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Mynydd Perfedd

Mynydd Perfedd (Central Mountain) is unimpressive. Only a windshelter at the S tip of the spacious grassy saddle that stretches to Carnedd y Filiast 0.5 mile away N gives any inkling of a top. However there is plenty of good sport nearby, such as the stroll round the edge to Elidir Fawr above the blue shimmer of Llyn Marchlyn Mawr and the imposing Pillar that dominates its S shoreline. For a day with a difference you could always try exploring the lonely approaches through Cwm Perfedd and Cwm Bual. Wild gems, both of them, yet unaccountably neglected.

Cwm Dudodyn route (GL28)

Follow GL25 to Bwlch y Brecan from where a short pull up easy grass, with a path to start you off, puts you on top.

Esgair y Ceunant route (GL29)

Follow GL25 to the footbridge at 608596 but do not cross it. Instead steer N of E past two ruined barns and climb onto the ridge beside a wall. A blend of fledgling outcrops and rock moderates to grass by which time you should be looking out for a track L, beneath the crest, that sidles across to Bwlch y Brecan as in GL23.

Cwm Perfedd route (GL30)

No time to limber up today!

Leave the old road near Maes-caradoc at 635627. You are immersed at once in a gruelling uphill slog, keeping near the true L bank of the stream (but not so near as to get embroiled in the cleft). After crossing a wall trend SW into the piercing solitude of Cwm Perfedd, aiming for the head of the grassy tongue barring the way to Cwm Bual. Near the top a grey slaty track appears, all that remains of a packhorse trail that once linked Cwm Perfedd with Cwm Dudodyn. A small pinkish cairn marks the spot where this meets the main ridge path near Bwlch y Brecan. Mynydd Perfedd is then a short distance away R.

This whole region is more agreeable in descent (use GL31 for the hard work) in which case it pays to stay on the tongue for a while. You can then decide which side takes your fancy to drop down to, provided you are careful not to leave it too late and get mixed up in the crags of Y Galan. A novel idea, if time permits, is to pick up a little track that curls round the tip of Yr Esgair into Cwm Coch. This leads into some very wild and remote country with striking views of the curious pinnacles of Creigiau Gleision and the vicious Yr Esgair ridge (GL30,1). A knee-jarring descent by a wall brings you down to the road by the footbridge at 638623. Once again you need to steer clear of the actual ravine, this time of Cwm Bual.