The Nevis Range mountain gondola is the only one of it’s kind in Britain built on the north face of Aonach Mor which is the 8th highest mountain in Britain (1221 meters/4006 feet) located just outside of Fort William, Scotland. It carries visitors to the ski slopes and the mountain bike trails but many take the ride up just to see the amazing views and to do some hiking which is what we did.
Billy’s new friend ticket seller Natalie MacDonald
Ben Nevis is in the background of the image below. That building on the left side is the Snowgoose restaurant (650m/2132 feet) where the gondola drops you off and you can either stay and take in the views from the restaurant terrace or go off on a hike.
Ben Nevis from Nevis Range
The building on the left side in the above image is the Snowgoose restaurant (650m/2132 feet) where the gondola drops you off and you can either stay and take in the views, which are pretty spectacular, from the restaurant terrace or go off on a hike.
Nevis Range is not to be confused with Ben Nevis which is the highest mountain in Britain standing at 1,345 meters/4,411 feet above sea level but you can see part of Ben Nevis from Nevis Range. It takes about three hours, more or less, to hike up Ben Nevis so I opted for Nevis Range instead and a close to one hour hike there after being dropped off at the end of the gondola ride.
Are we there yet?
Gondola ride
Our hike took us up to the Sgurr Finnisg-aig viewpoint that sits at 1067m/3500 feet where looking south you can look out over Fort William, Lochs Linnhe and Eill and all the way out to Eigg isle which is just south of Skye. Yes! On a clear day such as this one you could see forever!
What a view
Still walking to the Sgurr Finnisg-aig viewpoint
Almost there
At the top of the viewpoint
Let’s head for the Isle of Skye next…
Teri and Billy 📷
Images by T.Dashfield Photography 
Hello to Teri and Billy! First time seeing you in person Teri and looking good. I am glad you are out and about having a good trip. Lovely sights and Billy “stuck”‘ on you!! So nice!
Hello Garfield and thank you! 🙂 This trip was in 2018 and we had a grand time. Billy normally rode in my backpack but for this hike… well you can see where he was.
I see!! Nice to see Billy having fun. Really great to see that you are also an inanimate furball “mum” 🤣🤣
Oh he’s animated! LOL
Teri, very good to see your pictures from the UK, and to read about your experiences here. Adrian 🙂
Hello Adrian! Loved our visits to Scotland and London and Exeter.
Exeter’s not too far from here. Very glad you had a good time in the UK! 🙂 🙂 🙂
My husband has family that live there 🙂
That looks like a great place to visit for a goat or huma. I think goats are more accustomed to that terrain, though.
Billy said he hoofed it just fine (although you see where he really ended up in the last photo) and it’s very popular with mountain bikers.
Stunning view, Teri! I love the captured of Billy enjoyed the scenery ❤
Thank you, Indah! And Billy says thanks too 🙂
He’s an adventurous bull.
Spunky little guy he is! Thanks, Tim.
Loved the photo of Billy looking out of the gondola. Cute! Looking good there Teri. I can see why it was such a wonderful trip.
Thanks, Ingrid! You began to realize how high up you were going when you saw how tiny the parking lot became 🙂
Gorgeous views, thanks for sharing.
Billy and I thank you for following along 🙂
Billy had way too much fun on this trip! And look at you taking in the view!
Why go if you can’t have fun, right? 🙂 And it was worth the breather to take in the amazing view after “hoofing” it to the top there.