Ben Challum
| Meaning: | From the Gaelic, Calum's hill |
| Munro Region: | River Tay to Rannoch Moor |
| Munro Number: | 106 |
| Height in Metres: | 1025 metres |
| OS Map Reference: | OS Sheet 50, GR: 386322 |
The north-east side of Strath Fillan between Crianlarich and Tyndrum is dominated by the slopes of Ben Challum, the largest and highest hill on that side of the strath. Seen from Crianlarich, the main impression of the mountain is a wide expanse of grassy hillside rising above the River Fillan at an easy angle to the South Top, behind which the true summit is hidden. The other side of the mountain overlooking the head of Glen Lochay is steep and craggy, and from that direction the summit appears to be quite pointed.
The ascent is usually made from Kirkton Farm in Strath Fillan. From there cross the railway just above the old graveyard of St Fillan's Priory and climb north-eastwards up wide featureless slopes. The ascent goes over a small knoll and across flatter ground to the final rise to the South Top. From there a fairly narrow ridge continues north to the summit.
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- 1. Loch Lomond to Loch Tay
- 2. The River Tay to Rannoch Moor
- 3. Strath Orchy to Loch Leven
- 4. Loch Linnhe to Loch Ericht
- 5. The Drumochter Hills
- 6. The West Mounth: Blair Atholl to Braemar
- 7. The East Mounth: Glen Shee to Mount Keen
- 8. The Cairngorms
- 9. Glen Roy to the Monadhliath
- 10. Loch Eil to Glen Shiel
- 11. Glen Affric and Kintail
- 12. Glen Cannich to Glen Carron
- 13. Cuillin and Torridon
- 14. Loch Maree to Loch Broom
- 15. Loch Broom to Easter Ross
- 16. Coigach to Cape Wrath
- 17. The Islands
