Summit Register

Munro · Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Ben Vorlich

985.3 m

3,233 ftDrop 834.3 mNN 629 189

Finder: 28 Munros in Perth and Kinross

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBen Vorlich985.3Stuc a' Chroin973Meall na Fearna810Beinn Each811.2Sgiath a' Chaise644.2
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBen Vorlich985.3Stuc a' Chroin973Meall na Fearna810
Looking north, 146 km wide, heights ×43 (method).

Ben Vorlich is a Munro of 985.3 m in Perth and Kinross. Its drop of 834.3 m is the 27th greatest of the 1,140 hills here.

In the database's Strathyre to Strathallan region it is the highest of seven register hills, above Stuc a' Chroin and five others. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Stuc a' Chroin, reaches 973 m. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Sgurr Dearg – Inaccessible Pinnacle (985.8 m) and Druim Shionnach (985.2 m). Its nearest higher summit, Stob Coire an Lochain (1,067.3 m, 19.3 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit985.3 mKey col151 mdrop 834.3 msea level
Key col NN 5753 2148, 6.0 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

985.3 m164th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

834.3 m27th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

19.3 km66th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Stuc a' Chroin1.9 km south-west
    973 m
  2. 2
    Meall na Fearna2.2 km east
    810 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Each4.1 km south-west
    811.2 m
  4. 4
    Sgiath a' Chaise4.9 km south-west
    644.2 m
1234Stuc a' ChroinMeall na FearnaBeinn EachN2 km

Lists

  • 163rd highest of 282 Munros
  • 132nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Stob Coire an Lochain, 1,067.3 m, 19.3 km west
Region
01B: Strathyre to Strathallan
OS map
57
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
17
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Ben Vorlich

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). How high are the Munros?