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Those are the facts. What they do not convey is the overpowering presence of Tryfan across the cwm. Towering aloft in splendid isolation, the massive gullies of its E face illuminated by the morning sun, it is the very epitome of mountainly grandeur. Yet, strange to relate, in over 30 years I have never once spied a fellow walker on this lovely route.

Miners’ Track N or S (GL14/15)

You can also reach Llyn y Caseg-fraith by following the miners’ track as described in either ssss1 or ssss1, thus giving two more routes to the nameless peak – ssss1 from Ogwen, ssss1 from Pen y Gwryd.

Gallt yr Ogof

We live in a world that is all about coming first; runners up are all but forgotten. Who came second in the Derby? That is exactly Gallt yr Ogof’s problem. It may be the second most charismatic peak along the A5 from Capel Curig but, rising in the shadow of Tryfan, what chance has it got? So, sadly, despite a lumbering elephantine sprawl that completely dominates until you round a bend and Tryfan comes into view, it is virtually neglected. Neglected, that is, except by connoisseurs who revel in solitude and the unspoilt freshness of a cairn surrounded by heathery dips and hollows which know nothing of the black peaty scars of fame!