Endurance athletes from all over Europe are expected to take part in the challenging race
An endurance event in Glen Coe featuring more than 170 athletes should not cause inconvenience to climbers and hillwalkers, its organisers have said.
Saturday's inaugural Salomon Glen Coe Skyline race will feature an ascent of the Munro, Buachaille Etive Mor.
Because of the terrain involved, only competitors highly experienced in mountain running and alpinism have been invited to enter the competition.
It is one of six races in the 2015 Skyrunning UK calendar.
The other events include races in the Lake District in England and Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland.
Women's world champion Emelie Forsberg is expected to compete in Saturday's race
Buachaille Etive Mor's Curved Ridge - which the competitors will tackle - is known to hillwalkers and climbers as a hard scramble, or an easy rock-climb.
The race will also take competitors to Lairig Gartain and cross Buachaille Etive Beag, among other geographical landmarks in Glen Coe.
Shane Ohly, the event's spokesman, said there was plenty of room for competitors and other people in the areas involved.
He said: "Other recreational users of Glen Coe, walkers, climbers etc are extremely unlikely to be inconvenienced by the race.
"In fact, we welcome spectators and really hope that everyone will enter into the spirit of the event and cheer on the runners if they see them."
Among those expected to take part will be women's Skyrunning World and European champion Emelie Forsberg.
Other athletes from France also Belgium, Spain and across the UK have entered.
More than 170 athletes are headed for Glen Coe
- Published21 July 2015
