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Elidir Fawr

Elidir Fawr is the odd man out of the Welsh 3000-footers – hard to fit into a short satisfying round. Without it the quest to capture all the 3000ft tops in a single day would be considerably easier! Above all Elidir is an elegant peak. To most viewers it displays a perfect cone; occasionally an undulating ridge (which it is); while to the blue ellipse of Llyn Marchlyn Mawr it reveals the crags of Craig Cwrwgl and the squattish Pillar in a scene as rugged as any in Snowdonia. The elongated summit ridge, forming a series of bouldery humps and hollows, culminates in a cairn and a windshelter. There are fine views of Anglesey, Snowdon, the Carneddau, and back to Y Garn and Foel Goch.

The best tramp on Elidir is along the ridge either side of Bwlch y Marchlyn, curving high above the lake, before breaking off to Mynydd Perfedd. S the mountain degenerates in vast steeps of grass and scree, with awkwardly scattered boulders that make walking a chore. N and W, where a shoulder falls away to a subsidiary top (Elidir Fach) the mountainside is ravaged beyond redemption by the slate works of Llanberis and Bethesda.