Ledge Route | Ben Nevis

Stopping for a rest can be a dangerous thing to do. It gives you the chance to look around, see where you are and fully appreciate the seriousness of the place. While you are scrambling, focusing on hand and boot placements on the moderate ground, everything is OK. But as soon as you stop and look where you are, the sense of place can be overwhelming.

Ledge Route is the modest name for this most outstanding option, a simple Grade 2 scramble, rising 400 metres in altitude over its 800 metre total length. What sets it out from all other scrambles is where it