Tryfan
An iconic rocky monolith offering world-class scrambling straight from the valley floor.
Glyder Fawr
The highest peak in the range (1,001m), crowned by bizarre, frozen stone monoliths.
Elidir Fawr
The western anchor of the range, hiding a subterranean power station within its cavernous flanks.
Y Garn
A majestic 3,000ft summit towering directly over the deep glacial bowl of Cwm Idwal.
Tryfan
An iconic rocky monolith offering world-class scrambling straight from the valley floor.
Stretching from Mynydd Llandegai across to Capel Curig, The Glyderau (or The Glyders) represent one of the most dramatic mountain chains in Eryri (Snowdonia). Taking their name from the Welsh Cludair — meaning a 'heap of stones' — these high summits are famous for their chaotic wilderness of shattered frost-shattered rock, jagged tors, and towering cliffs.
The range holds five of Wales' 3000-foot summits, led by the giant Glyder Fawr (1,001m) and its neighbor Glyder Fach (994m). Its eastern flank is home to Tryfan, universally celebrated as one of Britain's finest peaks and one of the very few mainland mountains where hands-on scrambling is mandatory to conquer the summit.
Beyond the high rocky ridges, the flanks of the Glyderau shelter extraordinary natural and engineered wonders. Deep in Cwm Idwal lies the iconic Llyn Idwal beneath world-renowned climbing crags like Rhiwiau Caws (Idwal Slabs), while hidden deep within a man-made cavern under Elidir Fawr sits the remarkable hydroelectric engineering of Dinorwig Power Station.
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