Ben More

About Ben More

Ben More — Beinn Mhòr, 'the great mountain' — rises above Crianlarich in the Breadalbane country of the southern Highlands. It is the highest of the Crianlarich Hills south-east of the village and the highest point anywhere in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, separated from Stob Binnein (1,165 m) by the Bealach-eadar-dà-Bheinn, the 'col between two mountains'.

On the north side a long-lasting snow patch collects, unique among Southern Highlands patches in being named on the 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey map. It is the Cuidhe Chrom, 'crooked wreath', after the shape it takes in late spring and early summer; it often survives well into June and occasionally July. A similarly named summit, Cuidhe Cròm, appears near Lochnagar.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Ben More (Crianlarich) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Civil twilight ends

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Computed astronomically for 56.386, -4.540. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Leica RX1250

Record revised

15-Dec-24

Drop measured from

NN382244 · 188 m

Classification history: Added to Trail 100 list Jan 2020.

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Reaching Ben More by train

One National Rail station sits within 8 km of the summit — close enough to make a car-free day of it. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.

Each station page lists every hill in its reach, long-distance paths from the door and a live-times link — see all stations with hills in reach. Station positions from NaPTAN (OGL v3.0).

Get food nearby

One place to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

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