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Ben Hope

Ben Hope

Ben Hope (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Hòb) is a mountain in northern Scotland. It is the most northerly Munro, standing alone in the Flow Country (a region of bumpy, peat-covered moorland) south-east of Loch Hope in Sutherland. The mountain is a roughly triangular wedge, with a great crag on the west, with two lower shoulders to the south and northeast. Alpine flowers are abundant in season, although the ground is very rocky. The mountain of Ben Hope is situated within the Ben Hope Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The SSSI has been designated by NatureScot due to its geological features, upland habits and plant species present.

The Aetherius Society considers it to be one of its 19 holy mountains.