Ben Tee

Ben Tee is a mountain in the Highlands, fifteen kilometres north of Spean Bridge. Its symmetrical cone makes it stand out against the skyline of the Great Glen and the Garry valley. The hill reaches 904 metres and is classed as a Corbett and a Marilyn. It lies just north of Loch Lochy where Glen Garry meets the Great Glen. Sròn a' Choire Ghairbh and Meall na Teanga rise to its south-west. Hamish Brown called it one of Scotland’s finest summit viewpoints. The hill is also known locally as Glengarry’s Bowling Green because the summit is mostly bare rock. An old story says stones for Invergarry Castle were carried down the slopes hand to hand. Each year a race of fourteen and a half kilometres climbs the eastern ridge and returns to the Glengarry Shinty Club pitch. The fastest runners reach the top and back in about eighty minutes. The broad eastern ridge leads walkers gently down to the northern end of Loch Lochy. Southwards the slopes fall steeply to the Allt a’ Choire Ghlais and its gorge. The gorge holds the Kilfillan Falls, a series of cascades that drain into the Great Glen. To the north the mountain drops into Glen Garry where Glengarry Forest covers the lower slopes. From the summit all water flows either east to the Moray Firth or west to Loch Linnhe.