Beinn Bhàn

Beinn Bhàn reaches a height of 796 metres (2612 feet) and qualifies as a Corbett and a Marilyn. The hill stands in Glen Loy, a minor side valley of the Great Glen and hill walkers will sometimes climb Beinn Bhàn along with another Glen Loy Corbett, Meall a' Phubuill to give a full day's walking . The hill's name translates from the Scottish Gaelic language as "White Hill", there are no natural features which could give this name and local knowledge says that the hill is so named because snow lies on Beinn Bhàn earlier than any other hill in the district and it is this well-defined whiteness which led to the naming of the hill. Much of the area around Beinn Bhàn was used for the training of…