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The route follows the true R bank for about 1.5 miles when two choices present themselves:

 Scramble up loose scree L to Bwlch y Marchlyn – quick but rough (ssss1)

 Or keep straight on up steep but easy grass to Bwlch y Brecan (longer but nicer).

Assuming the latter, follow the grooved ridge path round the vale head to Bwlch y Marchlyn (620615), where the track divides. Take the upper fork along the slender crest above the black, ribbed steeps that sweep down imposingly to the blue-green depths of Llyn Marchlyn Mawr. Sadly the path leaves the edge to cross a broad green saddle before wandering through a sea of boulders to the summit ridge.

SW approach direct (GL26)

A tortuous, energy-sapping grind.

Walkers in a hurry (perhaps attempting the grand slam of all 14 3000-footers) cannot afford the luxury of the leisurely and rather circuitous routing via Cwm Dudodyn. Their fate is to sweat straight up from the bridge at 608596. The best routing is almost due N, keeping the spoil heaps L and aiming for a stile at around 607602. This crosses the wall that straddles the hillside at roughly the 1600ft level. You should then slant diagonally across to the summit ridge. This route is also pretty hard in descent, especially after rain when the chaotically strewn boulders that litter the upper slopes are unpleasantly smooth and slippery.