Around a week ago we got a new chart / map of all of the Welsh 2000ers - all mountains over 2000 feet in Wales by Gordon D Henderson. It has a similar layout to the 'Original Munro Map' for Scotland. And so our new project began...
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| Starting our ascent from the Ogwen valley towards Cwm Idwal |
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| The Devil's Kitchen |
...our goal was to climb each one of these mountains together and starting afresh from when we had got the map, so any we had been up already would have to be redone.
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| Scree slopes on the way to Glyder Fawr - ok going up, not great coming back down! |
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| The view across to Y Garn |
Last Tuesday we headed into the Glyders to start our project off and get in a good day's walking in the beautiful weather that was forecast. Leaving the valley floor at 10am ish, we made our way up the Devil's kitchen path towards Glyder Fawr. It was a busy day on the hills, lots of walkers, some climbers and some guys repairing the top stone wall above the kitchen path.
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| Stunning views across the Glyders |
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| Looking for tadpoles - cheap excuse for a break really! |
From the top of the kitchen we walked east ticking off Glyder Fawr (1001m), Castell Y Gwynt (972m), Glyder Fach (994m) and Y Foel Goch (805m). Although it was a bit hazy the views were amazing and it was so nice to be out and about in the sun for once.
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| Views across to the Snowdon Group from the Glyders |
After summitting Y Foel Goch we retraced our steps to reach the top of the miner's track just path LLyn Caseg-Fraith to cross Bwlch Tryfan and head back to the car via the Bochlwyd path - well made, but a real knee killer!
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| The boring side of Tryfan |
Ice creams and some leg stretching at the bottom. What a way to begin our new project. Psyched.
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