Ben Lawers

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Ben Lawers is the highest mountain in the Southern Highlands and one of Scotland's most popular peaks. Rising high above Loch Tay, it is also renowned for its arctic-alpine flora, and is a National Nature Reserve. The mountain is owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

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Region: Perthshire

Altitude: 1214 metres

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Detailed route description and map

Ben Lawers and Beinn Ghlas

Other routes and challenges

The ascent route given is the quickest, though you could bypass Beinn Ghlas by using the path that cuts across its northern slopes. If transport can be arranged, you could continue from Ben Lawers over An Stùc, Meall Garbh and Meall Greigh before descending to Lawers. Without a car, you could omit Beinn Ghlas and do the route as a circuit from Lawers.

The biggest bagging route hereabouts is a circuit of the 7 Lawers Munros as part of a horseshoe round the Allt a' Chobhair from Camusvrachan in Glen Lyon.

Walker-friendly accommodation in the area

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Perthshire B&B

Perthshire Cottages

Perthshire Hostels

Panoramic summit view (click to open)


Ben Lawers



Users' walk reports for Ben Lawers

There are 15897 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Ben Lawers. They have contributed 244 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report AuthorDate walked LikesHills
  25/8/12  26 M5
  11/10/14  24 M7
  1/9/17  21 M5
  13/6/14  19 M11
  7/8/15  17 M11
  11/7/13  16 M3
  6/7/13  16 M7
  21/4/13  16 M5
  3/1/15  14 M6
  1/8/16  13 M3
  3/1/15  13 M2
  28/6/11  13 M4
  9/9/12  12 M2
  15/2/19  11 M2
  15/1/13  9 M2
  19/6/12  9 M6
  11/11/18  8 M7C1S2
  25/7/17  8 M7
  16/10/15  8 M5
  21/6/14  8 M3
  12/4/12  8 M5
  25/4/21  7 M4
  10/11/13  7 M2
  6/9/20  6 M7
  10/8/12  6 M6
  19/9/19  5 M6
  13/8/19  5 M3
  25/3/16  5 M2
  21/7/12  5 M7
  19/2/12  5 M4
  15/9/18  4 M3
  3/1/15  4 M2
  13/12/14  4 M2
  24/5/14  4 M4
  30/4/13  4 M4
  18/8/12  4 M5
  13/8/11  4 M2
  22/8/20  3 M2
  29/7/18  3 M2
  13/5/18  3 M2
  1/10/16  3 M7
  21/6/15  3 M11
  2/5/15  3 M1
  6/12/13  3 M2
  29/11/13  3 M7
  27/4/13  3 M8
  17/3/12  3 M2
  15/1/12  3 M2
  15/9/11  3 M3
  22/6/21  2 M7
  26/9/20  2 M7
  8/8/19  2 M7
  17/11/18  2 M2
  6/8/17  2 M7
  8/7/17  2 M2
  25/3/17  2 M5
  16/8/15  2 M4
  12/8/15  2 M5
  16/6/15  2 M2
  27/4/14  2 M2
  8/6/13  2 M6
  27/5/13  2 M2
  1/1/13  2 M2
  1/11/12  2 M2
  6/10/12  2 M3
  23/8/12  2 M2
  4/8/12  2 M2
  25/6/12  2 M3
  26/5/12  2 M3
  22/4/12  2 M2
  17/3/12  2 M6
  29/2/12  2 M2
  30/12/11  2 M2
  21/10/11  2 M2
