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Name: | Ben Nevis [Beinn Nibheis] |
Hill number: | 278 |
Height: | 1344.53m / 4411ft |
RHB Section: | 04A: Fort William to Loch Treig and Loch Leven |
County/UA: | Highland |
County (CoH): | Inverness-shire (CoH) |
County (CoA): | Highland (CoA) |
Catchment: | Lochy, Catchment Boundaries, Nevis |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Historic County Top, Current County/UA Top, Administrative County Top, SIB, Murdo, Yeaman, Trail 100 (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,CoH,CoU,CoA,SIB,Mur,Y,T100,P600 ,P500) |
Grid ref: | NN 16670 71279 |
Summit feature: | no feature: natural ground 10m NW of trig point |
Drop: | 1344.5m |
Col: | Sea |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 41 (1:25k) 392 |
Observations: | man-made structure supporting emergency structure is higher |
Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica GS15 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 2332 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Ascended via ledge route in winter conditions. Great weather, crossed gully #5 and once over the arête we walked to the summit and down the tourist track. | Shinydiscoba11z | 25/02/2024 |
Fab day. Enough cloud to not be too hot, but still a view from the top. With Katie. | kindpercy | 12/09/2023 |
From Torlundy, via CMD Arete. | welshe | 12/09/2023 |
Ascent up the Tourist Path from Glen Nevis Camp Site. | nat571 | 09/08/2023 |
Very crowded mountain but managed to make it back to the car just intime for the heavens to open and some good views on the way up before going into the cloud. Victoria's first UK mountain. | Stufox123 | 15/07/2023 |
Started from Ossian’s Hotel and went up & down the tourist route | AJWSmith | 26/06/2023 |
Climbed from North Face car park over CMD with Phoebe, beautiful day | MrD | 13/06/2023 |
Summit after quick ascent of Observatory Ridge. Down via CMD. | Ennoch | 10/06/2023 |
Carn Dearg Meadhonach, Carn Mor Dearg, CMD Arete & Ben Nevis from Torlundy. | JasonStark | 22/04/2023 |
/7622120802 | ravioli7938 | 31/03/2023 |
Mamores -> Grey Corries -> Nevis circuit post-Winter ML Training | tleach12 | 27/02/2023 |
Crampons, ice ax & snow goggles. -22 degrees, 40mph winds, snow, blizzard. Zero visibility at times. | paulh79 | 09/02/2023 |
https://strava.app.link/JN8gXiQjJyb | John | 18/01/2023 |
A sudden decision to go to Scotland due to the Bank Holiday for the Queen's death. A lovely walk though very cold and misty on the top. | Mollyb | 18/09/2022 |
Tourist route, hot and sunny low down, cloud and snow on the summit | DaveMc | 16/09/2022 |
A repeat visit since my last one in 1978. 
This time beautiful clear skies and wonderful panoramic views. | Hirta | 05/09/2022 |
With E. From Visitor Centre car park (£8 full day) following Mountain Path route to summit. Return same way. Weather was superb throughout which was an added bonus to our achievement. | Beeliner | 01/09/2022 |
With AS | eks | 21/08/2022 |
Aonach Mor, Aoanach Beag, CMD and Nevis from Nevis Range Car Park. Steven Fallons route Lochaber 4000s, but with walk back to start point at end | hummusg | 21/07/2022 |
From Fort William Bus Station, walked along the road to Achintee and began my ascent on the Mountain Path. There are thousands of other reports on Ben Nevis but to summarise, it is physically challenging and the weather is notoriously unpredictable. It beggars belief that I saw an Asian couple leading their crying child, no more than 8 years old, down the mountain. I faced everything from clear skies to snow within the 2h 30mins it took me to reach the top. There were a few sections of snow to contend with, despite it being June. Alas no views from the top. | hillbagger91 | 12/06/2022 |
CMD, Ben Nevis. Missed the turnoff for the CMD path and only noticed when near the CIC - scrambled up the side of CMD and witnessed an airlift from the cliffs of the north face directly opposite, topping out at Carn Dearg Meadhonach | Barns150 | 04/06/2022 |
OMC camping map at Roybridge, with Simon Walsh, I parked just before the North Face car park (as it was already full) at 07:35. 
Started at 07:50, followed track for CIC Hut then cut off up the boggy 'path' for CMD once past the forestry. Left phone 200m shy of summit, but noticed quickly so was able to nip down to find it. Went over the summit of Carn Dearg Meadhonach (MT) then Carn Mor Dearg (M). The Arete was no where near as bad as I had expected,one short narrow area (600mm wide) but it could have been bypassed, I just walked over it. Once on top on Ben Nevis (M) the crowds were too much. We raced down to the lochan to try and get clear of all the tourists in jeans and trainers, playing near to snow cornices... 
