Race over the glens

Race director Michael Sanderson guides you on this challenging but enjoyable West Yorkshire loop

Hidden far from the roadside, the Cairngorms ’ most remarkable Munro yields to a surprisingly easy ascent.

A walkable ridge that climbs the entire height of a mountain is the stuff of dreams. Hidden away to the south of Glen Coe, BEN STARAV is the mountain that makes that dream come true.

■Distance: 10 miles/16.1km ■ Time: 7 hours ■ Grade: Challenging

■Distance: 6¾ miles/11km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

The Cuillin Ridge is often regarded as Britain’s most sustained and technical mountaineering excursion. Co-editor David Lintern attempted a ‘walker’s traverse’ of this infamous challenge, supporting a friend’s Munro round. In an environment now largely professionalised, theirs was an adventure by amateurs in the classic sense