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Ben Vorlich
- Mapped trail
- 2.3 km+424 m · about 1.5 hEnds 490 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 634 m2,081 ft
- Isolation
- 5.4 km
- Tonight
- -2°CCloudy · Wind 8 km/h W
Ben Vorlich is a 943 m (3,094 ft) mountain in the Grampian Mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 943 m · 3,094 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Beinn Ìme (1,011 m)
- Range
- Grampian Mountains
- Region
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 56.2740° N, 4.7548° W
Trails toward Ben Vorlich
Mapped trails from the road get to 490 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From Road end near Ardlui
- Distance
- 2.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +424 m(1,391 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Ends 490 m below the summit.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Ben Vorlich 3D map
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Ben Vorlich terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Ardlui. 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
Ben Vorlich weather
Tonight · Cloudy · -2°C (28°F) · Wind 8 km/h W
Ben Vorlich forecast for the summit, about 943 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 23 m.
- Tonight-2°–8 km/h WBase 3°
- Today-1°4°43.7 mm35 km/h WBase 5 / 10°
- Sun1°3°6.1 mm40 km/h WBase 6 / 8°
- Mon1°2°23.7 mm25 km/h SBase 7 / 8°
- Tue1°6°16.5 mm33 km/h SWBase 7 / 12°
- Wed3°5°1.5 mm17 km/h WBase 8 / 10°
- Thu4°5°0.8 mm18 km/h SEBase 10 / 10°
- Fri4°5°7.3 mm19 km/h SEBase 9 / 10°
- Sat0°5°6.7 mm19 km/h EBase 6 / 10°
- Sun0°1°4.1 mm16 km/h NWBase 6 / 7°
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 Ben Vorlich
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ben Vorlich, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Inveruglas camping permit area March-September
Nearest parking
3.8 km SE
Nearest hut
Abyssinia
Nearest caravan site
4.2 km SE
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Inveruglas camping permit area March-SeptemberCampsite | 3.8 km SE |
| Parking | 3.8 km SE |
| Campsite | 3.9 km ENE |
| Campsite | 3.9 km ENE |
| Parking | 3.9 km NNE |
| Parking | 4.0 km NNE |
| AbyssiniaHut | 4.0 km WSW |
| Doune ByreHut | 4.2 km ENE |
| Caravan site | 4.2 km SE |
How steep is the route to Ben Vorlich?
The easiest mapped route, 2.3 km from 23 m to 447 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°1.9 km
- 15–30°0.4 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 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 3.3 km, measured from the Ben Vorlich summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Stob na Coinnich Bhacain611 m 2.3 km NNE
- 2Beinn Dubh773 m 2.3 km WSW
- 3Ben Vane916 m 3.2 km SSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 59 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- European Common Frog4
- Scotch Argus4
- Amethyst Deceiver3
- Northern firmoss3
- Common Butterwort3
- Melancholy Thistle3
Where Ben Vorlich sits
- Range
- Grampian Mountains22
- Region
- Scotland153United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Ben VanePeak · 916 m↑3.2 km SSW
Beinn NarnainPeak · 927 m↑6.2 km SSW
The CobblerPeak · 884 m↑7.6 km SSW
Glen Croe↑9.1 km SSW
Ben LomondPeak · 974 m↑12 km SE
More 1
More in the Grampian Mountains 6
Ben Vorlich downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 936 m at the summit; the official height is 943 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 943 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 936 m | -7 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 929 m | -14 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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia