Long Distance Route - Lochs & Glens North (Glasgow to Inverness)
Long Distance Route - Lochs & Glens North (Glasgow to Inverness)
Type of route: Mainly on quiet minor roads
Length: 214 miles
Gradient: Challenging
Time needed: Allow approximately a week
Access: There are train stations in Inverness and Glasgow
National Cycle Network route number: 7
The Lochs & Glens North cycle route links Glasgow to Inverness through Scotland’s Central Highlands. A traffic-free section across the Drumochter Pass (one of Britain's highest transport corridors) is one of the highlights of the whole network. The route takes you though open moors, wooded hillsides and rich farmlands, capturing the lochs of Tay, Earn, Lubnaig and Venachar and the Cairngorm mountains. This route links to the Glasgow to Carlisle, Clyde to Forth and Aberdeen to John o'Groats cycle routes.
A National Cycle Network map for this route is available from the Sustrans Online shop (www.sustransshop.co.uk/index.php?f=itemdetl.php&p=NN7C).
For lots more information visit the dedicated Cycling in Scotland (cycling.visitscotland.com/) website.