Hi guys.
It's long been a dream for me to get up to the top of the Glyderau and especially to see Castell y Gwynt. Until now, I've thought this was a little beyond our abilities but we're a lot more experienced since I first started looking at it and think we should be able to get up there no problem.
So, plan is the usual. Up the easier left side of Devil's Kitchen from Llyn Idwal, over the ladder style and up that horrible looking scree clamber to the top.
My question is about the return leg.
Almost every route I've looked at has a return leg from Glyder Fach heading towards Tryfan and around the east side of it. It seems like adding a lot of distance and effort and I'd much rather save Tryfan so it's "fresh" for when we feel up to tackling it properly.
With that in mind, it looks like there is a possible return by heading towards Cwm Bochlwyd. This would be my preference as it's more direct and I've never been to Llyn Bochlwyd so that would be a bonus. However, I've had a good look around and can't find any info about this leg of the journey. Is it going to be prohibitively difficult (to find, and / or to do) for us?
Should we just look at returning back down the Devil's Kitchen?
The easiest and quickest return route is preferable really, I was just thinking from what I can see on the maps I've found, the return via Cwm Bochlwyd looks possible. Maybe...
All that said, if the return via the east side of Tryfan is indeed the best plan and an absolute must do, we could be persuaded...
I should also mention that we have a jpg of the OS map (at an ok scale) and that will be it as far as mapping for us. I'm not at all worried about the ascent it's just coming down that is presenting questions.
We have a window of three days (maybe four) where we can tackle this and will only consider going up there if the weather is looking favourable. Of course we'll check a proper mountain forecast and not just rely on a general report from our phone app.
So, that's a long ramble about nothing much!
Any advice would be great. Thanks guys.
Mes.