Pathless section from lochan back to CIC Hut track, fine with gaiters. Sunny all day,fantastic views, 11:20hrs all in. | chillyman8 | 04/06/2022 |
As part of the Cockbain National 3 Peaks Ultra Marathon . | Lykewake42 | 03/06/2022 |
I started from the Ben Nevis Inn carpark very early (5 am) and I reached the summit at 8:20. At this time weather was really fine. Coming back i crossed a real crowd but with a diversion I encircled lake Meall an t-Suidhe and the reached the Meall an t-Suidhe summit, where I met a single hiker. | Pampuco | 02/06/2022 |
Carn Mor Dearg and Ben Nevis from the Visitor Centre car park. Followed tourist track to the halfway lochan. Then over to the CIC hut, from where an unremittingly steep ascent of 350m took me to Carn Beag Dearg. A fine ridge walk over to Carn Dearg Meadhonach to Carn Mor Dearg, and then the excellent CMD arete to the Ben, affording fine views of the north face. Arrived at the snow covered summit of the Ben at 4.15pm with many visitors and extensive panoramic views in the clear and sunny weather. Followed the zig zags down with a diversion across to bag the two Carn Dearg NW tops. My 15th ascent of the Ben, but first time in 15 years, so great to revisit such a great mountain expedition again. 22km with 1700m ascent taking 10 hours. | silverwolf_alan | 28/05/2022 |
Parked at the Achintee Rd car park and set off at 8:05. Reached the summit at 11:30 and returned at 14:35 for a coffee at the Ben Nevis Inn. Six and a half hours. | India Smart | 23/05/2022 |
Birthday summit! Took about 5 hours, not including the stop at the top for a couple of butties! | AbneyAlpsRealm | 20/05/2022 |
Climbed with Erica and her gang, raising money for charity :-) | AJH | 14/05/2022 |
16/06/2013 | McBarron | 14/05/2022 |
Up from the visitors centre | Havenchris | 24/04/2022 |
After Ledge Route with JH | HardenC | 30/03/2022 |
via Tower Ridge | benchall | 10/03/2022 |
With Andy Crosby & Pete Poultney | JtwoUD | 25/02/2022 |
From London on the Caledonian sleeper and straight up from Fort William Station with full pack. V.cold with hail and snow at top. With Neil. | Stevooo | 20/11/2021 |
With Deborah | Wierdostomps | 24/10/2021 |
Terrible weather | MarannaDevine | 22/09/2021 |
From North Face car park via CMD arete, mist came down so no views, thoroughly enjoyed the arete but not the long walk back down from the Ben. | alanm9 | 21/09/2021 |
As part of Ben Nevis Ultra | twg27 | 19/09/2021 |
From Upper CP. Carn Dearg SW, Ben Nevis, Carn Dearg NW, Meall an t-Suidhe, back to campsite.With B, B and R. | jenx | 16/09/2021 |
From Achintee on main path with diversions to Meall Suidhe and Carn dearg N.swirling cloud. Lots of people on top.with Richard. | Denise | 15/09/2021 |
From Glen Nevis visitor centre | philz008 | 14/09/2021 |
Amazing day from North Face car park, beautiful weather, fun scramble over the CMD Arete, very busy at summit and not so enjoyable descent | PDuncan82 | 08/09/2021 |
Amazing day, starting in the mist and ending in 23 degree heat. A bit of a slog by glad to have done it. The whole family enjoyed this. The views from the top were stunning. | PaulJN | 25/08/2021 |
Beautifully simple route- very welcome following the second day in the Cairngorms. | hjb68 | 10/08/2021 |
With Pat. | WaggaWagg | 09/08/2021 |
Climbed with Peter, Mum & Dad at the scottish 6 day rest day. | Gemma3421 | 05/08/2021 |
From Glen Nevis campsite with the kids. Total time just under 9 hours but we had plenty of snack stops and a picnic stop at the top in the clouds. Clear until halfway up the zigzags then walking through cloud. | thecoopers | 05/08/2021 |
Tourist route | Stormy107 | 30/07/2021 |
Solo after Aonachs & CMD arête, thin mist on summit itself annoyingly, though excellent views from all points lower. Huge crowds on top, litter, queue for summit! Pressed on, jogging down the path, overtaking hundreds and somehow not falling despite nearly stumbling a few times. Left crowds at NN147724 to cross outflow of loch and descend N, not really a path but not difficult, joined path and LRT by Allt a' Mhuilinn but it was still a surprisingly and annoyingly long way down LRTs to car, after a long day! | NorfolkPT21 | 19/07/2021 |
From Glen Nevis Campsite, up and down the Mountain Track | IA_Jones | 21/06/2021 |