Det sker i Fort William (Ben Nevis), United Kingdom året igennem

Travlt — Christmas holidays i United Kingdom, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Avalanche forecast season (15. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Nevis Range ski season (20. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — February half-term i United Kingdom, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Fort William Mountain Festival

  8.–20. feb. · normaltStor festival

  Four days of films, talks and guided days in the middle of February, timed for when the town would otherwise be empty and the hills are at their most serious. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Avalanche forecast season (15. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Nevis Range ski season (20. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Helligdag

  Easter bank holidays

  3.–6. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketLukninger

  Good Friday is a bank holiday across the UK and Easter Monday everywhere but Scotland. The long weekend opens the domestic touring season: popular towns, coasts and parks get busy, rooms cost more, and rail engineering works often cut or replace train services. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Avalanche forecast season (15. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Nevis Range ski season (20. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Easter bank holidays, West Highland Way season

• Sæson

  West Highland Way season

  1. apr. – 15. okt. · normaltVandresæsonTætpakketBook tidligt

  Fort William is the finish, so the town's beds fill from the walkers' side of the season rather than the tourists'. Bunkhouses along the last stages book out months ahead for May and June. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Easter bank holidays (3.–6. apr.), Avalanche forecast season (15. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt)), Nevis Range ski season (20. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — West Highland Way season, Late-May half-term i United Kingdom

• Risiko

  Midge season

  25. maj – 15. sep. · normaltInsekter & sygdom

  Lochaber is the worst of it in Scotland — still, damp evenings in Glen Nevis in July and August are genuinely unusable without a head net. Wind and bright sun are the only reliable relief. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: West Highland Way season (1. apr. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — West Highland Way season, Late-May half-term i United Kingdom

• Åbning

  Jacobite steam train season

  1. jun. – 23. okt. · normaltSommersæsonen åbnerBook tidligt

  The steam service to Mallaig over the Glenfinnan viaduct runs a summer timetable only, roughly June to late October. Tickets go the day they are released and the viaduct viewpoint is free. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: West Highland Way season (1. apr. – 15. okt. (normalt)), Midge season (25. maj – 15. sep. (normalt))

Tætpakket — West Highland Way season, Summer holidays i United Kingdom

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: West Highland Way season (1. apr. – 15. okt. (normalt)), Midge season (25. maj – 15. sep. (normalt)), Jacobite steam train season (1. jun. – 23. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — West Highland Way season, Summer holidays i United Kingdom

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: West Highland Way season (1. apr. – 15. okt. (normalt)), Midge season (25. maj – 15. sep. (normalt)), Jacobite steam train season (1. jun. – 23. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — West Highland Way season, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Ben Nevis Race

  5. sep.Sportsbegivenhed

  Six hundred runners go up and down the mountain on the first Saturday of September, the fastest in about an hour and a half. Entries are capped and the town turns out for the finish. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: West Highland Way season (1. apr. – 15. okt. (normalt)), Midge season (25. maj – 15. sep. (normalt)), Jacobite steam train season (1. jun. – 23. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — West Highland Way season, October half-term i United Kingdom

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: West Highland Way season (1. apr. – 15. okt. (normalt)), Jacobite steam train season (1. jun. – 23. okt. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Tætpakket — Christmas and Boxing Day, Christmas holidays i United Kingdom

• Risiko

  Avalanche forecast season

  15. dec. – 15. apr. · normaltLavinesæson

  The Lochaber forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April and covers Ben Nevis and the Aonachs. The north face gullies are a winter climbing venue, not a walk, whatever the summit path suggests. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Nevis Range ski season

  20. dec. – 15. apr. · normalt

  The gondola runs all year but the snowsports season is roughly Christmas to April, and in a thin winter it is a fortnight of it. The hill's own report the same morning is the only useful forecast. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24.–28. dec.Jul & nytårLukninger

  Christmas Day and Boxing Day are bank holidays. Public transport is minimal or absent on 25 December and thin on the 26th, and most shops, attractions and many pubs and restaurants close on Christmas Day, so plan travel and meals ahead. Kilde ↗