The LAMM will take place at Glenfinnan, 15 miles west of Fort William on the A830 road to Mallaig. The Event Centre is here.

ARRIVING BY ROAD
You should only park in designated areas as directed by the LAMM team. Please do not park in the National Trust car park at Glenfinnan, Glenfinnan Estate public car park or the church car park. Approaching from Fort William the majority of vehicles will be routed into the event parking on the left hand side, 2 miles before you reach Glenfinnan. Look out for yellow signs. Cross a bridge and turn right onto a wide forest track that runs west, parallel with the A830. Max Speed 15 mph on tracks. You will park on the sections of road either side of a quarry. See map. There is now a board walk (not shown on the map) that leads from the track to the main road near the Glenfinnan monument. It is a gated track that will be locked at midnight on Friday night until 06:00 Saturday. When all event vehicles have been parked, the gate will be locked and only opened to allow those retiring to leave between 18:00 - 18:15 and 21:00 - 21:15 on Saturday evening. It will be re-opened on Sunday from 11:00 until all vehicles have left. You must remove your vehicle on Sunday as big logging lorries will be using the track again on Monday morning. If case of emergency, please ring 07748 886602 or 07817 849090.

If you are registering on Friday and then heading off for other accommodation you should follow the A830 all the way to Glenfinnan and park as directed by our marshals. Look out for our yellow signs. Have a safe journey.

The A82 along Loch Lomond and all roads approaching Fort William will be very busy on Friday evening as people head for the World Cup MTB Championships at Nevis Range.  The roads will be busy again from late afternoon on Sunday.

ARRIVING BY TRAIN
Travel from Glasgow Queen Street -> Glenfinnan. Trains leave Glasgow at 08:51, 12:21 and 18:21, arriving Glenfinnan at 13:20, 16:54 and 22:43 respectively. It's a short walk to the Event Centre.

LAMM COACH - CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULE
Due to the the extra traffic on roads between Fort William and Glasgow our coach to Glasgow will now depart at 14:30 on Sunday. The prizegiving will take place at 14:00

ACCOMMODATION
There is no accommodation available within a 10 mile radius of Glenfinnan. Fort William will be incredibly busy as it is hosting the World Cup downhill MTB. Its best to camp but be prepared for midges if it is still.

WEATHER FORECAST - Kindly Provided by David Braine at the BBC Weather Centre

Our planner this year is Andy Spenceley, who planned the excellent routes at Inchnadamph two years ago and controlled the event last yeasr.  Angela Mudge who planned our 2007 routes and Dave Coustick will share the role of controller.

DISAPPEARING FEATURES
Our controller Dave Coustick writes - "Harry Potter has been practising his spells while on the train to Hogwarts!
Spell 1 - "Snowhide!" When the map was being finalised, some new tracks were buried under a long-lasting blanket of snow and so are not on the map.
Spell 2 - "Precipstop!" Since the snow vanished the lack of water (there has been just 15mm of rain in the last 5 weeks) means that some water features on the map cannot be seen on the ground."

THE LOCATION - A Note from our Planner
The map contains the usual collection of Munros and Corbetts that are typical for a LAMM area. So, as always, the LAMM is not a boggy moorland trudge, but a journey through real mountains (or up and over them!). If the weather is good, the views from the high ground are astounding and some of Scotland’s best scenery and most famous peaks can be seen.

The area has steep sided glens, lochs, long bumpy ridges (not always going the way you want to go, unfortunately) and, as mentioned, plenty of hills. It’s generally rockier and rougher than last year (but perhaps not as rough as Assynt, two years ago), although the terrain does vary across the area from more grassy and easier going to rocky scrambles. Apart from the odd estate road, there are few paths and even paths that are marked on the map are often not very good or as well made as, say, the stalkers paths in Assynt.

The centre of the area is very remote, with just a few bothies, and there are parts that I’d be surprised if more than a handful of people in the race had previously visited and I think you’ll enjoy the overnight campsite (if you are not too tired to appreciate it!) – think nice camping like last year in a spectacular setting surrounded by hills.

THE MIDCAMP
It's a very unusually shaped campsite at an idyllic location. We are camping in the back garden of a most accommodating family. We're very, very grateful to Edward and Sue Hinks for making us so welcome as their microlight landing strip is the only place to camp for miles around and we will be invading their peace and tranquility.