Bidean Bad na h-Iolaire [Bidein Bad na h-Iolaire]

Overlooking the Corran Narrows from the Ardgour side of Loch Linnhe, this rugged Marilyn offers a wild, pathless experience characteristic of the Lochaber hinterland. Its heathery slopes demand a stout effort, rewarded by an intimate perspective of Ben Nevis’s massive west face and the winding waters of the Great Glen.

• •The name is Gaelic for "the peak of the thicket of the eagle," a reference to the golden eagles that still hunt over the remote Ardgour ridges.
• •Its summit provides a bird’s-eye view of the Corran Ferry crossing the narrows, set against the backdrop of the Mamores and the grey screes of the Coire nam Beinn peaks.
• •Despite its modest height, the hill is notoriously rough underfoot, requiring a trackless trek through the thick heather and hidden peat hags that define this corner of the Highlands.
• •Most walkers approach the hill from the A861 near Inversanda, finding that the "Bidean" (pinnacle) part of the name is somewhat optimistic for what is actually a broad, rocky plateau.
• •The hill has a well-earned reputation among local walkers for its 'Ardgour miles'—a unit of measurement where a single mile across this terrain feels like three anywhere else.