Description
Cadair Idris is by no means the highest of Snowdonia’s mountains reaching only 893 metres, but its prepossessing shape dominates the landscape to the south of Dolgellau. The peak is primarily composed of Ordovician igneous rocks that bear the scars of glacial erosion. Cadair Idris, or ‘The Chair of Idris’ takes its name from a legendary warrior poet. Cyfrwy, or the ‘The Saddle’, (811m) is the knife-edge arête at the western tip of the range.