Epic Hikes of the World ( PDFDrive )

© Justin Foulkes | Lonely Planet
setting up shelter for the night in Snowdonia
“The ethereal rock formation known as Castell y Gwynt (Castle of the
Winds) loomed out of the mist”
Day two started with the shark’s-fin peak of 3012ft (918m) Tryfan, an ascent that
requires a head for heights and the ability to find your way through maze-like
routes to the top. It’s a Grade One scramble to the summit, which means you’ll
need some basic climbing moves to get there. This area is a training route for
fighter pilots, and within half an hour we’d gained enough height to look down into
their cockpits as they zipped through the Ogwen Valley.
From Tryfan’s twin summit rock pillars, known as Adam and Eve, we dropped
down its south side to pick up Bristly Ridge, a cavernous, Mordor-like scramble to
the top of 3261ft (994m) Glyder Fach, where the ethereal rock formation known as
Castell y Gwynt (Castle of the Winds) loomed out of the mist.
At 3284ft (1001m) Glyder Fawr was the highest summit of the day and
navigationally our most difficult point. But we were soon basking in the sunlight
again as we cruised over the marginally more diminutive 3106ft (947m) Y Garn and
3031ft (924m) ‘Electric Mountain’ Elidir Fawr, which has a power station below its