Cape Wrath Trail Project
WRA were invited to the Adventure Travel Trade Association convention in Aviemore to formalise partnership links with the Canada-based International Appalachian Trail Association.
Links were also formed under the remit of IAT membership with the Coast Alive partners in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and partners in Ireland, Wales, England, the Faroe Islands and Iceland.
A Scottish representation was formed comprising Wester Ross Alliance, British Geological Survey Team, West Highland Way, The Great Glen Way, Stranraer Coastal Paths and Visit Scotland who have agreed to meet and plan a way forward with regards to branding and marketing the invaluable international links formed.
The CapeWrath LD Trail - Fort William to Cape Wrath
"It’s the sort of long distance route that most keen walkers dream of. A long tough trek through some of the most majestic, remote and stunningly beautiful landscape you could dare imagine".
Cameron McNeish
The Cape Wrath Trail is just short of 200-miles long and runs from Fort William to the most north-west tip of the Scottish mainland, a challenging and often remote route which, in essence, could be described as the hardest long distance backpacking route in the UK.
International Appalachian Trail
The goal of the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) is to extend its trail network to all countries and regions once united by the super-continent Pangea more than 250 million years ago, when the Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountains were formed by earth's plate tectonics.
The CWT and Wester Ross Alliance (WRA) have joined with the IAT thus completing another vital link in the chain, when completed it will form the longest hiking route in the World. The CWT is a unique addition to the IAT being a geographical area rather than a set trail, all other sections of the IAT are waymarked routes.