Rhinog Fach

1 - However long you reckon your walk will last, double it.
2 - If there's a path going in your direction, follow it.
3 - If there's a path going in a direction other than the one you're after; follow it.
4 - Map and compass are next to useless as there are no paths marked on the maps, and following a bearing across heather and boulder covered slopes isn't recommended.
5 - The crack in the rock you fall through is never as deep as the one you drop your aforementioned map/compass down.
6 - keep telling yourself that a combination of bog/rock/heather is fun.
7 - That one good thing is that they're so quiet, nobody's likely to come across you hanging from a boulder by a handful of heather as you lost the goat path you were following because it stopped at a sheer, ninety-degree, 50m cliff...

p>Even during a cold snap as this, you can get a good wild camp in if you’re properly equipped. Starting in Cwm Nantcol, up to Llyn Hywel and Rhinog Fach and back to camp at the lake. It would have been a perfect night if it wasn’t for the unceasing gusts of winds that shook the tent and woke me up. These also meant it was just a bit too cold to sit outside, even if the night landscape was lit up by the crescent moon and many more stars visible than from town.

The second day saw it less cold and much clearer, making the last section of the route over Y Llethr and Diffwys pretty easy going. The route will be on Walk Eryri soon, but here’s some pics for now.

Plenty of Ice on the path!