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Highest mountain in the British Isles
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom, at 1344.527 m / 4413 ft - it gained about a metre during a 2016 official survey. It's near the town of Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, at the southwest end of the Great Glen. It's reckoned that over 100,000 people climb it each year, usually by the straightforward "Mountain Track". The North Face has 700 m cliffs, with routes only suitable for skilled mountaineering and rock- or ice-climbing. There's a ski resort on its north flank, Aonach Mor.
Ben Nevis is on the outskirts of Fort William, which is reached by road from Glasgow (105 miles) or Inverness (65 miles) via the A82.
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