Great Glen Way's high level route to close for months for felling, Forestry and Land Scotland announces
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PART of a popular long distance trail is to close for months while felling work takes place, walkers have been warned.
The Great Glen Way's High Level route south of Invermoriston will be closed from October 23 until next summer, Forestry and Land Scotland has confirmed.
The forestry agency said this was to enable the "safe felling of very large trees on the steep and difficult site at Sron na Muic".
The Low Level Route, which runs between Invermoriston and Allt Na Criche, will not be affected and will remain open throughout the works. This will enable walkers to complete the full length of the Great Glen Way, which runs from Fort William to Inverness.
However, news that the high route will be closed for months will be a disappointment to hikers, with this branch of the Great Glen Way proving very popular since it was first created back in 2015.
Sandra Reid, FLS’ Visitor Services Manager, said; “This is part of our ongoing and long-term steep ground felling project along the A82.
“Because the trees are so huge we will be using a cable winch to safely lower the felled trees downhill.
“It’s a dangerous operation and for safety reasons we are having to close the High route, where the dangerous cable winch will be operating.
“At times there will be lorries and timber stacks on the Low route but we will have safety signage in place and the Low route will remain open with only short delays when lorries are moving and loading.
“It’s a temporary diversion for one section of the Great Gen Way and we don’t expect it will affect visitors’ experience of the route.”
Path users will be diverted onto the Low route between Allt na Criche, near Fort Augustus, to Invermoriston.
Lorries will be entering from Rubha Ban and leaving the forest the same way or through Allt na Criche and not through Dalcataig village.
