Cader Idris
The Cader Idris or Cadair Idris is an elongated ridge in North Wales in Great Britain . It lies south of the Snowdonia region and is part of the Snowdonia National Park founded in 1951 ; the highest of its five peaks is the Pen-y-Gader at 892 m . The Cader Idris is one of the most popular mountains in Wales.
The Cader Idris belongs, as well as the Mount Snowdon in the north, to the very old Welsh mountain chains of volcanic origin. As a result of intense glacial deformation, sharp ridges have formed. In addition, trough valleys and moraine reservoirs such as the Tall-y-Llyn and the Llyn Cau have emerged, which gives the Cader Idris and the rest of the mountains a high mountain character.
The name Idris goes back to a legendary Welsh hero whose stories feature a magical chair (Cadair) ; whoever sleeps in it wakes up either a bard or a madman.
The ascent to the summit is possible via various named paths. Fox's Path is the shortest from Dolgellau , the Pony Track is the easiest. The first artist who not only climbed the Cader Idris , but also painted the Karsee below the summit, reminiscent of a crater lake , was Richard Wilson around 1765; the painting hangs in the Tate Gallery . The castle ruins of Castell y Bere are located on the ridge of Cader Idris .
See also
literature
- Peter Sager : Wales - DuMont Art Guide; DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-7701-1407-8 , p. 438.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 42 ′ 9 ″ N , 3 ° 54 ′ 18 ″ W.