
The 12 Peak Challenge in Scotland
- United Kingdom
- 3 nights
Scramble, hike, climb and abseil your way along the Glencoe Skyline, bagging peaks and munros as you go
What's Included?
- Small Like-minded GroupsSolo-friendly by design, join our small n’ sociable groups of up to 8 like-minded, active and outdoorsy people
From…excluding flights
Highlights
Pack in 12 mountains, 6 munros and 3500m of height gain in a single epic weekend
Navigate the route of the Glencoe Skyline with a guide to climber ratio of 1:2, giving you all the flexibility you need to tackle each section
Soak up the highlands and take in the views on a lung-busting hike along the three sisters of Glencoe
Itinerary
Day 1
Welcome to Glencoe
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Arrive at Red Squirrel Campsite anytime in the late afternoon - your tent will be ready from 18:00 and will be pitched for you. Settle into the campsite and spend the evening relaxing or take a warm-up stroll on the hills around the resort.
Day 2
Summit Buachaille Etive Mòr
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Grab a big Scottish breakfast roll and meet your guide first thing. After spending yesterday evening staring up at Buachaille Etive Mòr it's now time to tackle it. A short walk across Rannoch Moor takes you past the historic Jacksonville Hut and then a steep rough walk uphill to the base of Curved Ridge. You'll don helmets and harnesses and take on this classic rock climb, weaving your way up the mountain. Climb the infamous Crowberry Tower and eat lunch atop this exposed pinnacle before abseiling down. A final climb takes you to the summit of Buachaille Etive Mòr. You'll then follow the ridge to tackle four more peaks and hike back along the dramatic Lairg Eilde, finally reaching the King's House for a dram and pub dinner before heading back to camp.
Day 3
Scramble on
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Time for the most legendary grade 2 scramble in mainland Britain. Narrow and exposed from start to finish, you'll need a head for heights today. From the campsite, hike along the West Highland Way past the Devil's Staircase to the base of Am Bodach. This is a steep and lung-busting climb, gaining 900m of ascent within 1km. From the top the spectacular ridge opens up, dropping away on either side. Downclimb the most technical sections, balancing along the knife-edge ridge, past steep rocky chimneys, before scrambling the trickiest section, known as the 'Crazy Pinnacles'. Toast a memorable day at the Clachaig Inn and grab some dinner before a well-earned sleep.
Day 4
The three sisters of Glencoe to the finish line
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Starting at Loch Achtriochtan and ending up with a descent through the eery 'Lost Valley', this is a wonderful route to bag the Munros of Bidean nam Bian and Stob Coire Sgreamhach. A sturdy path leads uphill past beautiful waterfalls before you make your way onto the high rocky crests of Bidean nam Bian and Stob Coire Sgreamhach. The terrain here is steep, technical and spectacular. Your guide will expertly navigate you through these mountains and take you safely down into the lost valley and back into the Coe! Time for a celebratory pint to toast the completion of the Glencoe Skyline before you bid your fellow adventurers farewell.
Getting There
- Nearest airport
- Inverness Airport (INV)
- Pick up
- Red Squirrel Campsite
18:00 on Day 1 - Drop off
- Red Squirrel Campsite
16:30 on Day 4
What is and isn't Included?
What's included
Professional, experienced mountain guides
3 nights camping
Hot breakfast rolls to fuel you up each morning
Helmets, harnesses, ropes, climbing and camping gear
What's not included
You know your own spending habits best, so please budget an appropriate amount for things like optional meals and drinks, shopping, optional activities, and laundry.
Where You'll Stay
Private room upgrades are not available on this trip due to the nature of the accommodation.

Red Squirrel Campsite
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What to Pack

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FAQs
Can I leave my excess luggage somewhere?
You can keep your main bag in your tent, however any valuables can be safely brought along and stored in your hosts vehicle each day.
Who are my guides?
The trip will be run by expert mountaineering instructors, they hold the highest qualification attainable in the UK, with 100s if not thousands of technical mountain days under their belts. The qualification is the equivalent to a masters degree!
Which peaks will we be climbing during the challenge?
