Scotland
Beinn a' Chumhainn
902M
2959FT
About Beinn a' Chumhainn
Tucked away in the remote wilderness north of Loch Ossian, this high Lochaber mountain offers a quiet alternative to its busier neighbours. Its broad, mossy plateau and rounded profile provide a sense of immense scale and isolation, overlooking the deep waters of Loch Treig and the surrounding trackless glens.
Key Statistics
Rank
80th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Lochaber
Prominence
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145.3m
Nearest Town
Perth and Kinross
Geology
You are walking on a foundation of hard, sandy rock and crystalline granite. These durable layers create the rugged landscape surrounding you.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NN462710
Latitude
56.8050°N
Longitude
4.5205°W
Did You Know?
- •The Gaelic name Beinn a' Chumhainn translates as the 'Hill of the Narrowness', likely a reference to the constrained pass of the Allt na Lairige which runs along its eastern flank.
- •The summit provides a grandstand view of the Easains—Stob Coire Easain and Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin—rising sharply across the deep valley of Loch Treig to the west.
- •Despite its impressive 901.9-metre height, it sits in the shadow of the nearby Munros, often resulting in a summit that visitors can have entirely to themselves even in the height of summer.
- •Accessing the hill usually involves the West Highland Line; walkers alight at Corrour, the UK’s highest and most remote railway station, before heading north into the pathless moorland.
- •Its classification as a Tump—a hill with a thirty-metre drop on all sides—is a mathematically correct label that fails to capture the physical reality of its nearly 3,000-foot ascent.