Scotland

Stob Ban

MunroMarilynHuMPSimmMurdo

4 classifications here — 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.

Stob Ban, 977 m, Highland
Stob Ban, 977 m, Highland. Photo by Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
977 m · 3,205 ft
Grid reference
NN 26672 72386
Coordinates
56.81066, -4.84088
County / area
Highland
OS Landranger
41
OS Explorer
392
Summit feature
cairn
Key col
NN264729 (803 m)

About Stob Ban

This Stob Ban lies 16 kilometres east of Fort William in Lochaber, one of four Munros in the Grey Corries, a group that also holds nine Munro Tops along an eight-kilometre ridge. It should not be muddled with the Munro of the same name in the Mamores.

The name translates as white peak, or light-coloured peak: the hill is covered in pale schist scree, unlike the grey quartzite of the rest of the group. It is a distinctly conical mountain, set apart from its neighbours and well away from any main road.

Standing south of the main Grey Corries ridge, it links to Stob Choire Claurigh, the group's high point, by an unnamed 800-metre col holding a small unnamed lochan. Three ridges give the cone its shape; the northeastern one drops to the Allt na Lairige, which runs south into Loch Treig.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Stob Bàn (Grey Corries) (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 56.811, -4.841. 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

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

Survey method
obvious summit
Record revised
15-Aug-12
Drop measured from
NN264729 · 803 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.

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).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Stob Ban
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Corriechoille LodgeHotel/bed & breakfast/guest houseAwaiting inspection8.4 km · N

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.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Stob Choire Claurigh1177 m1.6 km
Stob a' Choire Leith1105 m1.6 km
Stob Coire Cath na Sine1082.4 m1.6 km
Caisteal1106 m2.1 km
Stob Coire na Ceannain1123 m2.2 km
Stob Coire an Laoigh1116 m2.7 km