The Cannon and Y Garn

Another day on the Glyders, Snowdonia – this time with less snow – April

Looking up at Tryfan
Looking up at Tryfan’s pinnacles in the morning light. Looking from north-east

© Asako Yokoya








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Tryfan
Tryfan’s tops closer up



The Cannon and Y Garn
The Cannon, above some quartz(ite?), with with Y Garn in the background



Looking back down on way up Tryfan
Looking back down on way up Tryfan. You can see a cairn at the foot of the ‘wall’



View northwards towards the Carneddau
View northwards towards the Carneddau



View of Bristly Ridge and Glyder Fach beyond
Looking ahead to Bristly Ridge and Glyder Fach beyond



Scrambling down from Tryfan
Scrambling down from Tryfan



The gullies of Bristly Ridge
The gullies of Bristly Ridge



Looking down Sinister Gully on Bristly Ridge
Looking back down Sinister Gully on Bristly Ridge



Looking back towards Tryfan
Looking back towards Tryfan north-north-east



Llyn Bochlwyd
View of Llyn Bochlwyd below, with Y Garn, Foel-goch, Mynydd Perfedd and Carnedd y Filiast behind. Looking north-west



Looking down Bristly Ridge
Looking back down Bristly Ridge



Castell y Gwynt (Castle of the Wind) in mist
Castell y Gwynt (Castle of the Wind) in mist. Looking west-south-west



View from Glyder Fach
View from Glyder Fach – Castell y Gwynt in middle distance on the right, Snowdon further away near the centre of the image



Castell y Gwynt, with Glyder Fawr visible behind
Castell y Gwynt, with Glyder Fawr visible behind



Snowdon
Snowdon



Glyder Fawr in distance
Glyder Fawr with its hedgehog-like rocks in the distance



Castell y Gwynt from the other side
Castell y Gwynt from the other side



Glyder Fach and Castell y Gwynt
View of Glyder Fach and Castell y Gwynt from Y Gribin. Looking east



Part of Y Gribin ridge
Looking back up at Y Gribin after coming down (with fingers sore from handling the cold rock!)



Y Gribin
Y Gribin ridge



Tryfan
Tryfan in the afternoon sunshine, from the other side. Looking from south-west