An easy, family friendly cycle route between Trawsfynydd and Gellilydan in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park. Even if it is short, there are plenty of views of the lake to enjoy and you can easily complete it in both directions. The Route Click here to view the full description and download a printable […]
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The Lon Las Peris is only a short cycle track that follows a short section of the disused railway between Llanberis and Caernarfon. It only connects a car park to the south of Llanberis to Brynrefail, and unfortunately doesn’t connect with the Lon Las Eifion in Caernarfon. Nevertheless, for an easy family cycle with impressive
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The twin lakes of Crafnant and Geirionnydd nestle in the eastern foothills of the Carneddau, and this route takes you around both lakes on an interesting circuit. There’s a short section of ascent in order to cross from one valley to the other. For a longer route from Capel Curig, see here. The Route Click
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An easy walk from Ganllwyd to the waterfalls at Rhaeadr Du. From the NT Website: This is a great waterside walk, taking you alongside the turbulent River Gamlan and past the magnificent Rhaeadr Ddu waterfalls. They look different every time you visit, depending on rainfall, weather and light. The Route Click here to view the
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An easy ramble from Roman Bridge between Betws y Coed and Penmachno that explores the low hills nearby. Lowly they may be, but they provide an extensive panorama back towards the high Snowdonian peaks that defy mere altitude alone. The Route Click here to view the full description and download a printable route guide and
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Cwm Wybrnant lies between Penmachno and Betws y Coed and the Ty Mawr (Big House) was the home of Bishop William Morgan who translated the Bible into Welsh. The valley is so called as a flying snake or dragon called the gwiber used to dwell in the valley, if you believe that sort of thing.
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An easy ramble from the town of Dolgellau in Southern Snowdonia. The Route Click here to view the full description.
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This mid level walk to Llynnau Cregennen in South Snowdonia has a bit of everything. From ancient woodlands, picturesque lakes to the massif of Cader Idris and the Mawddach Estuary. It’s well worth your while extending the route slightly at the Mawddach Trail and walking to Penmaenpool to the George for half time oranges.
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This is steady walk on the edge of the Migneint to the mysterious Llyn Morwynion (not to be confused with the other Llyn Morwynion in the Rhinogydd). Visit this link for information about the legends surrounding the lake. The Route Click here to view the full description.
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Ysbyty Ifan is a small village that’s off the beaten track. The only road that passes through, is the Migneint road from Ffestiniog; hardly the M25. This is a moderately easy walk from Ysbyty Ifan to the viewpoint of Bryn Llech, and has extensive views back towards the main summits of Eryri. The Route Click
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An easy walk in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park that starts from the Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station (yes, they built that thing inside the park!) with the main objective of the day being the Roman site at Tomen y Mur. Not only that, but the views aren’t too bad either! The Route Click
You’ll need to right click and open in new page/tab to view properly. It’s a hefty file, so be warned! We’ll be adding a proper scrollable panorama viewer in due course, with views like this taken at relevant points all over Snowdon for our sister site Walk up Snowdon.
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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 is a great walk for half a day or an evening. The Route For a route description – click here. Had a great walk up after work tonight, the first after work bimble of the year. It was cloudy and the windchill was unexpected for April, especially after the exceptionally warm March. The best thing
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If you’re just getting into trail and fell running, you may want to get off path without all that ascent. This easy route starts at over 350m at the Bwlch y Groes car park before a steady ascent takes you through the quarries to the summit of Cefn Du at 441m. The return path is
A long route starting in Rhyd Ddu and ending in Llanberis, though you could well return via the Clogwyn Gwin path to the start. Ascending via the Allt Maenderyn (south) Ridge and descending over Moel Cynghorion which isn’t much of a destination for a single day but an ideal viewpoint to end one. The Route
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We took a bimble up the summit of Moel Eilio and the ridge beyond today. Here are some of the pictures that we took on the walk. The route starts above Waunfawr at the Bwlch y Groes car park, but be warned that the road and parking is a little rough! The Route It’s an
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Took the opportunity to do this walk today as there was just a nice dusting of snow, and we intended to fit any walk into the morning. The Route If you want a description of this walk – see here. We set off this morning with some wet slush underfoot, lightly covering the black oozing
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A longish walk from Nantmor through the ancient woodland in the Nantmor valley and across the moor to Llyn Dinas. The return is then along the Afon Glaslyn, though Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass via the riverside fisherman’s path. The Route To follow…
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This route featured in our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks. I don’t even know why I chose this one! Probably as I think I ought to get out and do it, and partially for the same reason as people run those races with barbed wire and mud. Crossing this area seems like a penance in
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This is Steve Ashton’s Walk across the Rhinogydd from our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks. Ashton does, admittedly, do them the easy way. He starts off in Cwm Bychan and then follows the entire ridge to Abermaw (Barmouth). While the walk is well described, there is the issue of returning to the start. Ashton also
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This is the Steve Ashton Moelwynion Ridge walk featured in our article on My Favourite Guidebook Walks. Setting off from Dolwyddelan, he takes the route up via the forest and to Llyn y Foel, Daear Ddu and follows the route around to Allt Fawr, before recalling how he managed to get a lift to the start
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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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Here are a selection of the best routes in no particular order that I’ve taken from guidebooks that are largely out of print. The criteria for the routes are the ability to inspire and describe the route in question, to make me want to explore. So the routes chosen had to have some element of
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