THE IMPACT OF BOOTS

■ Over 150,000 people walk to the summit of Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis, every year.

■ Around 60,000 enjoy the wild and rocky route below Ben Nevis, which passes through the Steall Gorge to the stunning Steall Falls waterfall.

■ Fix the Fells spend £500,000 each year to maintain existing Lake District paths, including £60,000 for helicopter lifts and £200 per metre of stone-pitching.