Scotland
Beinn Bhalgairean
637M
2089FT
About Beinn Bhalgairean
Rising quietly above the West Highland Way near Tyndrum, this broad-shouldered Graham offers a grassy, pathless ascent. While often overlooked for the neighbouring Munros, its summit provides a superb grandstand view of Beinn Challuim’s steep eastern face and the shapely peaks of the Crianlarich hills to the south.
Key Statistics
Rank
241st Highest in Region
Parent Range
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
Prominence
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210m
Nearest Town
Tyndrum
Geology
You are trekking across ancient volcanic strips and hardened layers of quartz and limestone, all transformed by heat and pressure deep within the earth.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NN202241
Latitude
56.3749°N
Longitude
4.9131°W
Did You Know?
- •The name is derived from the Gaelic 'Beinn Bhalgairean', which translates as the 'Hill of the Foxes', likely referring to the many rocky crannies and scree slopes that provided ideal dens for predators.
- •The summit offers a particularly intimate perspective of the massive glacial scoop of Beinn Challuim's eastern corrie, a view often missed by those sticking to the valley floor.
- •Most walkers approach from the south via the estate tracks at Auch, following the West Highland Way for a short distance before striking out onto the trackless southern slopes.
- •It is the kind of hill that makes you appreciate the Graham classification; it is high enough to offer a genuine mountain day, but just low enough that you will likely have the summit entirely to yourself while the crowds gather on Ben Lui nearby.