Ben Hope    

Getting there
From just north of Altnaharra, a sign just says 'Hope'. The road heading west from here heads up to Loch Hope and eventually to the A838 Durness to Tongue road. Around half way along this narrow road, and just north of the Dun Dornaigil Broch, a car-park and sign denotes the start of the walk up Ben Hope.

Ben Hope
From the roadside, follow the burn up its southside on a worn, wet path (the main path doesn't cross the Allt a'Mhuiseil as the OS map suggests). The path quickly becomes very steep, crosses a minor burn, then levels out and turns more northwards. You'll come to a junction in the path, turn right and head up through the heather on a path up more steep ground. The ground levels again and some very wet grass covered ground requires crossing. The path reforms, crosses a burn, then after a bit, more grassy ground is crossed to reach the path up the bouldery slopes at around c500m. Just follow the path uphill and reach more grassy slopes and the edge of the western crags at around c700m. The summit is not much further, but if in mist, you might mistake the first cairn the you meet to be the summit - it's not ! The summit has a trig point perched on some boulders, from where the views are wonderful and vast. On a clear day you can even see Orkney.

Return
Return by the same route.