Looking back at Ben Wyvis from Tom a'
Choinnich.
Ben
Wyvis 1046m
Access is gained from the the A835 road to
Ullapool.We did this assent on a wonderful clear
blue sky day in October with
thick snow covering from the road up and over every surrounding hill.
The walk starts with gentle climb along
forest tracks, this turns into a steeper climb up to the first
summit. I think the path zig zags up, however the
snow was too deep for us
to be able to see the path, so we went straight up!
From the first summit its an easy walk
to the main summit. Overall a
very nice walk, not too difficult and wonderful views from the top.
On
a second visit, this time in spring with
no snow, I found that Forest
Enterprise had constructed a new car park for walkers - very handy.
This time I was able to find the correct
path which makes for an easy climb. Once at the summit I continued
on to Tom a'Choinnich, which is the start of an alternative route
back to the car park. The round trip makes for an interesting walk,
but
its a bit hard going, the path is
very intermittent and the walk down
from Tom a'Choinnich, although over grassy slopes is harder than it looks.
My trip was after
many weeks of fine weather, I
would guess that under normal conditions, the route would be quite boggy.
This alternative route is nothing
like a Highland hill walk, more like a walk in the Chievots!
An Cabar, Ben Wyvis's southern outpost
from the approach path.
Time taken about 6 hours.
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