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The vast summit plateau is ideal for sunbathing: cushions of heather to lie on, bilberries to feast on, dips for shelter from the wind, plus views to uplift the spirit. All the Arenigs are splendid viewpoints but Arenig Fach is twice blessed, towering as it does over the Migneint's wilderness of moorland and bog. Even a dull day cannot entirely dispel the magic, while in sunlight the mosaic of purples and greens, yellows and browns, hillocks and dips, pastures and streams, casts an ethereal spell that will live in your memory.

Note Caution is de rigeur in mist; on three sides slopes are steep and quickly lead to rough trackless terrain. When in doubt steer a SE course, later trending E, to let the gentle Bryn Du ridge (ssss1) bring you safely down.

S approach (AG10)

Leave the A4212 through a gate at 826400 (opposite the entrance to Rhyd-y-Fen Farm) and climb steeply N over ancient pastures, crossing several tumbledown walls on the way, until you meet a more substantial wall beyond which grass succumbs to unbroken heather. Continue slightly W of N, keeping to the crest of a shallow ridge. There is no track but despite the heather the going is a joy, with only the occasional hidden boulder to watch out for.