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Gwaun y Llwyni

Gwaun y Llwyni is not one of the Arans' big names – it is not even marked on the 1:50,000 map – although it is certainly one of the most recognisable from a distance. Many is the time, gazing E, trying to fathom out what was what, that I have suddenly spotted the tilted, grassy wedge (rather like Rhinog Fach, but longer and not so dramatic) that characterises Gwaun y Llwyni. Then everything fell into place.

Nearer to hand Gwaun y Llwyni sports a dashing front, lording it over Hengwm with massive slopes of grass, scree and shattered crags that curl round the head of the cwm while plunging a dizzy 1400ft to the green solitudes below. Perched on the brink of the abyss is a small cairn beside a line of lonely poles that are the sole remains of an ancient fence.

Cwm Hengwm route (AN14)

Except for AN9 virtually all the routes for Aran Fawddwy serve Gwaun y Llwyni equally well, but the most natural is AN6. Follow it to Drws Bach and then bear L on to a playful little track that hugs the NW rim of Hengwm before bounding up a heathery bank to the cairn.

SE face (AN15)

As you tramp the edge of Gwaun y Llwyni round from Drws Bach you will notice a slim, shaly path ribboning across the screes towards the head of Cwm Cywarch. This provides a toe-burning escape to a farm track that leads close to the mountain hut of Bryn Hafod.

Glasgwm and Gwaun y Llwyni from Cwm Hengwm (AN14)