Beinn Chabhair

Beinn Chabhair stands in the southern Highlands near Stirling, a steep-sided mountain rising above the bogs and burns of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. Its Gaelic name means ‘mountain of plenty’, a reminder of the deer and grouse once plentiful on its slopes. The peak is one of the smaller Munros, yet it commands wide views across the glen and down to the silver curve of Loch Lomond on clear days. The route from Inverarnan follows the Ben Glas Burn, where waterfalls tumble between dark crags. Walkers climb beside the burn on an eroded path that soon flattens onto wet moorland where the ground squelches underfoot. After crossing the bog, the path winds around clusters of jagged rock outcrops before reaching the summit ridge. From the top, the panorama stretches north to Ben More and south to the Campsie Fells. On the western horizon the loch glints between wooded islands, while the eastern slopes drop steeply into the next valley. The summit itself is a small plateau of heather and grass, with a few scattered stones marking the highest point.