FACTORY-RESET EXPEDITIONS
The Sleeper to the Moor and Beyond
A Rannoch Traverse Factory-Reset Expedition — beginning overnight on the Caledonian Sleeper and crossing some of Scotland’s wildest ground.
The Sleeper to the Moor and Beyond begins before you’ve properly left home — overnight, by train, waking already somewhere else. From there it’s a multi-day crossing on foot of Rannoch Moor, one of the last great wild spaces left in Scotland, joining the West Highland Way and following it home to Fort William.
Who It’s For
- A burnt-out professional in need of a genuine reset
- Anyone who wants the disconnection to start the moment they leave, not when they arrive
- Comfortable carrying a multi-day pack across open, pathless, often boggy ground
- Happy with wild camping and simple, self-sufficient days
You’ll need your own kit (a full list is provided on booking), a reasonable level of fitness for sustained days on rough, trackless terrain, and a willingness to let the moor set the pace.
Getting There
Most begin the way the name suggests — overnight on the Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston, waking in the Highlands as the train threads its way north. If flying suits you better, Glasgow is the nearest airport, with a short onward train journey on the West Highland Line to reach the same starting point.
That starting point is Corrour — a request-only stop with no road to it at all, the remotest mainline station in Britain, and about as clean a break between ‘everywhere’ and ‘nowhere’ as exists on the rail network. It’s where this expedition properly begins.
The Route
From Corrour, the route crosses Rannoch Moor on foot — open, wild, and without paths for long stretches — before joining the West Highland Way and following it down through Kinlochleven to Fort William. Wild camping throughout.
Stage One — Corrour
Onto the Moor
Focus: disconnect, orient yourself, feel the scale of the place.
- Step off at Corrour, the UK’s remotest mainline station — no road reaches it
- Meet your guides. Expedition briefing and kit check.
- Head out onto open moorland, the railway already behind you
- First wild camp beneath a huge, empty sky
Stage Two — Rannoch Moor
Crossing the Moor
Focus: endurance, patience, shared effort.
- Trackless, boggy ground — slow miles that reward patience over pace
- Some of the quietest, least-visited country in the Highlands
- Further nights wild camping, deep in open moorland
- Watch for red deer and golden eagles over the wider moor
Stage Three — The West Highland Way
The Way Home
Focus: reflection, momentum, the pull toward journey’s end.
- Join Scotland’s best-known long-distance trail
- Follow it down through Kinlochleven
- Finish on foot into Fort William, journey’s end
- Debrief and farewells — lighter packs, fuller heads
Best Time to Go
- Late spring and early summer — long days, and the moor at its driest before high summer’s bogs
- Early autumn — cooler walking, fewer midges, and a real chance of golden, russet ground
- Midsummer brings the most daylight, but pack for midges in calm, damp conditions
- Winter crossings are possible but demand serious experience, and are arranged separately
Limited spots each season. If the moor is calling you, don’t wait too long to answer.
QUICK FACTS
FormatMulti-day wilderness crossing, wild camping
RouteEuston → Corrour → Rannoch Moor → Kinlochleven → Fort William
AccessOvernight Sleeper to Corrour, or fly to Glasgow + train
Group sizeTo be confirmed
InvestmentAvailable on request