- Stob na Broige (956m)
- Stob Coire Altruim (938m)
- Stob na Doire (1011m)
- Stob Dearg (1021m)
- Stob Coire nam Beith (1107m)
- Stob Coire nan Lochan (1072m)
- Bidean nam Bian (1150m)
- Stob Coire Sgreamhach (1072)
- Sgorr nam Fiannaidh (967m)
- Stob Coire Leith (940m)
- Meall Dearg (953m)
- Am Bordach (1032m)
Please note: The exact itinerary of the trip is flexible based on the groups ability and goals for the 3 days of the trip and, as always in Scotland, weather conditions.
Can I book on my own?
Sure can! Over 70% of our travellers travel solo, it’s a great way to meet like-minded people.
Who is running the trip?
Our team of Adventure Hunters co-create exclusive adventures which are run by highly vetted, specialist hosts. The trip is run by our trusted host partner in the destination. We only work with independent, local, in-destination experts who know the very best places to explore and how to stay safe. Read more information about the local teams we partner with. You’ll be introduced to the host straight after making a booking via the Much Better Adventures platform.
What is the official travel advice?
Much Better Adventures refer to the UK Government’s official travel advice when designing trips and monitoring trip operations. We recommend that all customers are familiar with the practical information provided on the Government’s FCDO website, where current travel advice can be found by searching for the applicable destination(s).
For customers joining this trip from other international destinations – please also read the official travel advice applicable to your country of residence/origin, as this may differ.
What vaccinations do I need?
We recommend checking out the country-specific information and also talking to a travel nurse.
How are the trips priced?
We automatically convert prices from the local currency that a host receives to your chosen currency. We update our exchange rates on a daily basis so this does mean that prices displayed on the site are subject to currency fluctuations, which is why you may see them change over time.
If you wish to change the currency you pay in, head to the bottom of the page.
Why are your adventures only for adults?
All of our group adventures are specially designed for adults to enjoy as we want these adventures to bring together outdoorsy people who are truly like-minded. You must be over 18 to join one of our trips.
Who else will be on my trip?
You're always in good company on one of our adventures.
Our trips are typically made up of a mixture of solo travellers and small groups of 2 or 3 friends, with most in their 30s-50s.
Our sociable adventures are solo-friendly by design and naturally attract outdoorsy people with a shared mindset; a love for adventure, a desire to push themselves and meet awesome, like-minded people along the way. Check out our Community Values – a shared code to make sure that everyone's experience is safe, inclusive and brilliantly unforgettable.
It’s this camaraderie that has so often turned a great adventure into a life-changing one.
Don't just take our word for it:
- 95% of people rate the group dynamics on our trips 5/5
- 90% of people recommend joining a trip to make new friends
- 75% of people have met people on our trips that they would now consider friends
See here for more info about the Much Better Adventures tribe.
What's the carbon footprint for this trip?
We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre programme, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity.
What's the number?
It works out on average at 59kg of CO2 emissions per person, including all local transport, accommodation, food, activities, guides, staff and office operations.
The only thing it doesn’t include right now is flights and travel to the destination. We do make an overall estimate across all our customers separately, but as we don’t book flights, have customers from all corners of the world, and no way of reliably knowing their travel plans, we simply can’t include an individual number in the figure on display here. We’ve got a goal to fix that, so that when you book, there is a way to measure and mitigate the carbon emitted by your flight too.
But what does the number mean?
Yep, hard to picture eh? To give you an idea:
- Driving 1000 miles/1609km would be approximately 281kg of CO2 in an average car (or 140.5kg per person, if there were two of you in it).
- A return economy class flight between London and New York would be approximately 1619kg (1.66 tonnes) per person.
- 10 trees in a temperate forest are estimated to remove approximately 250kg of CO2 from the air in a period of 5-10 years.
What are we doing about it?
Our trips are relatively low-carbon by design, and we're working with all our hosts to develop long term carbon reduction plans. We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre programme, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity, ensuring the protection of the reserve and its wildlife.
Want to know more?
Amazingly, no international travel company has ever publicly published their carbon measurements before, as far as we know. We believe that must change, quickly. So we’re openly sharing the method we used in the hope that other companies will be able to more easily follow suit and build on what we've done so far. You'll find it all here.
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