4 Day Event – Skye Path Project, Glenbrittle

This is a collaborative volunteering event between Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland, Mountaineering Scotland and British Mountaineering Council to tackle the eroded state of the footpaths leading up to the Cuillin Hills.
Each day we will spend between 6-8 hours outside. The first two days will focus on path maintenance, clearing drainages and doing small repairs where appropriate. The third day, we will help to plant native tree species in the Fairy Pools car park area to support the site’s regeneration and improve the local habitats.

Please, only sign up if you can commit to the full event. We will ask for a non-returnable £10 donation to It’s Up to Us campaign (upon confirmation of attendance). This is an attempt to reduce number of people booking the event, but then cancelling at late notice.
As well as free accommodation, we will provide two communal meals (on Monday and Tuesday night).

Event’s Details

Location: Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye

Accommodation: Glenbrittle Memorial Hut (GBMH)

Sunday: Arrival to GBMH after 3 pm
Monday/Tuesday: Path Maintenance
Wednesday: Tree planting
The accommodation is booked until Thursday, so you can decide if you want to travel home on Wed afternoon or stay extra night and travel in the morning.

The GBMH has bunk beds in shared rooms. There are toilets, showers, drying room, well-equipped kitchen, fridge/freezer, heating, multi-fuel stove. You will need a sleeping bag and a pillow case. More details of what to bring will be provided closer to the event.

Requirements
No experience of path work or tree planting is required.
Volunteers must be used to spending time outdoors, have experience walking in the hills, have a good physical fitness and be capable of using tools.

Tools and work gloves will be provided.

Transport
Transport is not provided, but we encourage car sharing .

WhatsApp Group will be created closer to the date to help with travel arrangements, to provide more details, for general chat and sharing images after the event.

If you have any queries please contact Eva, our Outdoor Access Volunteer Coordinator at [email protected]

To volunteer for this project please log in below or sign-up here.