After driving through a heavy rain storm to get to the car park before Garbat near the Allt a' Bhealaich Mhoir I arrived and kitted up and left at 1015hrs
- There is a well constructed path at the entrance of the car park which takes you to both Little Wyvis and Ben Wyvis and does not take you long until you come out of tree plantation. On the right is Little Wyvis the left Ben Wyvis
- View of the Tom na Caillich and Little Wyvis from further up the path
- In about haf an hour you reach the outskirts of the wooded area where you find an easy river crossing just adjacent to the East perimeter of the forest plantation on the South of the riverAllt a Bhealaich Mhoir
- Walk along the outside of the woods and after reaching the end of the woods at about 450m continue on the same line to meet a line of fence posts, follow fence posts until you come across a track traversing the West shoulder of Little Wyvis. At this point I walked along the track for about 300m as up until now the underfoot conditions were very wet and muddy
- The track mentioned earlier, after that another shower came and on with the waterproofs and the visibility worsened, so no photographs taken were worth posting. With no visibility it was map and compas and GPS used until the summit cairn found. Not hanging about at the summit and now seeing the wooded area I had climbed beside decided to check if Martin had arrived. Putting on the mobile which had been turned off a message was already there saying they had arrived and had started off, so off I headed back to bottom of the Bealach Mor when I saw two figures dressed in red and one in white. After confirming it was them well ahead of time, I just headed on down to meet up
- Chris Martin and Myself taken by Jelena
- Looking back at Little Wyvis from the now well constructed path up Ben Wyvis, although some of the steps were pretty deep and might take the tolll of tired legs when coming down, although the path was quite soft in places which helped the legs and old joints
- The newish path looking back (well it wasn't built the last time I'd climbed it!
- Jelena further on towards An Cabar
- Along the long summit ridge, being buffetted by cold strong cross winds
- After meeting another couple and two single walkers we finally reached the summit, hard going in the snow and very strong winds
- Another summit pose
- Some adjustments and additions required to Jelena's gloves, or should I just say, putting on Chris's second pair, for warmth
- Now out of the extreme wind and feeling very pleased with ourselves
- Walking out
- Those steps to be tackled!
- Heading on back thinking of the Fish Supper that awaited us at Ullapool
- One last look at Little Wyvis
- Nearly of the steep section and easier walking
- Anyone who reads this who not already has been to a WH meet should really consider coming along, great company and just a fabulous weekend
- Last final look at Ben Wyvis before heading off to Ullapool and then Basecamp at Inchnadamph where John and Anne had arranged to Meet up. What a start to the weekend!
It definately wasnt as bad a few miles up the road that day
