National Trust For Scotland
Most of the south side of the Ben Lawers range has since 1950 been owned by the National Trust for Scotland and was purchased through the generosity of Percy Unna, a mountaineer and one time president of the Scottish Mountaineering Club. The area of land under Trust ownership was extended in 1996 by the purchase of the neighbouring Tarmachan range. The Trust owned a visitor centre located at the western end of the range, that had an exhibition that explained the geological formation of the mountain, but unfortunately closed and was demolished in 2010.
A new car park has ben built on the opposite side of the road, from where a much-eroded path leads to the summit of Ben Lawers by way of the intermediate peak of Beinn Ghlas. The nature trail on the lower section of this path is also still there, with information leaflets available in the car park.
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