The mountains of Mull seen from the mainland Travel Two Caledonian McBrayne run from Oban to Mull. Busses from from Craignure around the north and south of the Island. No further details known.

Introduction
Mull lies just off the coast from Oban and forms the mouth of Loch Linnhe. It's quite mountainous though not with serrated peaks like Arran, Rhum and Skye. These peaks are generally rounded but with very steep sides. There's one munro on Mull - Ben More, two Corbetts and plenty of smaller peaks. The peaks are not the only reason to visit Mull though, the coast line - particularly on the south and west sides is very attractive and often very remote. It's quite some place to be when an Atlantic Storm comes in.

The empty road alongside Loch na Keal Ben More seen from the start at Loch na Keal Loch na Keal seen from the ascent of Ben More

One of the first things that you notice when taking the ferry in is how different it is compared with the mainland just a short distance away. The roads are quiet, - the one round Loch na Keal particularly so. The slopes are all bare at the coast - not like the tree fringed coast round Oban. It somehow feels like you've travelled back in time.

Ben more and Surrounding peaks
Ben More is an easy summit to climb from Loch na Keal but incredibly boring this way. It's just straight up and down along boggy homogeneous slopes upto the short summit ridge and the trig point. There's a path to follow for this route but a slightly better route would be to take a slight more northerly route via An Gearna. Better views this way and Ben More also looks more striking from here.

The final rise to Ben More seen from the north

Beinn Fhada - north of Ben More

Those inspired folk will definitely take in Ben More's eastern ridge which leads out to A' Chioch. It's said not to be a problem but can look intimidating. The people with 'challenge' on their mind will definitely climb Ben More with other summits on the ridge leading north and east off from A'Chioch. I've counted five summits with 500ft drops round each summit (including Ben More). There's a lot of up and down so if you try this ridge in one go, it'll be a very long day for you!

Other features
As mentioned before, there's some very nice coastline. I haven't walked any of it but I have seen glimpses of what's available. Creag Mhor is a steep sea cliff near to the Ben More start on the Loch Na Keal side. It rises to 250m and has a road going across the bottom of it. Further west lies the peninsula head of Ardneanach - National Trust for Scotland property and 8km walk from the nearest road. There's plenty more but I'll cover it when I next go to Mull. I'll also cover the other peaks in more detail then.

Creag Mhor - Loch na Keal

Dun Da Ghaoithe seen on Ferry to Mull