Mountains & hills · Scottish Highlands
Ben Alder
Also known as: Beinn Eallair
Ben Alder — Named summit at 1148 m.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Ben Alder is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Also known as: Beinn Eallair. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 1148 m.". Coordinates: 56.8138°, -4.4650°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Ben Alder (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Eallair) is the highest mountain in the remote area of the Scottish Highlands between Loch Ericht and Glen Spean. It rises to 1,148 metres (3,766 ft), making it the 25th highest Munro. The vast summit plateau is home of one of Britain's highest bodies of standing water, Lochan a' Garbh Coire. Ben Alder's north-east corrie exposes a narrow band of metamorphosed Kinlochlaggan Limestone alongside a dark epidiorite sill, forming a small pale cliff and a run of ledges, runnels and sinkholes around 1,030 m. The contrast between calcium-rich "sugar" limestone and the igneous rock, set within surrounding schists and quartzites, creates a tight mosaic of substrates and microhabitats. This outcrop supports one of Britain's richest montane limestone lichen floras, with more than 100 species, including many nationally rare species, recorded in roughly a hectare, and is regarded as second only to Ben Lawers.
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Background
Description
A man's body was found near the top of Ben Alder in June 1996, at the edge of a cliff face, overlooking a lochan, his heart pierced by an old-fashioned lead ball bullet. All the labels had been cut from his clothing. Forms of identification such as credit cards were missing. He had a replica Remington .44, unsuitable slip-on shoes, three 1.5-litre bottles of water in his rucksack and £21 in cash. Although the police later ascertained that his clothing came mostly from French supermarkets, it was not until November 1997, following a cranio-facial reconstruction of the dead man's face, that a friend of the family wondered if the man might be Emmanuel Caillet, from south Paris, France. Last…
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- Coordinates
- 56.8138, -4.4650
- Address
- Highlands, Scotland
- Official site
- www.walkhighlands.co.uk
Sources
- osm: n255421241 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Ben Alder (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Ben alder.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ben Alder?
- Ben Alder is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.8138°, -4.4650°.
- Is Ben Alder free to visit?
- Yes — admission to Ben Alder is free.