| Distance | 14 km |
| Time | 4 hrs 20 mins |
| Difficulty | Short sharp climb up Devils Staircase |
| Good for | Stunning views over Rannoch Moor |
Again the cloud gods smile on us. After a night of thunder and lightning causing a power outage, the new day brought heavy clouds but still no rain. 8 days walking in the Highlands and not a drop of the stuff. (Tomorrow’s forecast doesn’t look quite so friendly!).
The view from breakfast showed the valley that the path was to take, with menacing clouds above.
A mile or so along the path, the view back down the valley showed no let up in the cloud. The road running along the valley floor looks completely overshadowed by the colossal scale of the mountains and moors surrounding it.
The path hugs the A82 until the road kicks left and the path kicks right to climb up the Devils Staircase, a reference to the zigzagging of the path near the summit.
Nearing the top of the Devils Staircase, the view of the valley back towards the Glen Coe mountain resort showed the lingering heavy cloud between Stob Beinn a Chrulaiste (639m) and Stob Dearg (1022m) on the right.
Over the top of the Devils Staircase, the view opened up to show Blackwater Reservoir below to the right.
The path traversed Meall Ruigh a Bhricleathaid (508m) and started descending towards Kinlochleven, finally becoming a road at the beginning of the pipeline for Kinlochleven’s hydroelectric plant. Descending into the trees, there was a pleasant view of the river fed by a dam.
Reaching Kinlochleven, the cloud cover had blown through, exposing a view of the river that ran into Loch Leven with Beinn na Caillich (764m) in the background.
Life Two 