Photo: Glyder Fach, a 994m hill near Capel Curig in Eryri, Conwy, north Wales. — © David Crocker / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Glyder Fach

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Glyder Fach reaches 994 metres along the Glyderau ridge, its summit a chaos of shattered rock. The Cantilever Stone — a great slab jutting out over thin air — is a favourite for a nervous photograph, and the spiky crest of Castell y Gwynt, the Castle of the Winds, rises just to the west. It’s serious mountain ground, reached on foot from Ogwen or the Llanberis Pass, with Cwm Idwal making a natural way up.

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