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I was kindly invited by Rocket Ron to his final munro and compleation party on 27th July 2013. Speaking with Monty and Ron in the pub the night before, and as Monty is Corbett bagging, he was keen to add in Little Wyvis to the Large Wyvis

Started at the car park for Ben Wyvis. The car park was busy at 950am with lots of walkers gathering for Rons final munro. Said a few hellos and set off at 955am. We crossed the bridge and followed the good track heading towards Ben Wyvis.


At the end of the forest we crossed the Allt a' Bhealaich and headed south east up towards Little Wyvis. We picked up a faint path at the edge of the forest. I found this pretty tough due to : it was a scorching day, had a few voddies the night before and was walking with an ex army man! What was I thinking! We picked up the good track to the west of Tom na Caillich and followed this for just under 1km and then headed east onto the ridge and south to the summit of Little Wyvis. We reached the summit in 1.5 hours which was good going. The SMC book states 2hours 10minutes


From here there were stunning views of Ben Wyvis and the Fannichs.

Stopped for a quick summit picture and headed northeast towards Tom na Caillich and then east downwards through lots of peaty bogs and northeast up towards the 817 summit.

From here we were covered and chased by what I thought was clegs.... but Monty called salt flies. I've never experienced these as bad before.

We headed north and then northwest to pick up the ridge of Ben Wyvis. We continued north to reach the summit in 2hours and 10 minutes... where all the gang were gathered. Think Monty was last to reach the Munro


Had a few refreshments at the summit. Nice to meet everyone...some old and new faces... Well done Ron


We headed south along the ridge of Ben Wyvis to pick up the great path back down to the carpark .....and to continue the celebrations that evening

mountain thyme wrote: had a few voddies the night before

Only a few. Was nice to meet you theresa. Thanks for coming up

nice one MT - looks like you all had a great time

mountain thyme wrote:We reached the summit in 1.5 hours which was good going. The SMC book states 2hours 10minutes

not much has changed here then eh ? - cheers

Great stuff MT, I wanted to bag this one before we left Scotland....your pics just make me wish I'd made more of an effort to do so Sounds like a tough ascent, particularly after few voddies the night before

Well done mt, was surprised you re visited a Munro though ? Sounds like you needed a curer !!

The selfishness of the Corbett bagger...surely you guys should have enjoyed the walk to Big Wyvis first then went along to do Little Wyvis

Briillant to meet you at long last Theresa :thumbup

It was a fantastic day from start to finish, although maybe we could have done without seeing our dodgy dance moves in Scoob's video!!!

Many of your moves were appreciated by some of the young men in the room

My local Corbett... Did the little one in winter conditions a few seasons back, tested my brand new crampons on the ascent The Wee Wyvis is usually overlooked and neglected by hillwalkers, which is a shame. Glad you enjoyed it

rocket-ron wrote:

mountain thyme wrote: had a few voddies the night before

Only a few. Was nice to meet you theresa. Thanks for coming up

Yeah... a few doubles

rockhopper wrote:

mountain thyme wrote:We reached the summit in 1.5 hours which was good going. The SMC book states 2hours 10minutes

not much has changed here then eh ? - cheers

Is that you saying im always fast RH ??

ChrisW wrote:Great stuff MT, I wanted to bag this one before we left Scotland....your pics just make me wish I'd made more of an effort to do so Sounds like a tough ascent, particularly after few voddies the night before

Thanks Chris.... it was a tough wee hill from Ben Wyvis side and Monty was setting the pace

mgmt! wrote:Well done mt, was surprised you re visited a Munro though ? Sounds like you needed a curer !!

Thanks mgmt.... It WAS my first repeat munro..... but I knew someone else who didn't like to do repeats... Think you only done 3 with me

dooterbang wrote:The selfishness of the Corbett bagger...surely you guys should have enjoyed the walk to Big Wyvis first then went along to do Little Wyvis

Haha.... no we started a bit earlier and took in Little Wyvis first.....We arrived on the summit at the same time as the Munro baggers did.... Couldnt of finished on Little Wyvis as we had a Party to get to

pollyh33 wrote:Briillant to meet you at long last Theresa :thumbup

It was a fantastic day from start to finish, although maybe we could have done without seeing our dodgy dance moves in Scoob's video!!!

Many of your moves were appreciated by some of the young men in the room

It was lovely to meet you Polly. I don't know about folk appreciating my moves .... I was cringing watching Scoobs video and did so with one eye open

BlackPanther wrote:My local Corbett... Did the little one in winter conditions a few seasons back, tested my brand new crampons on the ascent The Wee Wyvis is usually overlooked and neglected by hillwalkers, which is a shame. Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks BP. It is a cracking wee Corbett with stunning views on a good day

well done terresa nice too see yourb tally adding up nearly catching johnny

Nice one. It wasn't Clegs, it was Montys hands.

Jimmy Craghopper wrote:well done terresa nice too see yourb tally adding up nearly catching johnny

Cheers Jimmy and Mo. ]ohnny noticed that ...so hes away this week to catch up

Johnny Corbett wrote:Nice one. It wasn't Clegs, it was Montys hands.

Aye around my neck ....as I was that slow

Mark M wants to know is this what you and Monty are calling yourselves, but I said no that would be rude......to Monty!

Great to meet you.

jonny616 wrote:Mark M wants to know is this what you and Monty are calling yourselves, but I said no that would be rude......to Monty!

Great to meet you.

Nice to meet you too Jonny