A narrow, treacherous defile was the sole pass through or around Mount Dragon. Only Arawn Death-Lord, the sorceress Achren, Coll Son of Collfrewr, and Arawn's most trusted advisors knew the way through. This steep path skirted yawning chasms while chill winds blew, threatening to knock the unwary climber from the path. Overhanging shelves and arches blotted out the sky along this defile. Near to the peak, the path doubled back on itself so that progress toward the summit was slow, until a trail previously hidden by "grotesque formations of rocks" was revealed along a ridge, with the slope of the mountain dropping sharply below.