Where better placed for a family friendly stay in Snowdonia than the Youth Hostelling Association’s hostels? For Snowdon, you’ve got a choice of four, count ‘em, four Hostels from which to tackle a Walk up Snowdon. Couple that with a few well placed for the Glyderau, Carneddau and Cadair Idris and you’ve got an itinerary that […]
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There are a surprising number of these mini mountains in Snowdonia, and even 500m from the honey pot of Pen-y-Pass, you can find a corker of a hill along with total isolation. The hill of Moel Berfedd doesn’t really find itself onto any significant hill list, and barely rises 70m from the col that separates
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Sometimes, walking to the summit of Snowdon may not be for you. Maybe you’re after a shorter walk to suit your fitness or group, perhaps you want to avoid the snow or you want something that can be followed in the dark. The Miner’s Track as far as Glaslyn fits all these criteria (though it
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This easy family walk to Gelerts Grave in Snowdonia, is perfect for when you’ve got little ones with you, or less mobile family members. The path is also pushchair and wheelchair friendly. Most people who visit Beddgelert for the first time will probably visit Bedd Gelert – or Gelert’s Grave. You can just walk the
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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 Rowen Youth Hostel is idyllically placed above the Conwy Valley and well placed to approach the Carneddau, even if it is a bit of a yomp! This walk takes in Drum, Foel Fras and Pen y Castell, but you could easily omit Foel Fras for a shorter day. Likewise, you could add Tal y
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The hills surrounding the Hirnant valley south of the town of Y Bala are, when they are mentioned at all, often grouped with the Berwyn Hills. It’s difficult to know where the hills of the Berwyn end and the Aran hills begin, and it’s often simpler to call this disputed area the Hirnant Hills (never
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The Northern end of the Glyderau receive far less attention than the popular area around Ogwen, but can provide an interesting and quieter approach to these hills. This was an interesting afternoon circuit around Cwm Ceunant, with either leg being suitable as a starting point for a more substantial walk across the Glyderau. Don’t be
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At best, Mynydd Graig Goch is tagged on as an afterthought to a complete traverse of the Nantlle Ridge, or ignored completely. Although more recently found to be slightly taller, it was always a mountain, why would it be called Mynydd otherwise? This little loop of Cwm Dulyn, not to be confused with the ‘other’
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Finding a long yomp in Snowdonia can be difficult if you’re looking to return to the start and you don’t want an insane amount of ascent. This walk from Capel Curig takes in the start and ending of the Llynnoedd Crafnant and Geirionydd lakes from Capel Curig walk, but tags on an extra loop to
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This walk up the outlying Carneddau summit of Creigiau Gleision is a slightly easier option than the tougher Llyn Cowlyd route, returning through the pastoral Cwm Crafnant which couldn’t be much more of a contrast. There’s even a cafe at the lake, how civilised is that! Creigiau Gleision and Llyn Crafnant from Capel Curig Route
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What are the Top 11 Walking and Scrambling Routes in Snowdonia? According to you, the readers of Mud and Routes, as well as our sister site Walk up Snowdon, here are the top 11 walking routes in Snowdonia that you visited the most* this summer in descending order . We were going to keep this
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This route is on accessible paths, making it suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs according to the Snowdonia National Park. More information on our Dôl Idris Walks page. The route starts at the Minffordd Path car park for Cader Idris and provides a pleasant low level walk.
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While our last trip to the Edge of the Arenig left us pleasantly surprised with the easy going, this one unfortunately brought us back to reality. Moel Oernant is a rarely ascended Dewey, if the lack of paths of any description is any indication of popularity. This walk guide is more to prove that this
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The Watkin Path up Snowdon is one of the more popular routes to the summit, but can be heavy going when conditions are against you. This easier alternative follows the lower reaches of the Watkin Path to explore Cwm Llan, before returning along the old quarry tramline to rejoin the Watkin. I makes an excellent
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There are few, if any 600m summits that can be completed in a 4km round trip, with Craig Fach being one of them. While this name will ring very few bells, it’s not a summit on the usual lists and just misses out on being one of the Welsh 118 Washis as there’s only a
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The Arenig hills, along with the Rhinogydd on the opposite side of the A470, usually make me think of walks that are as remote as you can get in Snowdonia. This usually comes with a price, as the going is arduous or boggy. So, with a walk up these pair of Deweys, we were expecting
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We’ve recently updated our Sister Snowdon website – Walk up Snowdon with a few more articles. Why it’s Yr Wyddfa or Just Snowdon, NEVER M***T Snowdon! We finally put the record straight. We’ve kept quiet about this monstrosity of a name for our beloved mountain, but no more. Use the correct moniker around us or
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For those looking for a wilder route up Snowdon from the Llanberis end, you can’t beat the Llechog Ridge. It’s even got it’s own extra summit, Llechog, as an added incentive. The Route can be seen in full on Walk up Snowdon.
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Snowdonia, like all of the popular National Parks has its well known attractions and honeypots. If you mention you’ve spent the weekend in Snowdonia then invariably someone will ask if you’ve got a photo posing on the Cantilever, jumping between Adam and Eve and defying gravity on Crib Goch. While these landmarks are popular on
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At only 336 metres in height, Clogwynygarreg – or more correctly: Clogwyn y Garreg (you wouldn’t say Scafellpike or Bennevis) isn’t on many people’s bucket lists. With a short scramble and an easy walk, the extensive view across Snowdonia to Snowdon herself (Yr Wyddfa), Nantlle Ridge and Moel Hebog really is more than you deserve
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This is only a few KM long and 300m ascent, but a steady bimble for a sunday afternoon to an excellent viewpoint. It’s worth dragging your picnic hamper up here on a summer’s day, enjoy the amphitheatre of the Cwm and just chill out! 1 You can start the route anywhere between Ogwen and one
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A few years ago, we set out on a wild camp with only £100 to spend on the actual camping kit. This being the age of austerity, we decided to implement swingeing cuts (was swingeing even a real word five years ago?) and try to do the same for £80. We chose our kit here
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Finding new trail runs that don’t turn into fell runs is more of a challenge around these parts than the run itself. So it was a pleasant surprise to explore new paths on what was going to be a fairly standard easy run up to the minor and far from salubrious brick-strewn summit of Cefn
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