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It is time to move on. The key to Glyder Fawr is a stony gully by the NE corner of the lake. It starts sedately, albeit roughly, but later degenerates into a scree slither of the most wearisome kind. A sweaty treadmill climbing up, an unstable gritty slide coming down; a toss-up as to which is the least tedious. When the angle at last abates, lines of cairns appear to lead across a barren stony desolation to the weirdly gesticulating summit tors.

Note This slope is treacherous in snow and must be left strictly alone unless you are fully experienced and equipped for snow work. One unchecked slip could be your last.

For an alternative approach known as the Sheepwalk (ssss1), cross the stream issuing from the foot of Twll Du and follow a sketchy path across a grassy ledge leading to the SE slopes coming down from Y Garn. Narrow, exposed in places and with a little unavoidable scrambling, this should only be attempted by experienced scramblers in good weather.

Y Gribin (GL9)

The Glyders are well endowed with challenging scrambles.