Ben Tee is a prominent Corbett, visible from many points along the Great Glen and Glen Garry, and makes a fine, wide ranging viewpoint.
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A fairly short and straightforward hillwalk. The middle section across the moorland is pathless and rough - especially for Grade 3; navigational skills and good boots are required.
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10km/6.25 miles
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Safety warning: Hillwalking when there is snow or ice lying requires ice-axe, crampons and the ability to use them. Some featured routes can become technical ice climbs. Check out our Winter Skills information provided by the Mountaineering Council of Scotland.
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No buses to Kilfinnan. Nearest public transport would be on the A82(T) at Laggan Locks,
just under two kilometres away.
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1. There is parking on the grassy verges just before the road crosses the bridge over the Kilfinnan Burn. Take care not to obstruct any passing or turning places. The walk begins up the hillside just east of the burn. Don't go up the track beside the burn itself, instead following a steep but faint path which climbs the hill whilst heading diagonally right; after a short distance it bends back left and heads straight uphill. There is a short flat section before another steep rise. This can be ascended directly, but if the bracken is high follow an old path which ascends diagonally right across it. When this path crosses a faint depression, turn left (very faint path) heading directly uphill for about a hundred metres before contouring round to the left to reach the top of the steep rise you were avoiding. From here, there is a good view back along Loch Lochy to Ben Nevis.
2. Follow the now clearer path which contours the slopes high above the Kilfinnan Burn and its wooded gorge. The route keeps just below the level of the moor, and passes over a stile beside a locked gate in a deer fence. The path then fades out after another few hundred metres, with a view to Ben Tee ahead. Head directly across the moorland towards the mountain's east ridge.
3. The slope steepens as the east ridge is approached, but remains rough with tussocks, heather and bog. Higher on the slope a faint path is reached; this can be followed to the left, eventually emerging on the broad east ridge of Ben Tee. There are magnificent views up the Great Glen to Loch Ness, and over Loch Garry to the north with the peaks of Kintail and Affric beyond. Continue west up the ill-defined ridge, which becomes drier and gives easier going higher up, with rocky outcrops.
4. A false summit is reached, with the true summit of Ben Tee at a cairn couple of hundred metres beyond. At 901 metres this is a Corbett, and its isolated position with few hills to the east or north makes it a fine viewpoint; only to the southwest do the higher Loch Lochy Munro's interrupt the panorama, which covers the whole length of the Great Glen from Ben Nevis to Loch Ness, as well as a huge arc of steep mountains to the west and north.
5. The simplest way down is to return the same way.
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