Ben Nevis

The Ben Nevis is the top highest of the the United Kingdom with: 1344 meters. Located close to Strong William in Scotland, it belongs to the Monts Grampians ( Grampian Mountains ), assembly line of average altitude forming a natural separation between the Lowlands and the Highlands of Scotland. Called the Ben by people of the area, his name would come from the Gaelic meaning Beinn Nibheis “terrible” or “malevolent”. It is very snuffed mountaineers and hikers.

It is one of the 284 Munros, tops in Scotland which reach at least: 3000 feet (914,4 meters).

Climate

The Ben Nevis is famous for his not very lenient climate. The top glorifie of the following statistics:

covered by the clouds on average 355 days per annum;
261 days of Wind force 8 or on average;
: 4500 mm of rain per annum, to compare with: 2050 strong mm of William with a few kilometers only.

Excursion

More the high summit of Great Britain sees each year: 100000 people to make the rise of it. Many hikers have relatively little experiment of walk in mountain and many are those which are made surprise by the rapids changes of time. Between 1990 and 1995, thirteen accidents fatal were recorded, including eight during climbings.

There exists a relatively easy way until the top called Ben path (way of the top in English), but often called the way of the tourists . It begins in the center from exposure from Glen Nevis, with approximately a kilometer and half of the center of Fort William. Another way starts from Steal, above the valley of Glen Nevis. It is shorter and more sloping and is mainly used by the climbing ones having a minimum of experiment; to move in a sure way under conditions of low visibility being able to prove to be difficult. The road which continues around the circus towards Càrn Mòr Dearg is very popular near very the good climbing ones, but request very an great attention at the time of winter conditions.

The top

A controversy continues to make rage in connection with the installation of masts intended to locate itself. The masts were placed on the councils of the team of mountain rescue of Lochaber, as being a help with climbing and walkers taken in the bad weather - the descent since the top by fog is considered to be very dangerous. In fact, the masts were dismounted by the climbing concerned ones of the environment and judging that they were an intrusion in the esthetics of the landscape.

A weather observatory was built at the top in 1881 per Clement Lindley Wragge, and functioned in a permanent way between October 1883 and October 1904. In September 1894, Charles Wilson worked a few weeks in replacement there. It is during this stay that its attention went on the Specter of Brocken. Its later experiments led to the comprehension of this phenomenon of optics and later to the creation of the Cloud chamber.

Panorama

Being more the high summit of Great Britain, the Ben Nevis allows a very wide panorama on the neighborhoods. One can see the hills like the Skye Cuillin, Sgurr Na Cìche, Liathach, Càrn Eige, the Cairngorms, the Ben Lomond, but also the island of Arran, and the Paps off the Jura. The sight carries until 75 km in released weather.

Others

It is known as that if snow one day had suddenly disappeared from its top, the Ben Nevis would become again then a property of the Crown.

The Ben Nevis consists of magmatic rocks dating from the Dévonien.

The northern face has a maximum height of 600 meters and extends on 2 km. She proposes several climbing ways. This face is snow-covered until late in the year and in one happy new year, the ways of rise can remain snow-covered until semi-spring.

Every year in spring, the Ben Nevis is the theater of a race aiming at making the return ticket between Fort William and the top. The record at the men is of 1 a.m. 25 minutes; among women of 1 heure 43 minutes.

A top of the chain of the Remarkables in New Zealand is named according to the Scottish top.

Ben Nevis is also a mark of Whiskey whose Distillerie is located near Fort William.

See too

External bonds

Panoramas since the Ben Nevis by computer: Southern north Index
Details and plan for the Ben Nevis

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