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August 16th 2003

June 27th - 28th 2003

The August club trip to north Wales was blessed with good weather, unlike previous August trips which have proved to be indifferent.

Nick and David were dropped off at Capel Curig as they were planning the linear traverse all the way to Nant Peris across the Glyders.  Later we would all meet up at our starting point, hopefully, but just to be sure mobile numbers were exchanged.

From the large Nant Peris car park we set off to Cwm Dudodyn and up the long slopes to Elidir Fawr at 924 metres.  The going wasn’t exciting but the views were fine, and in two hours we were on the summit and enjoying very pleasant conditions.

Moving on, we made our way to Mynydd Perfedd and then to the outlier Carnedd y Filiast which would have given good views to the north in other than the present hazy conditions.  Now turning southwards we made our way along the main ridge looking down upon the A5 far below and the Carneddau on the other side of the valley.  Re-crossing Mynydd Perfedd there was a steep climb to Foel-goch and then on towards the highest point of the day Y Garn at 947 metres.

Not far below the summit we thought we would check on the other two but sadly there was no signal.  No sooner had we put the phone down when they appeared descending from the summit towards us!

We all decided to stick with our original plans and as they descended into Cwm Dudodyn we made our way to Llyn y Cwm.  On the descent the cliffs of Y Garn were checked out for the point at which we made an ascent during our Winter Skills course in February, and lower down where we had practised self arrest using ice axes.

The descent to Nant Peris along the Afon Las seemed to take forever and the last kilometre along the narrow pathless road was not wonderful.  However we all had a great day out topped off by an excellent pub meal on the return journey.

The barbeque weekend at Corris in mid Wales was a great success.  Not only was the weather warm and dry, at times it was it could even have been described as hot!

On Saturday most of the group headed for Waun-oer and Maesglase.  When in the Dolgellau area most walkers make for Cadair Idris.  Fine mountain as Cadair is, there are other hills to climb in the locality and they are usually quiet and give good views of their higher neighbours.

From Aberllefnni in the Dyfi Forest, paths and forest trails can be found to take walkers to open ground above the trees.  The day was already warming up and a fair amount of energy was expended before making the ridge.  Here there was a warm breeze and soon the trig point of Waun-oer 670 metres was reached.

However, there were plenty of other ups and downs on this route as there followed a steep descent then re-ascent to the flat summit of Cribin Fawr.  From here the route continued to Craig Portas where the temptation to laze in the grass proved too persuasive for some of the group, while the rest made the detour along a very fine ridge to Maesglase 674 metres.

Returning to Craig Portas there followed a long ridge walk with a steep descent to the valley and a return to Aberllefnni.

Following the evening barbeque and with another fine day forecast most of the group drove the short distance to Abergynolwyn for another walk on less frequented hills.

From the village the route passed through some wonderful mature native woodland in a deep valley before emerging onto forest roads and the more regimented spruce trees.  With changes to the forest the route was not clear but an easy way was found onto the open hillside where a path was eventually found to take us onto the summit of Tarrenhendre 633 metres.

From here there were fine views of the Dyfi valley and estuary as we continued along the ridge before the steep ascent to Tarren y Gesail 667 metres.  Descending steeply, the cool breeze on the higher ground gave way to hot sticky conditions in the valley as we continued our descent to Abergynolwyn and an inviting watering hole just across the road from our starting point.