Ben Wyvis: Glas Leathad Mor
| Meaning: | Ben Wyvis is possibly from the Gaelic fuathas, meaning terror. Glas Leathad Mor means big greenish-grey slope |
| Munro Region: | Loch Broom to Easter Ross |
| Munro Number: | 85 |
| Height in Metres: | 1046 metres |
| OS Map Reference: | OS Sheet 20, GR: 463684 |
Ben Wyvis is a very prominent feature in the landscape of Easter Ross, a high flat-topped mountain rising above the low landscape of the Cromarty Firth, and visible from a long way away to the south beyond the Moray Firth. It is a long grassy mountain, with open corries to the south-east and steep slopes to the north-west above the Garbat Forest.
The shortest route to Ben Wyvis is from the west, leaving the A835 road ½ kilometre south of Garbat and following the path up the north side of the Allt a' Bhealaich Mhoir. Once clear of the forest climb the steep ridge leading to An Cabar and continue along the flat mossy ridge to Glas Leathad Mor. If you want to complete a traverse of the mountain, continue north to Tom a' Choinnich and descend its south-west ridge and the Allt a'Gharbh Bhaid to reach the edge of the forest. A path on the north side of this stream leads down to a road which goes south across the hillside to the Allt a' Bhealaich Mhoir and the uphill route.
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- 1. Loch Lomond to Loch Tay
- 2. The River Tay to Rannoch Moor
- 3. Strath Orchy to Loch Leven
- 4. Loch Linnhe to Loch Ericht
- 5. The Drumochter Hills
- 6. The West Mounth: Blair Atholl to Braemar
- 7. The East Mounth: Glen Shee to Mount Keen
- 8. The Cairngorms
- 9. Glen Roy to the Monadhliath
- 10. Loch Eil to Glen Shiel
- 11. Glen Affric and Kintail
- 12. Glen Cannich to Glen Carron
- 13. Cuillin and Torridon
- 14. Loch Maree to Loch Broom
- 15. Loch Broom to Easter Ross
- 16. Coigach to Cape Wrath
- 17. The Islands
