Beinn na Lap

About Beinn na Lap

Tucked into the remote wilderness of the West Highlands, this rounded Munro is famously accessible via the West Highland Line. A straightforward ascent on broad, grassy slopes leads to a summit offering a lonely, expansive perspective over the desolate beauty of Rannoch Moor and the dark waters of Loch Ossian.

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• •The name translates from Scottish Gaelic as the 'Mountain of the Paw,' though some local interpretations link it to the boggy, marshy ground found at the foot of its southern slopes.
• •This is one of the most remote hills in Scotland to reach by car, as no public roads lead to the base; instead, most walkers arrive via the West Highland Line at Corrour Station, the highest railway station in the UK.
• •Because the railway station already sits at 408 metres above sea level, the actual ascent involves less than 530 metres of climbing, making it one of the mathematically shortest Munro bags in the country.
• •From the summit cairn, the view south-west is dominated by the long, narrow stretch of Loch Ossian, while the vast, watery expanse of Rannoch Moor stretches out towards the peaks of Glencoe on the western horizon.
• •It is perhaps the only Munro in Scotland where the primary navigational hazard isn't a cliff or a cornice, but the risk of missing the last train south and being stranded in the wilderness until morning.