Glyder Fach

Bristly Ridge is the natural next step once Tryfan's North Ridge feels comfortable. From Bwlch Tryfan it rears up as an obvious buttress to the summit of Glyder Fach, and guidebooks place it between Grade 1 and Grade 2: towers, a gully with a rock step and the Great Pinnacle Gap, a drop you enter by slabs and ledges on the left before climbing out again. It shines as the second half of the Bochlwyd Horseshoe after a traverse of Tryfan, with fine views back to its neighbour. The best way down is the Grade 1 Y Gribin ridge to Llyn Bochlwyd, which keeps hands on rock to the end of the day.