The Welsh are famed for their singing, rugby, pot noodle mining and building a national stadium on time and on budget. In central Wales they have also built miles of high and sturdy stone walls which can cause walkers detours and frustration. On Y Garn however, the walls provide a sound navigational aid on a rugged hill. On ascent always keep the walls on your left, while on descent, strangely, it helps if they are on your right. With this convention on Y Garn, it makes it obvious whether one is going up or coming down. Car access is possible from Llanelltyd to the end of the pretty winding and wooded road up Cwm yr Wnin, where there is parking in a large turning space, next to a farm gate. The footpath through the forest is signposted opposite the turning space, although the right fork up the hill after 200 metres is not. The summit vantage point is superb, with views over to the rugged Rhinogs, the Arans, Cadair Idris and Barmouth Bay.
