North of the summit is the ridge of Clach Glas, which leads to the peaks of Garbh-bheinn (808 m) and Sgùrr nan Each (720 m).

The name Blà Bheinn is thought to mean "blue mountain", from a combination of Norse and Gaelic.

Whereas blå in Modern Norwegian means "blue", the Old Norse word blá could, however, also refer to the colours blue-black and black.

The path follows a burn, the Allt na Dunachie, into the corrie of Coire Uaigneich.

Blaven stands in the Strathaird Estate, owned and managed since 1994 by the John Muir Trust.