There’s only one way to enjoy a walk on a Bank Holiday. Well, ok, there’s 2 if you count don’t bother, but getting up just after dawn and being on the hill for 7am is the one i’d choose. Even the car park at Ogwen was empty! So this weekend, why not try and miss […]
Garn, Glyderau and Tryfan from Ogwen Read More »
This is one of the best walks in the area. If you want to get a feel for these spacious hills, then this walk provides all that. Of course, you could start from the North, or even from Bethesda or the remote Eastern cwms, and all of them excellent choices. The main advantage of this one,
The Carneddau from Ogwen to Aber Read More »
This is a different approach to these hills, one that does leave you with difficulty in returning to your start point, but buses do pass through Trefriw. It’s also a route that contrasts along it’s way. You start in a wooded valley, cross moorland and secluded valleys, before crossing the highest land over Llewelyn. To top
Carneddau – Aber to Trefriw Read More »
This is a tough little route over a rarely frequented outlier. As rough as it gets in Snowdonia. A Rhinog kilometer is what you encounter here, where each one takes twice as long. If you look at the distance and think it’ll take three or four hours, you may want to reconsider and add a couple
Moel Ysgyfarnogod from Trawsfynydd. Read More »
It’s always exciting to be trying out new kit. Well, this time, it seemed I had more new kit than tested. New tent, new sleeping bag, new stove and pans and new rucsack. Oh yes, and the boots were new too. Mabye you’re ahead of me here in guessing the purpose of this walk, but i’ll
Moel Wnion Circuit and Aber Falls Read More »
Another steady plod to the northernmost Welsh mountain. This is a pleasant enough route that’s almost an out and back, but with so many parallel tracks in the area you’ll find it’s easy enough to take a different return route. The images were taken during some particularly deep snow and was much harder to follow than the
Tal Y Fan from Pen y Sychnant Read More »
Her: “I’m going to the Hairdressers, it’s costing £60…” Me: Splutters coffee across room Her: “I’ll drop you off for a walk on the way” Me: “Oh, all right then” Download the GPX File for your GPS device here Distance, Ascent and Time 11km, 600m, 4 hours OS Map Required Explorer 017, BMC Map, Landranger 115 Difficulties navigation from the summit
Tal Y Fan from Rowen. Read More »
Another route up the shortest and most northern of the Carneddau. This time via the roman road from Aber and over both Foel Llwyd and Tal y Fan before descending to Capelulo or continuing onwards to Conwy. Download the GPX File for your GPS device here Distance, Ascent and Time 14.5km, 550m, 4 hours OS Map Required Explorer 017, BMC
Tal y Fan From Aber to Dwygyfylchi Read More »
Anyone who read the first Sygyn route, may be aware I suggested an alternative route to these hills. Well, simply put, that’s what this is. I decided I wanted to see what the ascent from Cwm Bychan was like, as the direct ascent from Beddgelert was far too steep and overgrown with rhododendrons when I
Mynydd Sygyn via Cwm Bychan Read More »
A throbbing hangover is not a good start to a day on the hill, but sometimes you’re just determined to get up there. Mynydd Sygyn is an area that i’ve been looking at on the map for a while now, and it’s intriguing bit of low land between the Snowdon Massif and the boggier, less
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