På gång i Fort William (Ben Nevis), United Kingdom under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i United Kingdom, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Avalanche forecast season (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Nevis Range ski season (20 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — February half-term i United Kingdom, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Fort William Mountain Festival

  8–20 feb · vanligtvisStor 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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Avalanche forecast season (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Nevis Range ski season (20 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Helg

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Avalanche forecast season (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Nevis Range ski season (20 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter bank holidays, West Highland Way season

• Säsong

  West Highland Way season

  1 apr – 15 okt · vanligtvisLedsäsongTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter bank holidays (3–6 apr), Avalanche forecast season (15 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Nevis Range ski season (20 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

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

• Risk

  Midge season

  25 maj – 15 sep · vanligtvisInsekter & sjukdomar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

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

• Öppning

  Jacobite steam train season

  1 jun – 23 okt · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Midge season (25 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — West Highland Way season, Summer holidays i United Kingdom

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Midge season (25 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Jacobite steam train season (1 jun – 23 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — West Highland Way season, Summer holidays i United Kingdom

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Midge season (25 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Jacobite steam train season (1 jun – 23 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — West Highland Way season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Ben Nevis Race

  5 sepSportevenemang

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Midge season (25 maj – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Jacobite steam train season (1 jun – 23 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: West Highland Way season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Jacobite steam train season (1 jun – 23 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Mest folk — Christmas and Boxing Day, Christmas holidays i United Kingdom

• Risk

  Avalanche forecast season

  15 dec – 15 apr · vanligtvisLavinsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Nevis Range ski season

  20 dec – 15 apr · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24–28 decJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