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Join Mark Stephen, Euan McIlwraith and Helen Needham as they climb Ben Nevis in Scotland Outdoors. Available on BBC Sounds.
Towering above the west coast town of Fort William in Lochaber is mighty Ben Nevis, a huge whale-back peak that ends dramatically with a formidable band of cliffs. At 1,345m, ‘The Ben’ is Britain’s highest mountain.
The summit of Ben Nevis is composed of andesite, which collapsed, as lavas, into a chamber of molten granite 410 million years ago. This explosive past, and its status as Britain’s highest peak, attract some 125,000 visitors every year. Most come to bag the Munro via the main 10-mile Mountain Track, or Pony Track, but it is also a magnet for climbers drawn to its many famous winter and summer climbing
