The weather was perfect, blue skies with little wind but very cold. As we drove towards the hills we could see that they had a good covering of snow.
We parked the car on the road near the foot of Foeldrygarn and took the direct route up towards the trig point.
Halfway up we all put on our Microspikes and immediately felt the benefit of these low level crampons as the path was quite slippery. From the top the views were white in all directions with blue skies up above.
We had our mid morning break near Carn Ferched and then headed in the general direction of Carn Bica.
The problem with snow cover you are never too sure what is underneath and we all on occasion sunk up to our knees.
From Carn Bica, which was our lunch stop we could see two para-gliders in the distance who I assume launched from Foel Cwmcerwyn. Although it was a perfect day for winter hill walking we saw few other walkers.
Following lunch we turned for home passing the stone circle of Bedd Arthur and stuck to the main path which follows alongside of the forestry and the fence line which leads you back to the road. I did take a small diversion to clamber up one of the outcrops and had to put on the Microspikes to descend without which it would have been interesting to say the least.
A fine winters day walk and thumbs up to the Microspikes. One mistake was to forget the gaiters as these would have stopped the deep snow from entering the top of our boots and soaking our socks!
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