Ben Alder
Local highlightOne of the great remote Munros, a huge plateau marooned in the empty country west of Loch Ericht
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Ben Alder is one of the great remote Munros (a Scottish hill over 3,000 feet, 914m), a huge 1148m plateau marooned in the empty country west of Loch Ericht. Reaching it means a long walk or a bike ride in whichever way you come, often with a night at a bothy, and many people arrive by train at Corrour and cross the moors from there. The summit is a broad, gently domed plateau, but its eastern side drops away in steep corries — the horseshoe hollows glaciers cut into a hillside — so navigating off the top wants care in mist. Walkers often pair it with its neighbour Beinn Bheoil across the bealach, the pass between the two. Bonnie Prince Charlie is said to have sheltered on these slopes in the months after Culloden.
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