Bidean nam Bian
5 classifications here — Trail 100, Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Murdo — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 1149.4 m · 3,771 ft
- Prominence
- 844 m
- Grid reference
- NN 14345 54201
- Coordinates
- 56.64276, -5.02933
- County / area
- Highland
- OS Landranger
- 41
- OS Explorer
- 384
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NN206560 (305 m)
About Bidean nam Bian
Bidean nam Bian, 'peak of the mountains', tops the group of hills lying between Glen Coe to the north and Glen Etive to the south, and is the highest point in Argyll. It is a complicated mountain of many ridges and subsidiary summits, one of which, Stob Coire Sgreamhach, counts as a Munro in its own right.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Bidean nam Bian (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
Access rights here
Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.
Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.
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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Computed astronomically for 56.643, -5.029. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
top 200m WNW at NN141542 is lower.
The recorded summit point is cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 10-Oct-15
- Drop measured from
- NN206560 · 305 m
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
The Bidean nam Bian group
5 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Bidean nam Bian as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Stob Coire nan Lochan | 1,116 m | 117 m |
| Stob Coire nam Beith | 1,107 m | 28 m |
| Stob Coire Sgreamhach | 1,072 m | 128 m |
| Beinn Fhada | 952 m | 50 m |
| Beinn Fhada NE Top | 931 m | 55 m |
Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Stob Coire nam Beith | 1106.9 m | 0.6 km |
| Stob Coire nan Lochan | 1115.6 m | 0.8 km |
| Stob Coire Sgreamhach | 1072 m | 1.3 km |
| Beinn Fhada | 952 m | 1.6 km |
| Beinn Maol Chaluim | 906.3 m | 1.8 km |
| Beinn Fhada NE Top | 931 m | 2.1 km |