Ben Wyvis

In the background: Ben Wyvis

Ben Wyvis ( Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Uais ) is a 1046 meter high mountain in the north of Scotland. It is located in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands, north-west of Dingwall. The mountain forms a hilly ridge which extends over a length of about five kilometers approximately from north to south and forms the crest of the highest classified as a Munro glass Leathad Mòr. The ridge is composed of metamorphic, pelitic gneiss from the Moine group.

The ridge is covered with his long glass hair to erkennenendem woolly spikes patens ( Racomitrium lanuginosum ) - in contrast to the Scottish mountains otherwise rather common heather or grass - while the lower slopes are more influenced by dwarf shrub heath and marshland. Heath and Marshes are home to a variety of plants, such as dwarf birch, cloudberry, dwarf dogwood or alpine bearberry. The site is an important breeding area for the Dotterel and is home to at least 2.4 % of the breeding population in Great Britain. The area is designated both as a National Nature Reserve and a Special Protection Area.

The mountain is usually climbed from the west, as this page is very easy to reach by road A835. The lower slopes are forested and include the Forestry Commission. The ridge itself is National Nature Reserve.

Ben Wyvis is located on the northern edge of the lands of the Munro clan. The country is left to the Munros traditionally by the crown. The King once declared, they keep their land under the condition to obtain at Midsummer a snowball, if this is required. This condition can be easily met by the communities, since in some mountain Karen his reason all year round snow.