| Name: | Ben Vane |
| Hill number: | 76 |
| Height: | 915.76m / 3004ft |
| County/UA: | Argyll and Bute |
| Topographical area: | HS04 Ime-vorlich |
| SMC/RHB section: | 01D: Inveraray to Crianlarich |
| Catchment: | Leven (Dumbarton) |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NN 27757 09837 |
| Summit feature: | rock outcrop near small cairn |
| Drop: | 424m |
| Col: | 492m NN263096  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 56 (1:25k) OL39S 364S |
| Observations: | summit outcrop is 7m to NW of cairn. note cairn at top of gully 35m E at NN 27790 09830 is 0.52m lower |
| Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica 530 Surveys of Beinn Teallach and Ben Vane (Final).doc |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 969 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Solo | vgiorgio | 29/06/2024 |
| SE ridge from Inveruglas | medifix | 17/06/2024 |
| Unexpected sunny Vane with Christina | nrowan | 15/06/2024 |
| Ben Vane, from Inveruglas. Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 27/05/2024 |
| Ben Vorlich, Ben Vorlich North Top & Ben Vane from Inveruglas. | JasonStark | 20/04/2024 |
| With Rob cycled from inveruglas on a sunny cold morning. Started up by a stream ascending to join a well prepared rocky path that took all the way up to the final ascent up the arête. The snowy conditions justified vthe spikes and ice axes as precautions the summit is a large flat space. We shared with a lady bus driver from Skye and two sixty year olds. A happy group. We descended down north facing snowy slopes threading thru corrriesto traverse on an old level rail track to join the track we had climbed. The freewheel To the Loch was a welcome conclusion. | david.walker40 | 26/03/2024 |
| Fine, icy day. With AJO. | harristhedog | 29/01/2024 |
| Straightforward SHC walk, up and down from Inveruglas. | TRG318 | 03/09/2023 |
| Walkhighlands route from Inveruglas carpark.Glorious June day with amazing clear views, but a bit too hot really. | Lazylizzie | 04/06/2023 |
| Parked at the Inveruglas visitor centre car park (£4 cash/card) and followed the track/path up the E ridge and back. Cold wind and into the cloud at about 800m, so no views. With Gillian | richard69 | 27/05/2023 |
| Lucked out with the weather today again. | Shinydiscoba11z | 26/03/2023 |
| 17.43 miles 3723ft walk, Ben Vane from Arrochar. | stephenbuda | 15/09/2022 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 12/08/2022 |
| From Arrochar. Direct ascent up Beinn Narnain. On to The Cobbler, Beinn Ime and Ben Vane. Long walk out through forest track back to Arrochar. | robertgn | 20/07/2022 |
| Walkhighlands route from Inveruglas. Didn't fancy returning by the steps and scrambles so followed the ridge to Beinn Dubh via BV North and Far North Tops then down to the dam. Cross the burns higher up before descending: the last one is tricky to cross lower down. | TRG318 | 29/06/2022 |
| Pup’s Birthday Arrochar Alps adventure | Littledave | 29/05/2022 |
| With Sharon after Ben Vorlich big day. | colinfielding | 07/05/2022 |
| Tough day out in miserable conditions with H&K | Baz with H&K | 13/02/2022 |
| Munros Rnd2. Walked down Glen Kinglas to Abyssinia, crossed the burn, walked up the wide firebreak through long grass, crossed the track, climbed the deer fence and finally onto the north ridge. Beinn Dubh (774m), Ben Vane Far N Top (751m), Ben Van N Top (750m) then Ben Vane (915m). Descended to Lag Uaine and climbed up Beinn Chorranach (888m). Descended west to the van, just south of Butterbridge, by the mast. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 18/08/2021 |
| With Jack, Joe, Jim Summer trip (Arrochar) | fellie | 27/07/2021 |
| A quick ascent from the North Top. | JAdair97 | 22/05/2021 |
| Ben Vane Walkhighlands route from Inveruglas | hummusg | 11/05/2021 |
| From Inveruglas. | thekirkie pirate | 22/04/2021 |
| From Inveruglas CP over Ben Vane, then the North tops, Beinn Dubh then down to the dam. Ice, snow and sun - a fantastic start to the year. | sclater | 01/01/2021 |
| With Iain. 2nd attempt of the year (not in snow this time!) Unbelievable inversions all around - complete with fog bow and brocken spectres. Down to Abyssinia for the night - joined by crew of 6 at 10pm. 3.5hr trod back through stunning Glen Uaine next day. | iangpark | 06/11/2020 |
| Cracking day out with great views and weather. hard climb doing Vorlich and Vane in the same day though. | Kevthecat | 05/10/2020 |
