Cosa c'è in programma a Fort William (Ben Nevis) (Regno Unito) durante l'anno

Affollato — Christmas holidays in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Avalanche forecast season (15 dic – 15 apr (di solito)), Nevis Range ski season (20 dic – 15 apr (di solito))

Affollato — February half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Fort William Mountain Festival

  8–20 feb · di solitoGrande festa

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Avalanche forecast season (15 dic – 15 apr (di solito)), Nevis Range ski season (20 dic – 15 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Festività

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Avalanche forecast season (15 dic – 15 apr (di solito)), Nevis Range ski season (20 dic – 15 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Easter bank holidays, West Highland Way season

• Stagione

  West Highland Way season

  1 apr – 15 ott · di solitoStagione dei sentieriAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Easter bank holidays (3–6 apr), Avalanche forecast season (15 dic – 15 apr (di solito)), Nevis Range ski season (20 dic – 15 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — West Highland Way season, Late-May half-term in Regno Unito

• Rischio

  Midge season

  25 mag – 15 set · di solitoInsetti e malattie

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — West Highland Way season, Late-May half-term in Regno Unito

• Apertura

  Jacobite steam train season

  1 giu – 23 ott · di solitoApertura della stagione estivaPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Midge season (25 mag – 15 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — West Highland Way season, Summer holidays in Regno Unito

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Midge season (25 mag – 15 set (di solito)), Jacobite steam train season (1 giu – 23 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — West Highland Way season, Summer holidays in Regno Unito

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Midge season (25 mag – 15 set (di solito)), Jacobite steam train season (1 giu – 23 ott (di solito))

Affollato — West Highland Way season, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Ben Nevis Race

  5 setEvento sportivo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Midge season (25 mag – 15 set (di solito)), Jacobite steam train season (1 giu – 23 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — West Highland Way season, October half-term in Regno Unito

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 ott (di solito)), Jacobite steam train season (1 giu – 23 ott (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In novembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Folla al massimo — Christmas and Boxing Day, Christmas holidays in Regno Unito

• Rischio

  Avalanche forecast season

  15 dic – 15 apr · di solitoStagione delle valanghe

  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. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Nevis Range ski season

  20 dic – 15 apr · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24–28 dicNatale e CapodannoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