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Cadair Idris is a prominent mountain in Snowdonia, north Wales. It lies at the southern end of Snowdonia National Park and reaches 893m at its summit, named Penygadair. The mountain is imbued with numerous legends; some nearby lakes are supposed to be bottomless, and anyone who sleeps on its slopes will awaken either a madman or a poet. The name itself derives from a mythical giant called Idris, and the resemblance of one of the mountain's cwms to an enormous armchair.
A number of named paths lead to the summit, such as the Pony Path, or the Fox's Path, the latter leading directly up the northern face of the mountain - a three-mile-long cliff and scree face. To the north lie the town of Dolgellau, and the Mawddach estuary, while to the south is the glaciated Tal-y-llyn valley and lake (site of a narrow gauge railway.
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