Books Recommended by the Guides at WalkWise
North-West Highlands (Hardback)
Scottish Mountaineering Club's guide to the North-West Highlands describing 295 peaks, including all the Munros, Corbetts and Grahams. Complementing the route descriptions are 50 colour maps & 160 photos. There is also information on place names, pronunciations, history, land use, geology, wildlife, climbing and so much more. by Dave Broadhead, Alec Keith & Ted Maden |
The Scottish Islands (Hardback)
The first complete gazetteer to cover all of Scotlands many hundreds of islands, including those which are uninhabited. Packed with information on access, anchorages, historical and natural interest. Illustrated with colour artwork and relief maps. by Hamish Haswell-Smith |
The Cape Wrath Trail (Paperback) Website Story and guide of a 200 mile trek through some of the greatest surviving wildernesses of the Scottish Highlands, from Fort William to Cape Wrath in the far north-west of Scotland. by David Patterson |
The Corbetts (Hardback)
Scottish Mountaineering Club's hillwalkers guide giving descriptions of the best and most interesting routes up all mountains in scotland between 2500ft and 3000ft, known as the 'Corbetts'. This book is both a companion to and an extension to the SMC's Munros guide. by Rob Milne & Hamish Brown |
The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland (Hardback)
Compendium describing a variety of interesting ways of ascending all the 3000ft mountains in Britain and Ireland. Advice goes well beyond the simplistic "one route" approach of other guidebooks, covering a range of alternative routes of ascent. by Irvine Butterfield |
The Munros Scotland's Highest Mountains (Hardback)
Cameron Mcneish draws on his own extensive and intimate knowledge of the mountains to offer a choice of routes to each summit, giving detailed descriptions, route summaries, distances and climbing times with magnificent photos and maps. by Cameron McNeish |
Scotland's Mountain Ridges 'Cicerone' (Paperback) Scotland's ridges are among the finest mountaineering lines in the British Isles, everyone a unique adventure. This book covers both the popular classics and some obscure gems, Scotland's Mountain Ridges cannot fail to stir your imagination. by Dan Bailey |
The Skye Trail (Hardback) Website
A Journey through the Isle of Skye along the 70 mile route from Rubha Hunish to Broadford, connecting two of the islands most extraordinary landscapes; the Trotternish ridge and the world famous Cullins, the most rugged mountain range in Britain. by Cameron McNeish & Richard Else |
The East Highland Way (Paperback) Website Detailed walking guide of the 78 mile route from Fort William to Aviemore. by Kevin Langan |
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