A bumper crop of excellent trip reports this month including some fantastic inversion photos taken in the Mamores by old danensian, an exhausting but inspiring round of the Fisherfield Six by jonnyhall with amusing details that may put you off camping with under a tarp during the deer rutting season, and a great description including icy conditions in Kintail by dooterbang who has just added a very watchable video to the post.

In the end the final choice came down to Jockstar's outing on Schiehallion enlivened by talk of brockenspectres and cute photos of cairn terriers in their jackets enjoying the wintery day and a great snowman on the way down, LeithySurburb's photos of Beinn an Dothaidh and Beinn Dorain, but in the end Paul Copestake has won the day with his detailed description of Liathach, an inspirational read particularly for anyone who hasn't yet tackled the infamous Torridon peak, especially liked the photos with the route drawn on. Congratulations Paul, £40 of Tiso vouchers are on their way to you.