Sròn Uladail. Photo: Kieran Evans CC-BY-SA-2.0

A Hebridean island will host its first mountain festival this autumn.

The Isle of Harris Mountain Festival will include guided walks, photography workshops and kayaking, along with a series of mountain films.

Broadcaster and journalist Cameron McNeish will be among guest speakers at the event, which will run from 24 September to 1 October.

Natural history photographer Laurie Campbell will also be running a photography workshop and will be displaying work in Harris.

Two evenings will be dedicated to showing mountain themed films from around the world.

The festival is being organised by the North Harris Trust, the community landowners of the 26 700ha (66,000-acre) North Harris estate.

North Harris ranger Robin Reid will be leading a guided walks programme including a 20km (12-mile) community walk from Bogha Glas to Miabhaig nam Beann, along the longest stretch of path in the Western Isles.

Sea kayaking taster sessions will also be on offer.

Organisers said: “The Isle of Harris is fortunate enough to have an extensive network of paths criss-crossing the island. This makes more remote parts of the island accessible to casual walkers, not just seasoned hill climbers.

“Harris is a spectacular place where seas and mountains meet, hosting some of the most spectacular and rugged mountain scenery in the world.  It is hoped that the mountain festival will bring visitors and locals together to enjoy what Harris has to offer. Set at the end of September we hope that the festival will attract visitors to Harris outside the main tourist season.

Scottish Natural Heritage and Leader are supporting the event.

The corbett An Cliseam, or Clisham, is Harris’s highest point at 799m (2,621ft). Harris was also the venue for the live televised climb by Dave MacLeod and Tim Emmett of the huge 185m (600ft) overhanging Sròn Uladail last August.

Further details are on the Harris Mountain Festival website.