Getting there
From Fort William, head up Glen Nevis for 3km to the Youth Hostel. There is parking just beyond the hostel. Ben Nevis can be very busy, and if there is no space left to park, head back to the Visitor Centre and its large car-park. Before heading up Glen Nevis, you'll need to arrange to have a vehicle or bike at Corriechoille. Corriechoille is at the the end of a road which starts from the railway station in Spean Bridge. From Corriechoille, there appears to be no objection to driving the 2km right down to the edge of the forest on the rugged track.

Ben Nevis
Start from the Youth Hostel in Glen Nevis, cross the river using the bridge and follow the well-maintained "Pony Track" zig-zagging up the hill. Busy, wide and well constructed, the path has aluminium bridges over narrow sections. Get to a sharp turn at around 500m with sign, encouraging you to turn left. You can short cut and instead straight up then east over loose and wet ground, then grass and heather to re-join main path. Continue to follow path towards the summit of Ben Nevis with several turns. Care in mist just before the top, as there are sudden drops to the left. A huge cairn with a shelter, another with a trig point, the remains of the old observatory, memorials and litter make this an untidy place. The views are exeptional, just count the munros you can see from here !

Carn Mor Dearg
Aim east for 100m then south-east, and meet up with some poles sticking up through the boulderfield. Follow a faint path down the steep bouldery ground to the Abseil Post at around 1,050m. Now aiming north-east, start along the Arete, wide at first, then narrowing. A path comes and goes between the short sections of fairly easy rock scrambling. Past the main part of the ridge, there's a slight drop, from where it's a straightforward climb to reach the summit of Carn Mor Dearg. A small cairn sits on this excellent vantage point from where Ben Nevis which looks massive.

Aonach Mor
From Carn Mor Dearg's summit cairn aim east on a faint worn path. Some care is required, down over steep and bouldery terrain. Reach the bealach and climb directly uphill on the right hand side of the burn on worn path. The steep path zig-zags up a very steep 300m climb and can be mucky in bits. The ground starts to level out at just over c1050m where there's a junction, keep straight up (turning right leads directly to Aonach Beag). After levelling out, the path disappears and turns north-east then north, joining another path going north-south along the wide crest. Walk over grassy ground, gradually rising for best part of 1km to Aonach Mor's large untidy summit cairn.

Aonach Beag
Turn around and follow the path back southwards to the bealach between Aonch Mor and Aonach Beag, where the ground becomes gravel covered then narrow and rocky. Scramble up over a short section, then onto a path that zig-zags up through the scree and boulders to the summit of Aonach Beag. The small cairn is perched above a huge drop and is a superb point to look down over Grey Corries. Care is required in winter or spring on Aonach Beag's summit as the cornice that forms above the corrie is deceptively large.

Sgurr Choinnich Mor
From Aonach Beag's summit, follow faint path south-east to drop 150m then continue on ridge around top of coire and over another rise. Drop again, still on path aiming east to a point marked 1048 on map. Turn south-east-south, still on path and look for a path on the left to go down hill. The initial part of this path is steep with a bit of scrambling on slippy rock and grass. Beyond this, it drops steeply, zig-zagging and becomes fainter until disappearing on approaching the bealach. Rocky ground and remnants of a wall are encountered just before the bealach. The ground becomes a bit wet, where a path is then followed up over easy grassy to minor top of Sgurr Choinnich Beag. Down the other side of this top, the path continues eastwards, then up to Sgurr Choinnich Mor, again over easy grassy terrain.

Stob Coire an Laoigh
Sgurr Choinnich Mor has a long interesting arm heading north-east with some unusual gaps in the ground. Follow the path along this arm to where the path suddenly hits a short section of shattered steep ground. Down this with a bit of care then over the broad bouldery col where the path disappears. Climb up Stob Coire Easain, keeping to the rocky crest - there's no obvious path. At the cairn, turn right (south-east) and downhill along a narrow bouldery ridge onto a faint path to the bealach. Continue along the ridge up over boulders and scree to Stob Coire an Laoigh.

Stob Choire Claurigh
North-east next from Stob Coire an Laoigh's summit. Cross bouldery ground and a grassy section to the next bealeach. Beyond this there is an enjoyable ledge of steps and more small boulders to a minor top called Caisteil. Continue over Torridon-esque terrain to Stob a'Choire Leith followed quickly by Stob Choire Claurigh and its large pile of stones posing as a cairn. The views are superb from here, with Stob Ban - the last munro in this route munro - appearing tiny below.

Stob Ban
Head south-east over boulders for a descent of around 150m to reach grassy ground and a faint path. Turn south towards the lochan at Bealach Coire Rath, following this path. Pass the lochan crossing over mixed terrain, then descend a short section to reach the foot of the Stob Ban screes. No alternative, but just get up this via a path twisting and turning up through the scree - two steps up, one step down on the loose ground !

Return to Corriechoille
Heading east off Stob Ban, a path zig-zags down some screes to a grassy flat area at 750m. The path then skirts north around the slight rise ahead, then down over wet grassy, then peaty ground. A cairn marks where this path meets the one coming from Luibeilt and a few minutes further on is the cossy bothy. Don't bother with the new bridge, unless the burn is in spate, as the ground around the bridge is soaking. From the bothy a good track aims north to Corriechoille, 6km away, where hopefully transport awaits. After crossing the bridge over the Allt Leachdach, you'll find that most of the foresty marked on the OS maps has now been felled.