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Mist clearing the southern slopes of the Glyders

Glyder Fawr

Most of what I want to relate about this evocative peak has already been told as part of the introduction to Glyder Fach. All that remains is advice on what to do in mist when one rocky spire looks very much like another. Without good compass work Glyder Fawr is one of the most disorientating peaks I know.

Assuming you are at the highest point – which is the more N of two adjacent and almost equal tors – the path to Glyder Fach and Y Gribin starts on 90° and is so densely cairned as to be virtually foolproof. For Llyn y Cwn, and onward to Cwm Las or the Devil’s Kitchen, a bearing of 280° leads into another line of cairns that again are unmistakable once you get below the topmost rocky cap. The Pen y Pass route is a bit trickier. Start on 220° and count the cairns. At the fifth cairn the track splits. One branch continues on 270° to give an alternative start for Llyn y Cwn. The other leads on 180° to another monolith, after about 25 paces. Red waymark signs begin here, plus cairns, and all is well, staying on 180°.