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Rising out of the windswept, heather-covered
moors, Ben Rinnes (841m/2,759ft) dominates the skyline to the
southwest of Aberlour. In winter, its jagged peaks are blanketed
in snow and battered by the strong winds that blow in from the
North Sea. Known to locals as "The Ben", it was once
the haunt of whisky smugglers and fearsome outlaws and the site
of several illicit stills.
Today, Ben Rinnes is a popular location for hill
climbers with accessible tracks on its lower slopes made by generations
of peat-cutters. The crystal-clear spring water that tumbles down
the steep, rugged hillside makes its way via waterfalls and bubbling
streams to the Lour burn and thence to the distillery, where it
becomes a vital ingredient of Aberlour malt whisky.
Bagging a Munro.
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