Beinn Dorain

The Beinn Dorain from south

The Beinn Dorain ( Beinn Dobhráin in Gaelic, translated the mountain rivulets or mountain of the Otter ) is a 1,076 meter high mountain in Scotland. It is in the Council Area Argyll and Bute. The Beinn Dorain lies to the east of the small village of Bridge of Orchy and counts due to its height to the Munros. From the south of the mountain looks like a steep, grass -covered pyramid, it is, however, a long-drawn, running in a north-south direction ridge that runs at about 750 m altitude in a Bealach in the north. To the north of this pass is the Beinn an Dòthaidh another, also over 1,000 m high Munro.

The mountain is known in Scotland by the Scottish- Gaelic poet Duncan Ban MacIntyre (1724-1812) and his poem " Moladh Beinn Dòbhrainn " ( in English: " In Praise of Ben Doran "). It appreciates the distinctive mountain in one of the most famous Gaelic poems. Translated in English, it begins with the following verses:

Honour beyond each ben for Ben Doran; Of all I have seen beneath the sun, she is the most glorious for me ...

The Beinn Dorain is what its Gaelic name already suggests, the headwaters for many streams and rivulets that flow on its slopes. It is therefore a relative to other mountains of the Highlands quite humid mountain and habitat for a variety of amphibians.

Due to its strategic location on the A82 between Glasgow and Fort William and the West Highland Way is one of the mountain to one of the most popular Munros. The access of Brigde of Orchy runs in the valley of the Allt Coire an Dothaidh to the pass between Beinn Dorain and Beinn an Dòthaidh, and from there over the long mountain ridge to the summit.