West Highland Way: Rowardennan to Inverarnan
Our view
In only a few hundred yards you've broken clear of the crowds and their cars (most people are either picnicking by the lochside or climbing Ben Lomond). Once past the youth hostel the track continues for 0.5 miles (800m) or so, to fork up right and pass above Ptarmigan Lodge.
Here a choice of routes presents itself. Those in a hurry have been known to continue along the broad forest road option higher up. That would be a pity, for the lochside route winds in and out of attractive woods, down to little bays, round small promontories and through plantations – and the path itself is smooth and comfortable, not at all the rugged struggle it was before being completely rebuilt in 2014.
About a mile (1.6km) along it is a crag known as Rob Roy’s Prison, where it is said the outlaw kept hostages in a natural rock cell. The next building on the path is Rowchoish Bothy.
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