda-
tion.
WALKING
Climbing
The Cuillin Hills is a veritable playground for rock climbers, and the two-day traverse of
the Cuillin Ridge is the finest mountaineering expedition in the British Isles. There are
several mountain guides in the area who can provide instruction and safely introduce inex-
perienced climbers to the more difficult routes.
Skye Guides
(
01471-822116;
www.skyeguides.co.uk
)
A two-day introduction-to-rock-climbing
course costs around £360, and a private mountain guide can be hired for around £200 a
day (both rates apply for up to two clients).
ROCK CLIMBING