| With Jon. Drove up from Annan. Parked at Inveruglas and followed main path up steeply on a sunny day. Dashed down and then headed off to catch the ferry to Mull. | jigglybones | 21/08/2020 |
| Great route in winter conditions as I didn’t expect the little climb to reach the summit | emily | 27/01/2020 |
| Gavin Appleton Alex Heenan, Barry McGarahan. Finns First Munro. Walked from the National Park Car Park at Inveruglas. Had a rain shower that lasted 15 minutes on the walk in. However once that cleared up it was a reasonable day. Snow for the last 250m of ascent and a some ice on the summit. Nothing too bad. Helped a couple and there two dogs over a steep rocky section they could have done with ice axes. Summitted then came a little lower for lunch. Ensured couple got back down the steep section safely then walked out. Finn loved it especially the snow he was really well behaved even when he sent on the doubled lead at the top. thought it was getting to steep and slippy for him to be charging round I thought it best to play it safe. Back at the car by 3:30 a really enjoyable day. | ian-e | 18/01/2020 |
| With Debs & Tali, heading home. Parked on A82 layby 1km south of tracks start as carpark closed for the roadworks. Under 4 hours, hill path being repaired. | Mountain Goat | 02/10/2019 |
| C & T | Waltzin Delilah | 02/10/2019 |
| Boggy AF walk in. Followed walkhighlands route. Lots of big bags of stones on the 'path' for work to be done, though they made for interesting obstacles because it was either climb over them or tackle the bog. Met an elderly man who was doing his first munro since a hip replacement - can't believe the speed that he got down the hill! Walked with MS & AM. | kateslattery90 | 11/08/2019 |
| 2nd Repeat | chalky1953 | 05/07/2019 |
| Climbed from Inveruglas vistor centre, left work in Hamilton at 12:30, started the hike at 14:15, returned to the car at 19:45. Clear sunshine to begin with, overcast by the end, but dry all afternoon. Didn’t enjoy the false summits, but this was my 66th Munro and the fourth in the Arrochar Alps. | chillyman8 | 14/06/2019 |
| Standard there and back route from Inveruglas. Quite a steep ascent. Clear on summit but rain shower on descent. | knarf | 10/06/2019 |
| Nice warm day with Jan, Rachel and Sarah | kbee | 20/04/2019 |
| Ben Vane in the clag. Foggy virtually the whole way up, with a few snow patches in places near the summit. Saw a few other people. | Jonnyiom | 07/04/2019 |
| From Inveruglas Visitor Centre, Loch Lomond (NN 32270 09862). Followed Loch Sloy access road before crossing bridge at NN 29865 09506. Soon an intially boggy path before reaching steeper ground. A few not too difficult scrambly bits near the top before reaching the small summit plateau. | david230201 | 25/03/2019 |
| Parked in the car park opposite the power station on the A82 at Inveruglas. Walked along the road and then turned right under the railway line. Folowed the road up until it forks to the left and goes over a bridge, short distance later you can see the obvious path that takes you up to Ben Vane. No views from the top thanks to the clag. Walk took 4 hrs 45 min. | Anglostark | 15/01/2019 |
| Nice walk, steep and interesting. Few people out, mild and foggy. | Capt Malbec | 27/12/2018 |
| Up steep well trodded path. Boggy low down, rocky higher up. Top 100m patches of ice made short scrambles interesting. Good long distant views | cjo | 09/12/2018 |
| The usual route from Inveruglas on a sunny day, great views of the nearby lochs and hills and an enjoyable hike/scramble to the summit. | Chris Mac | 18/11/2018 |
| Parked at Inveruglas car park and headed along the three locks way path to start the ascent of Ben Vane. Easy paths to follow with occassional small scambling sections near the top. | Zoe Little | 05/08/2018 |
| Solo | Chris Blake | 13/07/2018 |
| Veryhappybunny | 12/07/2018 | |
| with Ben Vorlich | Huwel | 16/05/2018 |
| From NN 3180 0923, parking a few 100m's N. With Steve Smith. Nice walk up in thawing snow and some ice. On to the N Top. | jonglew | 02/12/2017 |
| Ben Vane | keithouk | 25/10/2017 |
| From Arrochar via the excellent new path (Three Lochs Way) to Coiregrogain. Then a fine ascent on a good path. Pity about the weather. Of the two paths marked ascending W from NN295092, the southernmost is the better. | Mark Jackson | 19/08/2017 |
| revisit for beinn dubh, ben vane, ben vane north top, ben vane far north top, beinn dubh, from inveruglas cp, nice sunny hot day. | robertphillips | 18/07/2017 |