Preface
Introduction
About this guide
Weather to walk?
Before you start
Recreation and the mountain environment
The Walks
SNOWDON AND MOEL EILIO
1. Snowdon Horseshoe
2. The Rhyd Ddu Path and the Snowdon Ranger
3. The Watkin Path and Yr Aran
4. The Pyg Track and the Miners’ Track
5. Moel Eilio Horseshoe
GLYDERAU
6. The Glyders by the Bristly Ridge
7. Y Garn to Elidir Fawr and Carnedd y Filiast
8. Tryfan
9. Bwlch Tryfan, Y Foel Goch, Gally yr Ogof and Cefn y Capel
CARNEDDAU
10. Conwy Mountain
11. Tal y Fan
12. Drum, Foel-fras, Garnedd Uchaf, Drosgl and the Aber falls
13. Llyn Anafon and the eastern Carneddau
14. Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llywelyn and Pen yr Helgi Du
15. Cwm Eigiau Horseshoe
16. Creigiau Gleision and Llyn Cowlyd
17. Llyn Geirionydd and Llyn Crafnant
18. The Carneddau: end-to-end
EIFIONYDD
19. Mynydd Mawr
20. The Nantlle Ridge
21. Moel Hebog, Moel yr Ogof and Moel Lefn
SIABOD AND THE MOELWYNION
22. Aberglaslyn, Llyn Dinas and Cwm Bychan
23. Moel Siabod
24. Cnicht and Cwm Croesor
25. Moelwyn Mawr and Moelwyn Bach
26. Moel Meirch and Ysgafell Wen
RHINOGYDD (THE HARLECH DOME)
27. Bwlch Tyddiad and Bwlch Drws Ardudwy
28. Rhinog Fawr
29. Rhinog Fach and Rhinog Fawr
30. Y Llethr and Diffwys
MIGNEINT AND THE ARANS
31. Carnedd y Filiast
32. Arenig Fawr and Moel Llyfnant
33. Rhobell Fawr
34. Aran Benllyn
35. Aran Fawddwy
CADAIR IDRIS AND THE TARREN HILLS
36. Cyfrwy, Pen y Gadair and Mynydd Pencoed
37. Pen y Gadair from Ty Nant
38. Mynydd Pencoed, Pen y Gadair and Mynydd Moel
39. Tyrrau Mawr and Craig y Llyn
40. The Tarren Hills
Appendix 1: Concise Walk Reference and Personal Log
Appendix 2: Bibliography and Further Reading
Appendix 3: Glossary of Welsh Words
Index
To aid visualisation, routes are depicted both as line diagrams and as customised HARVEY maps. The former, drawn by Lakeland author and artist Mark Richards, give an aerial perspective of the walks, while the latter pinpoint the key detail covered in the route description. HARVEY maps owe their origins to orienteering, and their bold symbols and distinctive colours make them well suited to outdoor use. Note that key landmarks that feature on the maps and diagrams appear in bold in the text to help you plot the route.
Although the guide contains map extracts and diagrams, you are strongly advised always to take with you the relevant sheet map for the route, not only for safety reasons, but also to give a wider picture of the landscapes you are walking through.
At present, HARVEY publish three 1:25,000 Superwalker maps of Snowdonia; Snowdon and the Moelwynion, the Glyderau and the Carneddau, and Snowdonia South, covering the Rhinogs, as well as a 1:40,000 British Mountain Map Snowdonia.
Alternatively, the following 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey Explorer maps cover the areas described: OL17 Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa, OL18 Harlech, Porthmadog and Bala and OL23 Cadair Iris and Lyn Tegid.