Tag: Volunteers

Skye path maintenance volunteer event

Sunday 28.09.2025 – Thursday 02.10. 2025

This is a collaborative volunteering event between Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland, Mountaineering Scotland and British Mountaineering Council to tackle the eroded state of 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.
On the last day, we will help to plant native tree species in the Fairy Pools car park area (managed by OATS) to support the site’s regeneration and improve the local habitats.

Location: Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye

Accommodation: Glenbrittle Memorial Hut (GBMH) – bunk beds in shared accommodation, showers, toilets, drying room, cooking facilities (more information)

Cost: £10 donation to It’s Up to Us campaign (upon confirmation of attendance)

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

Itinerary:

Sunday: Travel to Isle of Skye (Arrival to GBMH after 3 pm)
Monday/Tuesday: Path Maintenance – Cuillin Hills footpaths
Wednesday: Tree planting – Fairy Pools car park area (optional or travel home)
Thursday: Travel home

Requirements:

No experience of path work 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.

Interested?

Please register your interest for this event using the form below or click here.

We will be in touch with further information and booking details in early July.

Latest volunteer days on An Teallach are huge success

Cairngorm Wilderness Contract workers repair the path on An Teallach
Cairngorm Wilderness Contract workers repair the path on An Teallach

Last week, an enthusiastic team of OATS volunteers teamed up with path contractors from Cairngorm Wilderness Contracts to undertake path-building work on An Teallach.

Over three days, the volunteers and contractors worked together to build several metres of stone revetment, a large stone cross drain, lay aggregate path, dig some ditches and do some path restoration work to minimise the visual impact of the path works.

Volunteers at work repairing a mountain path

The £300,000 path project is being funded by the It’s Up To Us campaign in partnership with Mountaineering Scotland, which aims to raise awareness of the desperate need for funding for upland path repairs in Scotland. Over £215,000 has been raised so far, but there is still more to do so that this vital conservation work can continue.

Contractor digs hole on mountain path on An Teallach

On Tuesday, the volunteers were joined by members of the Mountaineering Scotland teamed, who travelled from HQ in Perth to see the progress that’s been made on the path and try their hand at path building. Well-known outdoor writer and It’s Up to Us ambassador, Chris Townsend, along with photographer James Roddie, were also on site covering the volunteers days for the June issue of The Great Outdoors (TGO) magazine.

Find out more about volunteering and donate to help save Scotland’s mountain paths!