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Beinn Ghlas in low golden light, the path curving across its grassy shoulder.

Beinn Ghlas

A Munro of 1,103 metres above the north shore of Loch Tay, climbed by the zigzag path from the National Trust for Scotland's car park on the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve.

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Beinn Ghlas rises to 1,103 metres above Loch Tay on the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve.

Ben Lawers itself is its next-door neighbour, under a kilometre and a half to the north-east, and Meall Corranaich is just as close to the north-west. Coire Odhar, the corrie between Beinn Ghlas and Meall Corranaich, has shielings in it.

The National Trust for Scotland owns the reserve and manages it for conservation and access, and the ground is famous for its mountain plants. The usual way up starts from the Trust's car park, and the Trust built the zigzag path on the hill's south-west ridge to control erosion. More than 40,000 people explore these hills each year, the Trust says, so keep to the path as far as possible, and keep dogs under control: local farmers graze the hill. No avalanche forecast covers the range. Choose a day with a good forecast, and carry a map, a compass and warm clothes.

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  1. The summit of Meall Corranaich, old iron fence posts beside the path, with Meall a' Choire Lèith along the ridge.Meall CorranaichA Munro of 1,067 metres in the Ben Lawers range, above Lochan na Lairige, climbed from the hill road at the north end of the lochan.Under a mile 1 min by road
  2. Ben LawersUnder a mile 1 min by road
  3. The rounded top of Meall a' Choire Lèith with a shadowed corrie on its near side, hills ranged beyond.Meall a' Choire LeithA Munro of 926 metres at the north end of the Ben Lawers hills, above Glen Lyon, climbed from the hill road by Lochan na Lairige.1 mile 4 min by road
  4. The summit of Meall nan Tarmachan rising green out of a sea of cloud.Meall nan TarmachanA Munro of 1,044 metres above Loch Tay, climbed from the hill road between Loch Tay and Glen Lyon by its south-east ridge.1 mile 6 min by road
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Places to stay near Beinn Ghlas, and when each is next free.

Rannoch from across the clearing: a black cabin with a larch end, a rope-railed deck and a mossy drystone dyke, tall pines behind.Rannoch at Redhill Retreat
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Kinloch Rannoch
  • 10 miles from Beinn Ghlas
Free 4–6 NovA landscape view of Kin between two birch trunks, its black boards and rusted panels above the blaeberry, spruce behind.Kin at Redhill Retreat
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Kinloch Rannoch
  • 10 miles from Beinn Ghlas
Free 9–11 NovA landscape view of Loch on the crest of its grassy bank, the glass front reflecting the birches and a rusted screen by an old stump.Loch at Redhill Retreat
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Kinloch Rannoch
  • 10 miles from Beinn Ghlas
Free 4–6 NovA stone steading with a slated roof and an arched green door stands beside a gravel courtyard, daffodils growing at its base.West Tempar Bothy
  • Sleeps 2
  • 11 miles from Beinn Ghlas
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