Glaciers

This day was all about the physical landscape; the objective being to determine the role that ice played in the evolution of the landforms of the Cadair Idris area. (Click for map) The steep walk up from Dol-y-Cae left the boys exhausted, although by the time we had reached the top of the hanging valley it was time to start interpreting the landforms.

A frost shattered boulder provided an opportunity to reflect on the landscape in a creative way Alex made up this poem

A photo gallery of some of the other features of the Cadair Indris area:
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Cwm Cau - a corrie with a tarn	Cwm Amarch - a hanging valley with an alluvial fan spreading out into a ribbon lake	Woodland growing in a shelted hanging valley	A roche moutonee on the Minffordd Path
Nant Cadair a misfit stream falling down the hanging valley	Till exposed on corrie lip	View of truncated spurs looking up the Tal-y-llyn u-shaped valley	View E. from Cwn Cau over Moelfryn, a small hill of hard igneous rock that diverted the Cwm Cau glacier

The Year 12 students had not studied glaciers before, so we returned to the beach at Borth for a competition to see who could construct the best 3D model of the Cadair Idris area, and interpret the features from memory.

Making glaciers on the beach

The winners were Abdullahi and Louise

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