Ben Vane

Ben Vane (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Mheadhain)[2] is a mountain in the Arrochar Alps of Argyll, in the Southern Highlands of Scotland.

The underlying geology almost entirely comprises the Beinn Bheula Schist Formation - psammite and pelite with a Siluro-Devonian dyke prominent round the northern and eastern face.

[3] It is one of the Arrochar Alps and stands slightly separate from the other mountains of the group being connected on its western side to the neighbouring Beinn Ìme by a low col at 492 metres.

Also on these southern slopes by the Allt Coiregroigan is a disused quarry which provided crushed stone used for the construction of the Loch Sloy dam in the late 1940s.

Initially there is some boggy ground and some crags to avoid higher up but the top is easily reached after a few false summits on the way.

Folded schist near the summit of Ben Vane
Lochs Arklet and Katrine seen over Loch Lomond from the summit of Ben Vane