Driving south on the A82 from Inverness the temperature steadily dropped with -9C at Drumnadrochit and on the A887 at Dundreggan, west of Invermoriston, -12C. I left my vehicle in the car park at the Dundreggan Rewilding Centre and walked round the rear of the building, through a wicket gate, and onto the purple (heather) marked route which was a circular trail of four kilometres.
I soon came to a track junction and here went left heading uphill in a north-westerly direction. The track rose fairly steadily, with several areas of ice to avoid, and later it emerged from the wooded area below Binnilidh Bheag. I continued along the track to NH32351535 where I left it although there were opportunities to leave the track ea
![Binnilidh Bheag](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/01-Binnilidh-Bheag.jpg)
rlier or even continue a bit further. I climbed through heather onto the summit of this unclassified hill with good views including the freezing Glen Moriston. By this time I had warmed up but the fingers of my left hand were stinging as they recovered from the cold.
![Glen Moriston](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/02-Glen-Moriston.jpg)
![Carnis Mhor](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/03-Carnis-Mhor.jpg)
![Binnilidh Mhor](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/04-Binnilidh-Mhor.jpg)
![Glen Moriston looking east](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/05-Glen-Moriston-looking-east.jpg)
I descended north then north-east through grass and heather and possibly some wet ground but it was frozen. This took me onto the west ridge of Binnilidh Mhor which was a steeper climb with a few rocky steps and some ice covered rocks. The gradient then eased as I headed for the summit of this Tump. There were a few boot prints in the frost so someone else had been here in the past few days. The summit was an outcrop covered in heather and moss. I also visited a point to the east but it was lower.
![Kintail Hills](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/06-Kintail-Hills.jpg)
![Carnis Mhor](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/07-Carnis-Mhor.jpg)
After sitting at the summit for a while, despite the frost it was quite pleasant in the sun, I returned down the west ridge then a short steep climb north-west through heather took me onto more level ground where the walking was easy through the grass. I then headed west across a knoll to gain the east ridge of Carnis Mhor and to the cairn marking the summit of this Tump.
![Carn Dubh](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/08-Carn-Dubh.jpg)
![Cloud covering Loch Ness](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/09-Cloud-covering-Loch-Ness.jpg)
![Binnilidh Mhor, Glen Moriston and Sronn na Muic](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/10-Binnilidh-Mhor-Glen-Moriston-and-Sronn-na-Muic.jpg)
![Binnilidh Bheag and Glen Moriston](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11-Binnilidh-Bheag-and-Glen-Moriston.jpg)
From there I descended north-west then continuing in the same direction climbed onto the east ridge of Carn Dubh and to a cairn. However the highest point of this Tump was a couple of hundred metres to the west and marked by a boulder.
![Glen Affric Hills](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/12-Glen-Affric-Hills.jpg)
![An Suidhe](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/13-An-Suidhe.jpg)
![Cairn on Carn Dubh. Monadhliath Hills beyond](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/14-Cairn-on-Carn-Dubh.-Monadhliath-Hills-beyond.jpg)
![Return route to Glen Moriston](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/15-Return-route-to-Glen-Moriston.jpg)
![Glen Moriston and the Kintail Hills](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/16-Glen-Moriston-and-the-Kintail-Hills.jpg)
The descent south-east took me to the west of Carnis Mhor, easy going except for a few icy patches. Lower down I came to a deer fence but there was a gate nearby and this took me into an area of new tree plantings. The vegetation was a bit longer here and with a few hollows it slowed me down a bit until I came across an ATV track. This led to another gate and further down still the purple marked trail which I followed back to the start. The temperature was now a balmy -4C although on returning through Invermoriston it was -8C.
![Dundreggan Rewilding Centre](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/17-Dundreggan-Rewilding-Centre.jpg)
![Frosted Silver Birch Tree](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/18-Frosted-Silver-Birch-Tree.jpg)
- Time taken – 5.5 hours.
- Distance – 11 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 675 metres.