This guide has 50 testing walking routes spread across Scotland, a country with one of the wildest areas in Europe. Few global walking destinations are better suited to long and tough routes than the Scottish mountains. Settings including the Cairngorms and the Hebrides show the rich diversity and sheer quality of the country's finest peaks.
Dan Bailey has a consuming passion for the mountains of Scotland. A refugee from southern flatlands now based in Fife, he enjoys everything from winter mountaineering and rock climbing to hill walking and long-distance backpacking. This is his third title for Cicerone.