Cwm Idwal and Glyder Fawr

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I was running AMI trainee workshop yesterday and we were lucky enough to have staff from an activity centre to be mock students for us. This meant that each of the MIA trainees had two clients to look after for the whole day which worked out really well and was a win win situation for all concerned. The other bonus was the weather was dry and warm (ish).


We made an ascent of the direct start to Seniors Ridge (2) then up to Cwm Cneifion via the obvious gully and after a bit of a chat we decided to go for Cneifion Arete (3). After a lunch stop on the top of the route we opted for a quick ascent of Glyder Fawr via Y Gribin and then down Seniors Ridge. It was only when we arrived back on the main path from the diagonal path from Cwm Cneifion that it started spitting with rain but thankfully it didn't come to anything. For more photos of the day click here.

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