Region
Most climbed route
Highlights
- Ben More is the youngest Munro geologically speaking, formed by vulcanism circa 59 million years ago
Routes
1 summit • 13.1 km • 1,156 m gain • 6 hr 25 min
Latest summits
"Start 0820h + Finish 1440h = 6h20*, 13.7km, 1360m ascent
*Time includes some impromptu canyoning and 20mins backtracking A’ Chioch to retrieve my dropped phone, doh! The gpx log came off the phone so my actual distance and ascent were more than above.
Summits today:
BEINN FHADA NW TOP - Dodd, Highland Five
BEINN FHADA - Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman
A’ CHIOCH - Simm, Subhump, Corbett Top, Yeaman
BEN MORE - Munro
AN GEARNA - Unclassified spot height with large old cairn
Ultra early start for the long single track drive to catch the first Lochaline-Fishnish ferry at 0705h. Animal road hazards galore in the small hours; sheep fast asleep right in the middle of the road, loads of crossing deer, and even a startled pine marten. Did a clockwise circuit avoiding the standard Ben More path. A little ridge scrambling from A’ Chioch to Ben More then a rough pathless direct descent via rarely visited An Gearna, which somehow merits the biggest, best constructed cairn of today. Initial fast progress scree running down steep upper slopes was wiped out by a couple of km+ of rough clumpy ankle turning grass later on. On the plus side I stumbled on the Gleann na Beinne Fada wat..." — davidb • Oct 14, 2020
"With Jonathan Bellarby. From the B8035 road up Gleann na Beinne Fada. We climbed boulders and scree to the col between A’ Chioch and Ben More, then to the summit of Ben More. Descent was via a path marked by many cairns down the NW becoming WNW ridge. Rain and mist, and very windy on top." — peter43 • Sep 15, 1985