The Nantlle Ridge scramble from Rhyd Ddu is undoubtedly one of the classic ridge walking routes in Snowdonia. It’s often asked; how difficult and exposed is the Nantlle Ridge? As far as scrambles go, the Nantlle Ridge isn’t as technical as the other more famous scrambles and should be OK for an experienced hill walker. While […]
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The Best Route up Moel Siabod has to be the scramble up Daear Ddu. It’s a relatively straightforward scramble that follows the Daear Ddu ridge from Pont Cyfyng near Capel Curig, with most of the trickier sections being avoidable. Daear Ddu Grade 1 Scramble up Moel Siabod Full Route Description If ascended along the tourist
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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
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Snowdon is such a popular mountain, it seems quite a bizzare option to visit and totally ignore the summit. However, there’s a little known route called the Girdle of Snowdon that was developed by the guidebook writer – Showell Styles in his classic guidebook – Mountains of North Wales. These days, guidebooks are pretty predictable, but
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Mark Barrett of hillexplorer.com shares his scramble route for The Clogwyn y Person arête – one of Snowdonia’s classic higher grade scrambles. The route includes a wonderfully scenic approach via the luscious green valley of Cwm Glas Mawr, and the picturesque Llyn Glas. The walk can also incorporate an approach scramble at the right hand
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Dave Chick, from All the Gear, No Idea, shares his scrambling route up Striding Edge and Swirral Edge to the summit of Helvellyn. This one of the UK’s classic scrambling routes and the best scrambling route in the English Lake District that’s an essential on every mountaineer’s CV. Along with the CMD Arete and Crib
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Carnedd Llewelyn can be ascended via Cwm Llugwy with a pathless descent that makes an ideal emergency descent if you need to cut your day short. It’s the shortest walk to the top of Carnedd Llewelyn and you could easily walk up and down via Cwm Llugwy if you don’t fancy the off path descent. This
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The Corridor Route is a much more interesting route than the standard Scafell Pike from Wasdale, but with a couple of nice scrambly sections! While it’s usually walked via Styhead Tarn, from Borrowdale, this provides an equally dramatic setting as you pass under the slopes of Great Gable. Scafell Pike via the Corridor Route from
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Y Lliwedd is a worthy scramble from Pen y Pass in itself, and an even better route up Snowdon! While not as challenging as Crib Goch, or as popular, it is still a fine day out! If time is short, you can climb Lliwedd and descend the same way, which is achievable during a summer
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The route starts in Wasdale, heading up the busy Lingmell Gill path to Hollow Stones. Here we left to climb a scree fan to the base of Lord’s Rake. Continuing up the rake we reached the fallen boulder before leaving to join the West Wall Traverse. This delves deep into the mountain to reach Deep
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It’s always a good day on the Nantlle Ridge. Even better when the weather is sort of in your favour. Judging by the poor weather recently, today’s conditions were great. It was still a bit damp underfoot, making some of the scrambly exposed sections a little more tricky, but nothing difficult. The clouds added atmosphere,
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This is an alternative approach to Llwyd Mawr (Llwytmor) in the Northern Carneddau from Abergwyngregyn that avoids the usual route via the screes to Cwm Coch and instead takes a higher route across the scree slopes that is a little hairier in places! It isn’t wet like the lower path (a stream crosses one section)
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Y Gribin on Snowdon is a short, steep scramble from Glaslyn towards Bwlch y Saethau between Yr Wyddfa and Y Lliwedd and provides an equally good route for the ascent of either. If you want a short day’s scrambling, and want to avoid the crowds on Crib Goch then this route is a great option.
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This route featured in our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks and is taken from Irvine Butterfield’s classic tome – The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland Vol 1. Enigmatically named volume 1 thirty years ago, this is still a standalone volume. The cover of the original had a shot of the Forcan Ridge, with even more
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This is an epic walk if ever there was one and this route featured in our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks. Over The Ben, CMD, Aonach Mor, Beag and finally the Grey Corries; that’s one walk you’d have to try. I did a few springs back, even adding on some more hills above Loch Treig
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This is the Steve Ashton Nantlle Ridge route from our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks. The classic Snowdonia ridge walk without doubt, and he provides the vanilla version from Rhyd Ddu over to Garnedd Coch, over all the best bits and omitting that little upstart – Mynydd Graig Goch. The beauty of this book,
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If you want to avoid the crowds for most of your walk, then this is one of the least obvious routes to Lliwedd and possibly on to Snowdon. Starting off on the Watkin path with the hordes, you’ll soon be leaving them behind, probably shaking their heads at you as you’re clearly going the wrong
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This is a slight variation on the walk up Garn and Tryfan from last year, but includes an alternative ascent route via the tranquil Cwm Clyd and a quicker descent via Cwm Tryfan if it’s getting too late to climb Tryfan at the end of a long day. The Route starts at Ogwen Cottage and you need
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The walk across the Welsh 14 peaks challenge is one of the toughest walks in Snowdonia National Park. An absolute must if you’re fit enough. OS Map Required Explorer 017, BMC Map, Landranger 115 Welsh 3000s – Walking the Welsh 14 Peaks Challenge Route Description The route above takes you up Crib Goch initially and then over Garnedd Ugain
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