Address: Torlundy, Fort William, PH33 6SQ, United Kingdom
Phone: +441397705825
Rating: 4.6
based on 457 reviews.
Scenery and Views
Pros:
"The views are stunning once you get there."
"The viewpoints are incredible and on a clear day you can see as far as the Inner Hebrides."
"Great place to visit if you enjoy spectacular views."
"Such a beautiful place with eye-popping moss amongst the trees, stunning views and a lovely atmosphere."
"The views are worth the ride up."
"Fantastic views at the top. That's what visiting here is all about."
"Awesome views back to Fort William and Loch Linnhe."
Cons:
"It was a cloudy day so the views weren't clear."
"Don’t go on the gondola in the rain; you can’t see anything and they’ll cancel the day early."
"The glass is dirty however, making pictures awkward."
"The gandola plastic windows are full scratches, you cannot really enjoy on the way to top neither on the way back down."
"I pre-booked my visit but the weather was awful and too misty to see much."
Cable Car Experience
Pros:
"The cable car ride is approx 15min and smooth with breathtaking views both during the ride and at the top."
"Going up the cable car will set you high enough to see the entire region from above."
"I loved the trip by Gondola and the view at the top!"
"The ride was incredible and a truly unique experience, one that you would not want to miss."
"Always get a great experience. Cable car / Gondola 🚠 is awesome and it takes you to the little cafe at the top."
"Wow what a fabulous experience we all had aboard the cable cars."
"The gondola made our trip! Well worth a visit."
Cons:
"It costs a hell of a lot to go up the mountain via the cable car. Like a hell of a lot £50ish for two people."
"I thought £25 each was a bit steep. Seeing as we were only walking & not skiing."
"However it is quite pricy at £19 a person and is maybe not worth it on a rainy cloudy day."
"The gondola ride up is expensive and not for the faint hearted! Lots of creaking and rattling noises and the gondola cars are rather shabby."
"£48 to use cable car for two adults and one 6 year old is a rip off!"
"At £25 pp to travel up the mountain in the gondola, I thought it was a bit on the expensive side."
"Gondola prices were extortionate, charging £64.95 for 2 adults & 3 kids, for one gondola return trip."
Food and Dining
Pros:
"The food in the restaurant is nice, and in this case cost about £8 odd for a main meal."
"Restaurant up there basic all served in recycled container and recyclable knife and fork."
"The Pinemarten cafe has a wide range of snacks and a good range of cakes for afternoon tea."
"Cafe is top notch with a decent selection of eats and treats."
"Delicious home cuisine and freshly baked goods created with regional ingredients are served at the Snowgoose Restaurant & Bar."
"The cafe has excellent food."
"Considering this place is halfway up a mountain, with limited access, the food & drink available, was Spot on."
Cons:
"Cafe is lacking any range of vegetarian or vegan food, in 2019 this is poor."
"Over priced food, very little choice because most of it wasn't ready."
"The food at the top was a little disappointing as chicken burger was cold and chilli chips lacked any spice or seasoning."
"Honestly, the burger was a little dry."
"The girls had hot dog and chips and pizza slices and chips + 2 hot chocolate drinks, and that was £37, also they didn't eat most of it because the food was really poor quality."
"Wouldn’t recommend the cafe up top either. The food was bland or greasy. Overall, expensive and not worth it."
"Awful food, served in cardboard, ridiculous expensive."
Activities and Facilities
Pros:
"Wonderful place, perfect for a day out of hiking and some amazing scenery."
"There is also a maintain bike section for those who wish to ride down the mountain."
"This place is definitely worth visiting, dogs are allowed in the cable cars and the views from up there are stunning."
"Friendly, helpful staff, great trails, great scenery, great place!"
"Great place for mountain biking."
"Perfect for skiers mountain bikers and hikers."
"A wonderful place for all things outdoors!"
Cons:
"Brilliant day out, only disappointment was rubbish at summit."
"However was quite disappointed at the end as no snow or ski."
"The bike trailer looked good with inventive names but there is no walking trail up sadly."
"Sad they are not supporting snow sports as much as in the past this season."
"Gift shop at top is serious lacking anything for kids or decent gifts, general junk and not much made in Scotland."
"The facilities for dogs is non existent."
"Would not recommend mountain biking down the mountain unless you are highly experienced at it."
Parking and Accessibility
Pros:
"There is ample parking here and easy access roads."
"Plenty of parking at the bottom."
"Parking price was fair, £4.50 for the full day parking if you are spending a lot of time in the resort."
"Car parking was free for blue badge holder after chatting to pay kiosk staff."
"There is plenty of parking and just costs £3 for the day."
"New car parking system in place which seems to be £4.50 for all day parking which is a fantastic price."
"Well laid out car &coach parking with plenty ev charge points."
Cons:
"Make sure you take some change for the car park - was £3 all day when we went and the machine doesn't give change."
"All day parking is not really all day, if you leave to pick someone else up or have lunch and come back you get charged again so £4.50 becomes £9 to park."
"The parking charge was £4.50 for the day, and we could use our gondola tickets as many times as we wanted in the day."
"But the fact it was nearly £60 for the 3 of us to go up to the top of the hill to viewing points and a cafe / restaurant was not for us."
"Got bus 41 there and back."
"We have to take two buses to this place: bus numbers 919 and N41."
"The cable cars only have door access for 60cm wide chair if you are unable to transfer to the cable car having no movement then the staff do have a chair you can transfer into though this in itself is a very tight squeeze when accessing the cable car."
Staff and Service
Pros:
"The employees at both the Cable Car and the Bike shop were truly the pride of the resort."
"Friendly, helpful staff, great trails, great scenery, great place!"
"The staff are polite and helpful."
"The staff are friendly and helpful and the facilities are good too."
"Staff were absolutely brilliant and great with our son who wasn't confident on some of the course."
"Staff very helpful and stopped the gondolas to allow my mum, who has mobility problems, get on and off."