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Possibly - Cloudy hill |
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Altitude
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1344 metres
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Grid Ref.
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NN16697127
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Ben Nevis
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Tower ridge from the summit of Ben Nevis, look closely for the hard core people climbing up!
© Samantha Munro
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Image by Samantha Munro
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Mountain Description
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Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, forms a horse-shoe shape ridge with Carn Mor Dearg, the massive Nevis dwarfing the latter (9th highest). The two mountains are connected by a narrow ridge with a rocky crest, the Carn Mor Dearg (CMD) arete.The easiest ascent of "The Ben" is from Glen Nevis, via Meall an t-Suidhe to the W following the old road which was constructed to service the hotel and observatory, now both ruins near the summit. This route reveals little of the magnificence of Nevis, and there is an alternative route for hill-walkers who can cope with scrambling, via Carn Mor Dearg and the CMD arete. An ascent is also possible via the head wall of Coire Leis to join the southern end of the CMD arete. Both these routes approach the summit of Ben Nevis form the E. The N face of the Ben should be left to mountaineers with rock climbing experience.
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Available Routes
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Ascent
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Distance
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1778 m
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16.68 km
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6.5 hrs
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Ben Nevis and Carn Mor Dearg
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This is a more difficult ascent with some exposure and scrambling, but it avoids most of the crowds and gives a taste of real mountaineering. Navigate with care, this is a dangerous mountain for the unwary.
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4 / 5
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1370 m
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14.83 km
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5.5 hrs
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Ben Nevis
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This is the "Tourist Route" which thousands climb each year, it is fairly strenuous. It can, however, be a serious ascent as the "path" disappears on the higher boulder slopes and navigational errors can and do lead to disaster.
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Myself on Ben Nevis
© William Brown
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Image by William Brown
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My Wife Shirley on the summit of Ben Nevis, pity about the cloud
© Colin Barclay
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Image by Colin Barclay
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me with the north face in the background
© Glenn Cooper
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Image by Glenn Cooper
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Weather & Maps, etc ...
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| Links to the nearest available forecast to Ben Nevis. |
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View Location
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Lee Paterson
wrote on September 27, 2008:
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It never ceases to amaze me how unprepared some people dress for the scottish mountains. Jeans, t-shirts, trainers even dress shoes! the cloud base was 650 mtrs, it was raining, visibility was about 20 mtrs on the summit. So, lets dress for the high street!! These idiots spare no thought for the poor sods in mountain rescue, who might end up having to leave their warm homes, or even beds to come to their aid. The hills are for all, but come on, dress for the environment. For your own sake!
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Paul Barker
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On April 27th 2008 myself (Paul) and Dave came, we saw and we conquered Ben Nevis. The day was clear, bright and sunny with hardly any cloud cover. The going was quite hard, even from the start, but we got to the ice and snow and that where the real difficulties started. The climb in snow and ice without crampons is relentless and very hard on the knees. I was very tempted to turn back on a number of occasions, but was spurred on by my friend and the teasing summit looming up at me. We also slid down the snow pack on the way down. brilliant, but challenging day.
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Alan Cantwell
wrote on May 3, 2008:
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My son Alan & I decided that we would make Ben Nevis our first Munro together. We had a brilliant day with summer conditions at the base and Arctic conditions at the summit! This mountain gets a lot of stick for being "touristy" and so on but I would recommend it to anyone. Everyone we met was friendly and approachable! We had intended to do CMD at the same time but weather conditions and a sensible decision half way up stopped us!
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Local Accommodation Options
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| Showing the nearest 10 of 51 within 100Km of the summit of Ben Nevis. Would you like to view all 51? |
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| 6.2 km |
Braemar - Lundy Gardens, Fort William, PH33 6PD Tel: 01397 705988
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Stobhan - Fassifern Road, Fort William, PH33 6BD Tel: 01397 702790
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Blaich Cottage - Blaich, Fort William, Invernesshire, PH33 7AN Tel: 01422 882061
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