Cwm Idwal and Llyn Idwal Family Walk Twll Du - Devil's Kitchen

Twll Du – Devil’s Kitchen

Twll Du, or the Devil’s Kitchen is an impressive cleft in the crags high above Cwm Idwal. While the cleft itself should be avoided, a good path leads directly towards it before veering around it and to Llyn y Cwn. Twll Du translates to the Black Hole from welsh, and no explanation is needed why! […]

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Miner's Track up Snowdon

Llyn Llydaw

Llyn Llydaw is a major landmark on any walk up Snowdon from Pen-y-Pass. Crossed by a causeway by the Miner’s Track at the far end, and dominating the Cwm from the Snowdon Horseshoe that skirts above. The beach at the near end (As you ascend!) is often used to cool off feet before the final

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Llyn Brenig

Llyn Brenig is a man-made lake in the Hiraethog area of North Wales. There’s a cafe and visitor centre here and it’s a popular centre for easy mountain biking, fishing and sailing.

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Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve are a pair of boulders on the Iconic Snowdonian mountain of Tryfan. It’s usual for those who wish the ‘freedom of Tryfan’ to leap from one to the other. It’s a good bet, if you can climb onto them that you’ll probably be ok (but at your own risk!!) Anyone stupid enough

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The Cantilever

The Cantilever is a precariously positioned rock on Glyder Fach. People usually pose on the top to prove that they’ve been to Snowdonia. Larger groups will try to topple it over, which always ends in failure (so far!!) Cantilever, Cantliver. This induces jumpy fever..

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