Hi Stefan, yes it is, that's part of it's appeal for me. The rocks are ancient seabed, coarse dark sandstone and mudstone, dating from the Cambrian period, a rock known as 'graywacke'. Yeah, in the UK we've lost most of our 'interesting' animals!

There are wild goats up there.

Brilliant, you'll have a great time, as long as our fickle weather co-operates!

Cracking ridge isn't it.

Yes it is. Did Aran Benllech before from the Valley floor. But recently with the clwydian ramblers we went from Llanwchllyn. Didn't realise it was going to be 12 miles of up and down. Loved it but would have been better on my fixed ankle eventually 😂❤❤❤. Thanks for all your videos. They are so helpful to us all watching ❤❤

I can't really remember that level of detail, I went to the right and then bypassed a grade 2 section on the left. But I can't really say exactly where that was, it was below what I considered to be the start of the scrambling proper. Not sure if that's useful.

Yes, that's very helpful. I read a short report on the trail on a climbers/graded scrambles. It says to stay left (on easier terrain) of the big tower with the clefts in your video and chamber up stone slabs (great handhold you commented when started climbing it) that I saw when I watched your video again after reading it. Then it says ascend the rib to the next tower and go right to bypass the tower and stay on the rib until you accend onto a prominent shoulder. The next step is climbed on the left where the ridge eases. then stay left for the least challenging route to the top. does this sound like what you did?Thanks for all your support. I Am determined to do it and come down the gryrn las ridge that you came down. Do you remember how far down in metres is the gully you have to come down if following the grass path from the top gyrn las ? ❤❤

Sorry mate, I just can't remember that level of detail. I kind of just read the terrain and climbed what I thought looked ok for me. The thing with scrambling is it's a lot less precise than climbing where you can identify individual moves and features clearly. Again with the descent I just located it via the map (it's a bit tricky to find as you can't see it from above) until it coalesced into a ridge then followed it down and tackled obstacles as I encountered them. As I've said before, you need to be confident in navigation in steep mixed ground, you don't want to fall down Cyrn Las!

I think I should go up gyrn las 1st before coming down it then. Your video is so awesome, and so are you. I'm trying to find all the routes off the llanberis ridge down to nant peris avoiding llanberis where my brother and I got stuck for a couple of hours after we missed the last bus. I was so exhausted and feet killing me that I couldn't walk the 3 to 4 mile road to nant peris. I know there's at least 5 off. The 610m contour mountain is one. Bwlch coch is another llechog another, gyrn las, and a few more. Thanks for all your help. Will leave you alone now, mate. Must be getting on your nerves by now 😂. Will keep watching this fantastic video for clues, though. I do know how to use a map and compass, but after a breakdown in late 2017, then covid, kinda lost some confidence. I was a really good navigator before. Just getting the confidence back. My brother has no navigation skills at all. It's all down to me. No pressure 😂. I got us on the ridge last time, though, plan B. I always have a plan B ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Brilliant! sounds like an epic. If I remember rightly it was the metal footbridge, I might be wrong about that though.

Ah well, at least you had a go

Nah!... best part of it...

Yeah, the right side, quite a bit of rock but easy angle and pretty much all avoidable

I can't guarantee but I'd suggest the right is the easier. But take care, it's vegetated/rocky steep mixed ground.

Hi Jules, I parked in a layby down from the entrance to Cwm Glas. There's no paths, well not any formal ones, I crossed the Nant Peris by the bridge at 614 576 then freelanced it to the bottom of Llechog. I wouldn't recommend coming down that way unless you're very experienced with steep mixed ground, i.e. down climbing. Have a good one!

Thanks so much mate. I got to the 2nd stile from Nant Peris. With a recovering ankle injury I decided that was enough for one day. That took me an hour including photos. I've screenshot a lot of your video to try and follow to get to the top of Llechog. Which side of Llechog has the grass flanks to to the top? The left side or the right side when you're looking up from the pass? I'm going Sunday again to go further. Thanks for responding. ❤ Jules

Not sure, the left hand side of Llechog is easier, the right hand side has a grade 3 scramble which I did years ago when I was young fit and stupid...

Bollox! I got my left and right confused..😂😂 The RIGHT side is the easier one.

Thank you so much, mate. I'm trying the left side of Llechog next time or make my way to go up the gyrn las ridge before I try come down it. Made it to the col between Llechog and the 610m contour mountain top and headed for that as plan B. Alwagood to have a plan B. When I got up there, I could see I couldn't get up the right side of Llechog. OMG, what a bloody steep and dangerous climb up to the col between Llechog and the 610m top. Took a wrong turn at the base. Luckily, I was ok. But steep wasn't the word. Thanks for all your ❤

Thanks James, have a good one!

Should be a nice one today, have a good one.

Thanks Jules, it's a while ago now but I think it was a bridge about half way between the Cromlech Boulders and Nant Peris.

Thanks Duncan, the descent was fine. I forgot to mention it in the video but it was frozen, so effectively no bog. The paths were lethally icy though!

Hahaha! It does seem to cause some consternation...

Hahaha...! What's wrong with you lot! Music's the best part ..!!!😂

@@hillsthings4077 Nope. The scenery is the best part. And after all, that's what the title suggested it would be. If I wanted music I'd be on completely different sites. I was duped.

You're lucky! If it wasn't for YT's copyright restrictions I'd be using even more obscure and 'difficult' music, that's mild...😂

​@@hillsthings4077 OK. I'll hide your channel, then, as it's clearly not for me.

@@clairenoon4070 Hey Claire, don't take life so seriously, it's only a daft bit of music on some random guy's YT video...

Yeah, I must sort something out for audio, it's filmed on a mobile phone so a bit rough and ready.

@@hillsthings4077 even a Mic .. 😅 Love the hills around Kintail , about 20 over 3000ft there , a lot of steep pulls at the start