Beinn Alligin
- Easiest route
- 4.7 km+1,115 m · about 3 h · T2
- Prominence
- 602 m1,976 ft
- Isolation
- 5.7 km
- Tonight
- -5°CCloudy · Wind 20 km/h SE
Beinn Alligin is a 986 m (3,235 ft) mountain in Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 986 m · 3,235 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mullach an Rathain (1,024 m)
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 57.5904° N, 5.5727° W
How to get to the top of Beinn Alligin
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end near Coire
- Distance
- 4.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,115 m−187 m (3,658 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Beinn Alligin 3D map
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Beinn Alligin terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Coire. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Beinn Alligin weather
Tonight · Cloudy · -5°C (23°F) · Wind 20 km/h SE
Beinn Alligin forecast for the summit, about 986 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 43 m.
- Tonight-5°–20 km/h SEBase 1°
- Today-1°2°32.3 mm57 km/h NWBase 4 / 8°
- Sun1°4°8.2 mm64 km/h NWBase 7 / 9°
- Mon0°2°20.4 mm22 km/h SBase 6 / 8°
- Tue2°5°12.5 mm42 km/h SWBase 8 / 10°
- Wed2°5°1.2 mm23 km/h SWBase 7 / 10°
- Thu3°7°0.1 mm19 km/h SEBase 9 / 12°
- Fri4°6°15.2 mm17 km/h SEBase 10 / 11°
- Sat2°5°15.5 mm18 km/h NWBase 8 / 10°
- Sun1°2°16.3 mm18 km/h NBase 7 / 8°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Beinn Alligin
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Beinn Alligin, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.6 km S
Nearest campsite
Torridon Camp Site
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.6 km S |
| Parking | 5.6 km SE |
| Torridon Camp SiteCampsite | 6.7 km SE |
| Parking | 6.8 km SE |
How steep is the route to Beinn Alligin?
The easiest mapped route, 4.7 km from 43 m to 986 m. Steepest stretch: 44°.
- 0–15°2.5 km
- 15–30°2.1 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3.2 km, measured from the Beinn Alligin summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Creag a' Chinn Duibh675 m 1.8 km NNW
- 2Meall na h-Odhar-Aghaidh537 m 2.1 km WNW
- 3Stùc Loch na Cabhaig888 m 2.6 km E
- 4An Ruadh-mheallan672 m 2.9 km W
- 5Beinn Dearg914 m 3.0 km E
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.2 km; 39 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Rock Ptarmigan3
- European Common Frog3
- Bog asphodel3
- Round-leaved sundew2
- Oak Eggar2
- Magpie Moth2
Where Beinn Alligin sits
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Beinn Alligin downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 981 m at the summit; the official height is 986 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 986 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 981 m | -5 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 975 m | -11 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia