Sunday 29th March, The Glyders

We were back out on the hills today with the "girls" from Newcastle on the second day of their walking weekend in North Wales. Conditions today were great, a cold crisp morning and beautiful clear blue skies with little or no wind.


Our route was from the Ogwen valley up to Bwlch Tryfan, between Tryfan and Bristly Ridge. Before making our way up the steep scree slopes to the top of Glyder Fach, 994m. We stopped to investigate the Cantilever Stone but could not get unto safely it as it was covered in ice.


The visibility from the summit was very good and after enjoying the views and taking lots of pictures we headed off toward Glyder Fawr, 999m. The summit was covered in amazing rime ice formations from the previous days and we made our way down from there to Llyn y Cwn before descending through the Devils Kitchen to Cwn Idwal and the main path back to Idwal Cottage.


A nice day out in almost perfect weather conditions for walking, it seemed a shame to be coming off the hill.