In 1877 David Milne Home, chairman of the Council of the Scottish Meteorological Society (SMS), proposed that a meteorological observatory should be established at the summit of the Ben Nevis, and in 1878, having climbed the mountain (at the age of 73), he reported that this was feasible and plans were drawn up... Read more...
Around 1894, probably in response to the arrival of the West Highland Railway in Fort William and the subsequent rush of tourists to the area, an enterprising local hotelier decided to open a small hotel on the summit of Ben Nevis. Read more...
The Pony Track was built in 1883 as an access route for the Observatory. The main contractor for the project was James McLean of Fort William... Read more...
The first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis was in 1771 by the botanist James Robertson... Read more...
