Editing Ben Nevis (section)

=== Extreme sports ===
Ben Nevis is becoming popular with ski mountaineers and boarders. The Red Burn ({{lang|gd|italic=no|Allt Coire na h-Urcaire}}) just to the North of the tourist path gives the easiest descent, but most if not all of the easier gullies on the North Face have been skied, as has the slope once adorned by the abseil poles into {{lang|gd|italic=no|Coire Leis}}. No 4 gully is probably the most skied. Although Tower scoop makes it a no-fall zone, Tower Gully is becoming popular, especially in May and June when there is spring snow.<ref>Kenny Biggin, ''Scottish Offpiste Skiing and Snowboarding: Nevis Range and Ben Nevis'' (Spean Bridge: Skimountain, 2013), pp. 64–84</ref>

[[File:Ski Ben Nevis.jpg|thumb|A skier [[Ski skins|skinning]] towards the summit]]

In 2018 Jöttnar pro team member Tim Howell BASE jumped off Ben Nevis which was covered by BBC Scotland.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-47214717/base-jumper-tim-howell-leaps-from-ben-nevis "Base jumper Tim Howell leaps from Ben Nevis"]. ''BBC Scotland'', 12 February 2019</ref>

In May 2019, a team of highliners completed a crossing above the Gardyloo Gully, a new altitude record for the UK.<ref>{{cite news |title=In pictures: UK's highest altitude highline completed on Ben Nevis |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-48880463 |access-date=6 July 2019 |work=BBC News |agency=BBC |date=5 July 2019}}</ref> Also in May 2019, a team of 12, led by Dundee artist [[Douglas Roulston]] carried a {{convert|1.5|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} tall statue of the DC Thomson character [[Oor Wullie]] to the top of the mountain. The statue, which had been painted by Roulston with a 360-degree scene of the view from the summit was later sold at the Oor Wullie Big Bucket Trail charity auction to raise money for a number of Scottish children's charities.<ref name="rooney">{{cite news |last1=Rooney |first1=Richard |title=Oor Wullie on Ben Nevis: How a 'superstar' team united two Scottish icons for charity |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/entertainment/whats-on/890741/oor-wullie-on-ben-nevis-how-a-superstar-team-united-two-scottish-icons-for-charity/ |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=The Courier |date=14 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="maclennan">{{cite news |last1=MacLennan |first1=Chris |title=Oor Wullie statue which was taken to top of Ben Nevis finds new home in Inverness |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/1775156/oor-wullie-statue-which-was-taken-to-top-of-ben-nevis-finds-new-home-in-inverness/ |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=Press and Journal |date=17 June 2019}}</ref>

Ben Nevis is one of the three mountains climbed in the [[National Three Peaks Challenge]], where participants aim to climb Ben Nevis, [[Scafell Pike]] and [[Snowdon]], often within 24 hours and using motor transport between them. The total height climbed is {{cvt|3064|m}} and the distance walked {{cvt|23|miles}}, with about {{cvt|460|miles}} of driving.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Three Peaks Challenge |url=https://www.threepeakschallenge.uk/national-three-peaks-challenge/ |publisher=Three Peaks Challenge Ltd |access-date=12 November 2024}}</ref> It has been estimated that some 30,000 people attempt the challenge each year, often as part of organised groups, and the impact on the local areas has been criticised.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Three Peaks Challenge – what do you think? |url=https://services.thebmc.co.uk/the-three-peaks-challenge--what-do-you-think |website=services.thebmc.co.uk |publisher=British Mountaineering Club |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=4 October 2013}}</ref> Various records have been set for the challenge, including James Forrest's fastest self-supported completion in 16 days, 13 hours, 59 mins in 2021<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Dan |title=James Forrest on the Self-Supported 3 Peaks Record |url=https://www.ukhillwalking.com/articles/features/james_forrest_on_the_self-supported_3_peaks_record-14046 |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=www.ukhillwalking.com |date=6 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> and Imogen Boddy's fastest female completion on foot, with support, in 6 days 5 hours 43 mins, in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pilastro |first1=Eleonora |title=UK runner completes National Three Peaks Challenge in less than a week |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/6/uk-runner-completes-national-three-peaks-challenge-in-less-than-a-week |publisher=Guinness World Records |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=26 June 2024}}</ref> In 2022 the Nevis Landscape Trust introduced a registration system for charity events on Ben Nevis.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ben Nevis registration system for charity walks |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-63135016 |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=BBC News |date=4 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Organised Events |url=https://www.nevislandscape.co.uk/visiting-the-area/group-events |website=www.nevislandscape.co.uk |publisher=Nevis Landscape Partnership |access-date=12 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref>