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PRE-ORDER the new edition of Scottish Hill Tracks now; we’ll send it to you as soon as it arrives in late September 2024.

Scottish Hill Tracks is an essential companion for anyone with a keen interest in Scotland’s cultural heritage and for whom wide horizons, wild places and adventure beckon.

This rich, sprawling network journeys through farmland and forest, moorland and coastline, bladed ridges and high plateaux, deep glaciated glens and peatlands—and much else besides. An additional section and six new routes in the Western Isles contribute to a collective tally of 293,000m of ascent and over 7,600km of ancient tracks. Many of these are identified as Heritage Paths— historic routes which follow in the footsteps of Roman legionaries, mediaeval pilgrims and traders, cattle drovers and funeral parties, amongst others.

Many changes have since been wrought upon Scotland’s landscapes, and—100 years on from where its origins can be traced— this sixth edition offers a fresh perspective, with full resurveys of each of the 350 hill routes and 175 variants that crisscross the country’s mountains, hills and uplands.

Exclusive to ScotWays, is our map showing all the Scottish Hill Tracks routes detailed in the 5th Edition of the book. Copies are available here. We hope to produce an updated version for the 6th edition in future.

Remember ScotWays members get a discount off this book with the code sent out with their membership pack. If you can’t remember what it is, please contact the ScotWays office. Not a member? Why not join us.

The countryside does not stand still. As it changes the information in the book becomes dated, but you can help us keep Scottish Hill Tracks up-to-date. If you follow one of the routes why not let us know what the journey was like? Is the description in the book still accurate or has something changed? Is a grid reference in the book not quite right? Is it a stunning walk, but a horrible cycle?

Updates to the routes that we have been informed about can be found here.