Beinn Coire nan Gall

Rising above the remote interior of Mull, this rugged peak offers a quieter alternative to the island's famous Munro. The terrain is characteristically Scottish—steep, pathless, and often boggy underfoot. Reaching the summit rewards walkers with an intimate perspective of the Ben More massif and the shimmering waters of Loch Ba.

• •The name Beinn Coire nan Gall is Gaelic, meaning the 'mountain of the corrie of the strangers.' In the Hebrides, 'Gall' was often used to describe Lowlanders or Norsemen, suggesting this high corrie was once a notable landmark or meeting point for those from outside the local clan.
• •It forms part of the sprawling high ground of central Mull, standing at the northern end of a wild ridge that connects with Beinn Fhada and the island's only Munro, Ben More.
• •The summit looks directly down onto the deep, island-studded waters of Loch Ba to the north, with the long, rugged coastline of the Morvern peninsula and the mountains of Ardnamurchan visible across the Sound of Mull.
• •Most walkers approach from the north-east via the shores of Loch Ba, a route that demands careful negotiation of Mull’s 'stepped' basalt landscape, where hidden rocky crags often lurk behind innocent-looking grassy slopes.
• •While many visitors flock to the neighbouring Ben More, this hill offers the exact same weather with significantly fewer people to complain about it.