Ben Wyvis

Ben Wyvis, 1046m

Date: 8/4/1986

Tops and Munros

Companions: Roger

An Cabar (T) 946m
Glas Leathad Mor (M) 1046m
Tom a' Choinnich (T) 953m

Distance: 15km

Climbing: 1050m

Time: about 6 hours

Weather: very windy on summit, with cloud at about 900m

Munro Tally: M59, T93-95

Staying in a holiday cottage at Contin. Set off with Roger from Garbat farm at 10am, following the path up through the forest. Some slushy snow as we emerged on to the open hillside. We could see the spindrift blowing off the ridge above us, although it was fairly sheletered down below. The snow got deeper and harder as we climbed, and with a ferocious wind as we neared An Cabar, the last few hundred metres were "interesting". Along the summit ridge, it was head down into the blast. We passed over the summit at 13.00, with the cairn buried under deep snowdrifts. Having allowee Roger to walk me off my feet the day before, I found my knee stiffened up as soon as we began the descent, so it was with a peculiar swinging gait (keeping my right knee straight) that we descended to the north over Tom a' Choinnich. Fortunately we found our way on to a good forest track which led us swiftly back to the car at Garbat.

Wintry Ben Wyvis

Looking back towards the snow covered summit ridge of Ben Wyvis from Tom a' Choinnich.

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Date: 8/4/1986	Tops and Munros
Companions: Roger	An Cabar (T) 946m Glas Leathad Mor (M) 1046m Tom a' Choinnich (T) 953m
Distance: 15km
Climbing: 1050m
Time: about 6 hours
Weather: very windy on summit, with cloud at about 900m
Munro Tally: M59, T93-95
Staying in a holiday cottage at Contin. Set off with Roger from Garbat farm at 10am, following the path up through the forest. Some slushy snow as we emerged on to the open hillside. We could see the spindrift blowing off the ridge above us, although it was fairly sheletered down below. The snow got deeper and harder as we climbed, and with a ferocious wind as we neared An Cabar, the last few hundred metres were "interesting". Along the summit ridge, it was head down into the blast. We passed over the summit at 13.00, with the cairn buried under deep snowdrifts. Having allowee Roger to walk me off my feet the day before, I found my knee stiffened up as soon as we began the descent, so it was with a peculiar swinging gait (keeping my right knee straight) that we descended to the north over Tom a' Choinnich. Fortunately we found our way on to a good forest track which led us swiftly back to the car at Garbat.