| Ben Gulabin | |
|---|---|
 Ben Gulabin from the Spittal of Glenshee | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 806 m (2,644 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 203 m (666 ft) |
| Listing | Corbett, Marilyn |
| Geography | |
| Location | Perthshire, Scotland |
| Parent range | Grampian Mountains |
| OS grid | NO100722 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 43 |
Ben Gulabin (806 m) is a mountain in the Mounth area of the Grampian Mountains in Scotland. It is located on the eastern side of the main A93 road between Blairgowrie and Braemar in upper Glen Shee.
The Mounth is the range of hills on the southern edge of Strathdee in northeast Scotland. It was usually referred to with the article, i.e. "the Mounth". The name is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic monadh which in turn is akin to the Welsh mynydd, and may be of Pictish origin. Traditionally the people of northern Scotland did not consider the Grampians to be a single range, but several, and these were known as the Mounth or the Mounths. Mountain ranges to the west are known as Monadh Liath and the Monadh Ruadh, which could be glossed as the Grey Mounth and the Red Mounth.
The Grampian Mountains are one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland, occupying a considerable portion of the Scottish Highlands in northern Scotland. The other major mountain ranges in Scotland are the Northwest Highlands and the Southern Uplands. The Grampian range extends southwest to northeast between the Highland Boundary Fault and the Great Glen, occupying almost half of the land area of Scotland and including the Cairngorms and the Lochaber hills. The range includes many of the highest mountains in the British Isles, including Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui.
The A93 is a major road in Scotland and the highest public road in the United Kingdom. It runs north from Perth through Blairgowrie and Rattray, then through the Grampian Mountains by way of Glenshee, the Cairnwell Pass and Glen Clunie to Braemar in Aberdeenshire. At Braemar, the road then switches east down the strath of the River Dee before crossing the A90 and terminating in Aberdeen.
Rising steeply from the small settlement of the Spittal of Glenshee, Ben Gulabin is one of the simplest Corbetts to climb due to the high level start and short distance from the road. [2]
The Spittal of Glenshee lies at the head of Glenshee in the highlands of eastern Perth and Kinross, Scotland where the confluence of many small streams flowing south out of the Grampians form the Shee Water. For centuries, there has been a hostel or inn at the site and, in modern times, the small village has become a centre for travel, tourism and winter sports in the region, sited at a bend on the A93 trunk road which leads from Blairgowrie north past the Spittal to the Glenshee Ski Centre and on to Braemar.
