HeclaWP1Start from the improved Loch Skipport footpath, near the end of the Skipport road.DotWaypointsWP2Follow pathDotWaypointsWP3Follow footpathDotWaypointsWP4Follow the path as it ascends, and then, shortly before it peters out, turn right across flat, often marshy, groundDotWaypointsWP5Keep going until you come to the streamDotWaypointsWP6You will come to a stream that meanders off to the right. It is no easy task to walk along either of that stream’s rugged banks. But if you persist, you will be rewarded when the stream opens out suddenly into Loch Spotal, one of the island’s hidden treasures, across from the dramatic palisades of Ben na h-Aire.DotWaypointsWP7Circle around the right of Loch Spotal – that is, the western – edge of Spotal and pick your way through the heather beyond it. You will see, to Hecla’s left, a vivid green patch on the hillside.DotWaypointsWP8Climb the patch – it is steep but easily traversable – and you will end up just below and to the east of Hecla’s craggy peak.DotWaypointsWP9You will end up just below and to the east of Hecla’s craggy peak.DotWaypoints