This short route starts off at Porth Colmon, a few kilometres south of Tudweiliog on the Wales Coastal Path, also the Llyn Coastal Path locally. There’s limited parking at Porth Colmon, so you will need to arrive early, minimise cars or park nearby and walk to the starting point. 1 Start off at Porth Colmon, […]
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This is a good half days’ walk along the Wales Coastal Path, either starting off from Porth Colmon, or Porth Towyn near Tudwieliog. As it involves a good distance on country lanes, you might be better off with two cars and whether you want to start off or finish off on the lanes will determine
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The Wales Coastal Path takes the walker along the entire Welsh coast. Here’s the section between Porthaethwy / Menai Bridge and Caernarfon. We’ve done it in that way as you’d be using the bridge in order to connect with the Anglesey Coastal Path, before continuing, turning the 20km or so between Bangor and Caernarfon into
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Here’s a realistic challenge that won’t leave you feeling like you’ve fallen down three flights of stairs for the following week. Coast to coast challenges have a special appeal to them, as do the highest points. Combine them and you’ve got the Snowdon Coast to Coast from Caernarfon to Penrhyndeudraeth (or continue onwards to Porthmadog,
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Here’s an epic walking challenge that’s difficult, but with proper preparation, within the ability of a fit walker. The Across Wales Challenge Walk is a serious 73km challenge walk from the Welsh border to the sea, all undertook in 18 hours!. It starts off around 500m from Anchor, Shropshire, slap bang on the Wales-England border, with little
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Yr Aran is an excellent little hill in winter. Just enough challenge and it seems to get more snow than surrounding peaks of the same height presumably due to its proximity to Yr Wyddfa. Here are a few shots from the walk, with full descriptions of the ascents at this link. We had a bit
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Llyn Elsi is a scenic mountain lake that’s barely an hour’s walk from Betws-y-Coed, and that’s taking it easy, on this pleasant circular route. You can also reach the lake by following the Llyn Elsi Trail from near the back of the Royal Oak hotel, or extend this route by walking around the lake in
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For a reasonably easy walk from Betws-y-coed, try the waymarked Clogwyn y Gigfran trail. Starting off from behind the Royal Oak hotel, this is a 5.6km route along easy forestry tracks with views over the neighbouring Lledr Valey. Simply follow the blue waymarkers! NOTE – this may no longer be waymarked by NRW – but
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If the Paddy Buckley Round isn’t sufficient Snowdonia for your challenge, then there is one other that’s tougher in terms of statistics but by virtue of geography poses as much of a problem of route finding as it does physically. The Meirionnydd Round was devised by Yiannis Tridimas in 1993, and covers most of the
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Here’s a short loop along the Wales Coastal Path from Dinas Dinlle via the picturesque estate village of Llandwrog. If you’re walking this section then the short diversion into the village is worth it, if only as it’s the last pub you’ll pass until you reach Nefyn. This has to be the driest section of
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The Paddy Buckley Round (PBR) in Snowdonia along with the Ramsay Round in Lochaber and the Bob Graham Round in the Lakes make up the UK Big 3 Rounds. Basically, the Big 3 are the toughest 24 hour fell running challenges in the UK, or at least the toughest formalised and/or popular ones! It was devised
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After countless walks up the touristy routes into the Glyderau – these sort of walks are the ones left if I’m looking for a change. However, there’s no better way to get to know familiar hills from these unfamiliar angles with the ridge of Braich y Ddeugwm providing an unparalleled view of Tryfan’s impressive East
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Yr Elen is usually the one people miss off when they’re doing the Carneddau, often only getting a look in by those doing the 14/15 Peaks. Today we made it the sole aim of the route – and were pleasantly surprised. Yr Elen North East Ridge Full Route Guide The walk starts in Gerlan in
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The ascent of Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewelyn via Cwm Llafar is just a little wilder than the usual Ogwen and Aber ascents. You soon find yourself off the path, and either navigating over quaking mires or loose boulders. If you like a bit of off path action, this is for you. As an added
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This, make no bones about it, its a long un. Snowdonia, the north at least, seems to have a lack of natural long walks. Even walking one end of the Carneddau to the other just passes 20km. Other longer walks involve the joining together of different ranges and the inherent excess of ascent that produces.
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Most hills seem to have a weak spot. That place from where they can be climbed the easiest. Yr Wyddfa has Pen y Pass at nearly 400m high, you’re almost half way up before you start! Normally I’ve climbed the North Carneddau from Aber. That’s sea level to 900m. Rachub I noticed, lets me start
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It always adds a bit of interest when we can do a walk with a theme. Usually it’s up and down, but nothing extra. This walk follows the skyline of the Carneddau from Rachub, across to Garnedd Uchaf, Foel Llefn, Drum and finally Tal y Fan. You could continue onward to Conwy if you wished,
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These reports will be appearing on the site – as and when – and will be in as utterly random an order as we can manage. We’ve planned the route from Chester to Machynlleth – and will be adding the route as we complete the relevant sections to the site. We’ll put the whole itinerary
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Even when you know an area really well, and a mountain even better, it’s satisfying to know that you’ve not quite wrung them completely dry of any novelty. The route up Mynydd Mawr from Y Fron, diverting to take in the pinnacles of Craig y Bera,feels contrived on paper, but works on the ground as
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As walkers, especially hill walkers, our heads are easily turned when we hear any large and dramatic mountains being mentioned. The Aonach Eagachs and Tryfans, the Scafells and the Snowdons, Ben Nevises and the Buchaille Etive Mors– all the glamorous big names of the hills. We rarely think of those shorter hills, those foothills of
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Moel y Ci, or Moel Lyci, Moelyci or even Moel Lleuci is the northernmost point of the Glyderau range. Noted as Moel y Ci on the OS maps, this is locally regarded as a typo and it’s known as Moel Lyci / Moelyci, spell it as you will! Either way, the circuit of this hill makes
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The mini range of Yr Eifl are the Llyn Peninsula’s own little hills. Even if they don’t quite reach the magical 600 metre contour, but with their proximity to the sea they still feel lofty enough. Yr Eifl* is the highest point at 564m, but arguably it is the lower Tre Ceiri hill fort that is the
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This is a route up Carnedd y Filiast from Deiniolen, but with an interesting return down through Cwm Perfedd and Cwm Graianog. Would make a much better route starting from Nant Ffrancon. 1 The route starts at the road head at Marchllyn, with an easy and steady walk up the reservoir road as far as
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An unusual walk in that we bagged a Rhinog hill that’s not often seen on it’s own. You could use this route as an alternative ascent to climb the range from the south, or as an ideal descent once you’ve completed the hard work. OS Map Required Explorer 018, Landranger 124, BMC Snowdonia South, The Route Starting off
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