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Cadair Idris via The Mynffordd Trail

31st August 2022

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km Elapsed
Hrs-Mins Moving
Hrs-Mins Gain Loss Min Max

9.3 6H39 6H00 (Est) 900 900 104 887

Dôl Idris Car Park. One machine for cash and one for card, although the former was out of order.
(08:18 hrs - 0H00)

Walk sign posted through the gate to the right

The Coffee Shop
(08:25hrs - 0H07)

Start of the steps up to Llyn Cau
(08:26 - 0H08)

Split in the path..... left to Llyn Cau.... right to Mynydd Moel
(08:57hrs - 0H39)

Looking down to the right.... the path back from Mynydd Moel comes over this bridge.

A lone walker up ahead.... this was a lady from Pembroke who I got talking to later.

A Roche moutonnée (or sheepback) is a rock formation created by the passing of a glacier. The passage of glacial ice over underlying bedrock often results in asymmetric erosional forms as a result of abrasion on the "stoss" (upstream) side of the rock and plucking on the "lee" (downstream) side. These erosional features are seen on scales of less than a metre to several hundred meters.

Llyn Cau. The peak ahead is not Cadair idris, but is a false peak
(09:35hrs - 1H17)

Starting the climb away from Llyn Cau to reach the ridge

Cairn on the ridge

I like it! This cheered me up.

View down to Llyn Cau as I moved around the ridge.
Cadair Idris is in the background.

Cadair Idris or Pen y Gadair

Climbing the false peak along the ridge line

Looking across to Pen y Gadair or Cadair Idris peak

Crossing the fence line at the summit of the false peak
(10:46hrs - 2H48)

The path drops down before the final push to Cadair Idris

Looking down on Llyn Cau

Looking back at the ridge I have just climbed

Looking back to the false peak

False peak

Looking west. You can just make out Barmouth

Llyn y Gadair

A short scramble up the gully to the top

(11:52 hrs - 3H34)

View towards Barmouth on the coast

The shelter adjacent to the trig point

Cyril the sheep begging for food!

The path to Mynydd Moel, the route down, after leaving the trig point

Looking back to the trig point as I descend

Looking down to the Tal-y-llyn Lake

Instead of climbing to Mynydd Moel, I traversed in a south-easterly direction until I reached the fence line. there is an "A"-frame style that you can aim for. The path after this is rough and involves some scrambling, but you have to be on the other side of the fence (the west side) to progress downwards.

(13:06 hrs - 4H48)