Towering above the Highlands with an air of untamed grandeur, Ben Nevis is one of Scotland’s most iconic natural wonders.

The most popular trail in the Scottish Highlands is also one of its most challenging. Ben Nevis, the U.K.'s tallest mountain, sits just 7 miles southeast of Fort William. Nevis clocks in around 4,406 ...

In May 1911 a Ford Model T car was driven to the summit of Ben Nevis. The feat drew a large crowd to Fort William - and there are hopes that a new statue will help bring more visitors to the town. The ...

Ben Nevis - the highest mountain in Britain - occasionally experiences periods at its summit when the air is bone dry. The revelation that this notoriously wet peak should have times of near-zero ...

More than 3,000 ‘citizen-scientists’ have transcribed into digital form the 1.5m observations made at the Ben Nevis weather observatory from 1883 to 1904 In 1883 a weather observatory was opened on ...

Joe Shute joins a guide on the treacherous path to the mist-shrouded summit where man-made cairns are being blamed for walkers’ disappearances and death A rare clear view of the Highlands from Ben ...

Organisations in Scotland say they have tried to contact Google about the dangers but received no reply Scottish mountaineering charities have criticised Google for suggesting routes up Ben Nevis and ...

A climber has been killed after plunging more than 2,000 feet in an avalanche on Ben Nevis. The unnamed 49-year-old was on the north face of the 4,413ft high mountain when the tragedy happened.

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Ben Nevis - the highest mountain in Britain - occasionally experiences periods at its summit when the air is bone dry. The revelation that this notoriously wet peak should have times of near-zero ...