Waun-oer

Part of the Dyfi hills, Waun-oer is the quiet, slightly damp cousin to the more famous Cadair Idris. It offers a lonely trig point on a grassy plateau and a refreshing lack of crowds, provided you don't mind your solitude with a side of ankle-deep peat.

• •It stands as a significant top of Maesglase and belongs to the Cadair Idris group, though it maintains a much more peaceful atmosphere than its jagged northern neighbor.
• •The name translates from Welsh as 'Cold Moor,' a title that feels particularly apt when the wind whips across its exposed 670-meter summit.
• •It serves as a vital link in the ridge between Cribin Fawr and Mynydd Ceiswyn, forming part of a classic high-level circuit above the slate-mining village of Corris.
• •The summit trig point is surrounded by a sprawling, uneven plateau that offers surprisingly expansive views of the Tarrens to the west and the Arans to the east.
• •This is the perfect peak for hikers who find 'dry socks' to be a sign of moral failure; navigating the plateau is less of a walk and more of a strategic negotiation with various treacherous shades of emerald mud.