Quote Originally Posted by old un View Post
Thanks very much for that elliptic exactly what I was after :-). Out of intrest, were camping at tryfan site and
when we hit last sumit was going to back track to ogwen head and back along rd is there any paths or trods to drop us down peny ol wen and on the east side of lyn ogwen to cut the rd usage down ?
yeah as el says, from the footbridge there is an obvious path to the summit.. its confused by the footpath marked on the map which isn't there.. that carries on up the valley floor then climbs up towards the bwlch after elidir..but in reality there is nothing on the ground so totally ignore that..

Tryfan: Its obvious.. descend some slabs N, obvious bwlch, then down a steep scree and rock filled gully.. at the base you'll find a long section of rocky steps in the grass.. this path runs steeply down to boggy ground and head along this to hit the river shortly before the A5..