Hardly a "warm" Wyvis welcome but glad to be back
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:10 pm
Finally, first new Munro since May!
Proved to be one of those days that makes you appreciate the good ones all the more
WARNING: It's normal to think of Ben Wyvis as a big friendly whaleback with a plateau summit, but the edge of Coire na Feola takes a big bite into the ridge, just where the true line kinks away slightly to the cairn (on the approach of the south). In whiteout conditions it's very easy to stray close to this edge, as I almost found out!
Checking the following day, the weather stats confirmed that the wettest place in the whole of Britain on Remembrance Sunday was 5 miles down the road at Loch Glascarnoch.
And the coldest.
Proved to be one of those days that makes you appreciate the good ones all the more
WARNING: It's normal to think of Ben Wyvis as a big friendly whaleback with a plateau summit, but the edge of Coire na Feola takes a big bite into the ridge, just where the true line kinks away slightly to the cairn (on the approach of the south). In whiteout conditions it's very easy to stray close to this edge, as I almost found out!
Checking the following day, the weather stats confirmed that the wettest place in the whole of Britain on Remembrance Sunday was 5 miles down the road at Loch Glascarnoch.
And the coldest.