A massive conical peak of N Stirling, Ben More rises to 1174m (3852 feet), meeting the requirements for a Munro, to the south of Glen Dochart 3 miles (5 km) east of Crianlarich. It is the second highest peak in the Southern Highlands (next to Ben Lawyers at 1214m / 3984 feet) and there is nothing to the south which is as high, in the entire United Kingdom. Its summit is marked by an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar and its name is derived from the Gaelic for "great hill". A snow patch at Cuidhe Chrom, on the mountain's northern flank, usually lasts well into the summer before it melts.
A British European Airways Viscount aircraft, which was on a test flight, crashed into the mountain during a blizzard on 19th January 1973, killing its crew of four. A memorial was unveiled at the entrance to Crianlarich Church in 2005. A Wessex rescue helicopter crashed on the mountain on 1st February 1987 after its rotor blade hit a rock while attempting to help a fallen climber. Although the crew survived, a member of the Killin Mountain Rescue Team was killed.
