Distance: .2 mile to the lake. Many more paths to be taken from there.
Elevation: downward slope, not difficult Wheelchair Adventure chair only.
Not Popular but could have more in summer. Path Condition: While there is a road, it is for tractor and has big rocks.
Dogs very much yes. Bathrooms none
Glaslyn is a natural, glacial lake, carved out in geologic history. The best info is on the Llanidloes page and the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust.
These signs are not at the top of the path, you need to get almost to the lake.
I think the lake might be visible from here, but not today.Look up Glaslyn Lake on Google. Nope that is not it. That one is in Snowdonia. This is the one in Powys, near Machynlleth. You see, many of the romantic sounding names are really unimaginative when translated. This is Blue Lake.
We left home under mostly sunny skies. The closer we got, the cloudier it got. As we went up, we were in the clouds. Thick clouds. But in for a penny in for a pound, so we went on.
There is a sign along the highway about a "road closure." I am not sure what that is about, but we never found a closed road. Perhaps it is there to discourage tourists.
The parking area was inhabited by this hale and hearty group drinking from thermoses. The whole group, including 2 dogs, got out of 1 car. When they took off, they disappeared into the mist.
I was expecting to find breath taking views. Over look cliffs. Oh well.
The path slopes down to the lake. It is mostly paved, but in Wales this means the likelihood of mud and standing water. We were not disappointed.
The word “moors” is only familiar to Americans that read Gothic or mystery novels. The terrain is Heather Moors. It reminds me, deep in the fog, of taking a walk across Point Reyes. I hope to revisit when the flowers are in bloom.
My family has a range of walking ability, from mountain goat to me. There was lots of opportunity for the goats to explore. She would appear suddenly in a landscape where it would seem that there were no hiding places. I can see why it was such a tempting setting for writers.
In a few places we found it less daunting to go off the main track to the side to avoid standing water and mud.
In some places, the bed rock is visible on the road bed. It makes me understand where the Welsh got the idea of standing slate on edge for pathway.
Mostly Slate with bits of quartz. W found this tiny but beautiful pebble.
This was not the view of the lake I expected.
Bonus stop: Dylife. There is a pull out as you drive back towards Llanidloes, at the top of this gorge. There were Victorian lead mines to the right and left of this location.
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