  28/5/11  2 M5
  18/6/10  2 M2
  16/10/20  1 M2
  10/10/20  1 M2
  22/9/20  1 M3
  3/11/19  1 M2
  14/6/19  1 M4
  11/5/19  1 M2
  27/4/19  1 M2
  21/4/19  1 M3
  28/10/18  1 M2
  5/10/18  1 M5
  12/11/17  1 M2
  7/11/17  1 M2
  10/8/17  1 M2
  29/4/17  1 M2
  14/10/16  1 M7
  18/6/16  1 M2
  7/9/15  1 M3
  7/9/15  1 M3
  25/6/15  1 M3
  3/5/14  1 M2
  20/4/14  1 M4
  20/9/13  1 M2
  19/8/13  1 M2
  4/7/13  1 M7
  9/6/13  1 M7
  2/6/13  1 M2
  18/11/12  1 M2
  6/10/12  1 M2
  18/8/12  1 M2
  14/7/12  1 M5
  21/5/12  1 M2
  6/11/11  1 M3
  27/8/11  1 M5
  9/8/11  1 M2
  30/4/11  1 M3
  16/5/09  1 M2
  3/5/09  1 M4
  29/10/08  1 M3
  23/7/08  1 M4
  26/10/07  1 M7
  4/6/21  0 M2
  22/5/21  0 M2
  17/10/20  0 M2
  6/10/20  0 M7
  14/9/20  0 M2
  17/8/20  0 M5
  1/12/19  0 M2
  25/8/19  0 M2
  25/7/19  0 M2
  26/5/19  0 M2
  25/5/19  0 M2
  4/8/18  0 M2
  19/5/18  0 M2
  10/9/17  0 M2
  24/8/17  0 M2
  12/8/17  0 M2
  1/8/17  0 M7
  8/7/17  0 M2
  13/6/17  0 M4
  17/5/17  0 M2
  7/5/17  0 M2
  6/5/17  0 M2
  9/10/16  0 M2
  20/9/16  0 M3
  20/3/16  0 M5
  9/10/15  0 M6
  30/9/15  0 M4
  15/7/15  0 M2
  26/6/15  0 M2
  14/9/14  0 M2
  30/8/14  0 M1
  19/8/14  0 M4
  13/7/14  0 M2
  17/5/14  0 M2
  28/10/13  0 M2
  28/10/13  0 M2
  28/8/13  0 M2
  13/7/13  0 M5
  8/6/13  0 M7
  2/6/13  0 M3
  1/6/13  0 M2
  10/1/13  0 M5
  29/10/12  0 M5
  27/10/12  0 M3
  23/9/12  0 M2
  22/9/12  0 M5
  17/9/12  0 M2
  15/9/12  0 M2
  3/9/12  0 M2
  11/8/12  0 M5
  4/8/12  0 M4
  2/8/12  0 M2
  24/6/12  0 M2
  21/6/12  0 M5
  26/5/12  0 M2
  24/5/12  0 M5
  7/4/12  0 M3
  13/3/12  0 M2
  26/11/11  0 M2
  13/11/11  0 M2
  12/11/11  0 M5
  7/11/11  0 M2
  3/10/11  0 M3
  27/8/11  0 M2
  22/8/11  0 M2
  21/8/11  0 M5
  8/8/11  0 M3
  30/7/11  0 M2
  21/7/11  0 M2
  16/7/11  0 M2
  7/7/11  0 M5
  5/7/11  0 M2
  24/6/11  0 M5
  22/6/11  0 M2
  13/6/11  0 M3
  27/5/11  0 M2
  11/5/11  0 M5
  2/5/11  0 M4
  2/5/11  0 M2
  30/4/11  0 M2
  19/4/11  0 M5
  16/4/11  0 M5
  27/3/11  0 M2
  12/2/11  0 M2
  12/2/11  0 M2
  6/2/11  0 M2
  9/11/10  0 M2
  6/11/10  0 M2
  10/10/10  0 M2
  30/9/10  0 M2
  12/9/10  0 M3
  23/8/10  0 M2
  3/8/10  0 M2
  19/6/10  0 M5
  13/6/10  0 M7
  12/6/10  0 M2
  29/5/10  0 M2
  22/5/10  0 M3
  17/5/10  0 M2
  9/5/10  0 M2
  8/5/10  0 M2
  6/5/10  0 M2
  27/4/10  0 M2
  26/4/10  0 M2
  15/4/10  0 M4
  11/4/10  0 M2
  11/4/10  0 M2
  2/4/10  0 M2
  7/3/10  0 M2
  21/2/10  0 M2
  21/2/10  0 M5
  23/11/09  0 M2
  14/11/09  0 M2
  24/10/09  0 M5
  16/10/09  0 M7
  22/8/09  0 M5
  15/8/09  0 M2
  25/7/09  0 M2
  17/6/09  0 M5
  12/6/09  0 M2
  6/10/08  0 M2
  20/7/08  0 M2
  5/7/08  0 M2
  9/6/08  0 M3
  8/5/07  0 M2
  20/8/05  0 M2
  7/6/94  0 M4
  2/2/91  0 M5

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