Ben Lawers

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Ben Lawers is an region in Scotand and is located in the area Loch Tay to Loch Rannoch as defined by SMC. There are 8 munros around here.The highest munro is Ben Lawers at a height of 1214 metres .The smallest munro is Meall a'Choire Leith at a height of 926 metres .
Access: The A827 road from Killin - Aberfeldy gives access to the southern sides, and the minor road between Ben Lawers & Tarmachan which leads to Glen Lyon. (May not be impassible in snowy conditions)
Transport: Bus: Stirling - Callander (mon -fri), Aberfeldy - Fortingall / Loch Lyon/ Fearnan (mon - sat)
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The Ben Lawers group dominates the north western site of Loch Tay and contains seven munros linked by a twisting 12km ridge where no point drops below 780m. The whole range is the largest massif in all of the southern highlands only The Carn Mairg Range (Glen Lyon Horseshoe) at the eastern end of Glen Lyon can equal it in area if not height.

Ben Lawers group is one of the most popular mountains in the south highlands with easy access to the hills from the Lochan na Lairige road which reaches a height of 550m and no access restictions with the ownership by The National Trust for Scotland. There is a information centre & car park around NN608378 where the "tourist route" to the mountains start.