- The popular tourist path from Glen Nevis skirts the side of this hill before ascending Ben Nevis's broad western flank.
- Ben Nevis (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Nibheis) is the highest mountain in the British Isles. It is located at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Lochaber...
- The magma that erupted from the Earth’s crust cooled and solidified to form igneous rocks like granite, which make up the core of Ben Nevis.
- An ancient giant of the land, Ben Nevis was once a massive active volcano which exploded and collapsed inwards on itself millions of years ago.
- Although it may be swathed in eerie mists for most of the year, climbing Ben Nevis will make you feel as though you’re on top of the world.
- Ben Nevis, Fort William, Highland. 11,994 likes · 106 talking about this · 73,689 were here. Ben Nevis - is the tallest mountain in the UK at 4,409ft!
- At the top you will find the old Ben Nevis Observatory that was used to collect weather data from the Mountain between 1883 and 1904.
- Thousands of people set off each year on the challenge to climb The Ben. “Ben Nevis” is a translation of the Scottish Gaelic name “Beinn Nibheis”.
- The north face of Ben Nevis is riven with buttresses, ridges, towers and pinnacles, and contains many classic scrambles and rock climbs.
- We have also done Scafell Pike and felt that Ben Nevis despite being higher was easier to climb! Just Snowden to encounter now!