Great Mountain Days in Snowdonia. Terry Marsh

y Filiast

       8. Tryfan

       9. Bwlch Tryfan, Y Foel Goch, Gallt yr Ogof and Cefn y Capel

       CARNEDDAU

       10. Conwy Mountain

       11. Tal y Fan

       12. Drum, Foel Fras, Carnedd 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 Tarrens

       Appendix 1: Concise walk reference and personal log

       Appendix 2: Bibliography

       Appendix 3: Glossary of Welsh words

       More to explore: related Cicerone guidebooks

      The summit of Snowdon from Bwlch Main (Walk 2)

      PREFACE

      Pen yr Helgi Du from The Saddle (Walk 15)

      In 1984, my first book The Summits of Snowdonia was published. Ironically, having lived, rock climbed and walked in North Wales in the early 1970s, by the time of publication I was living back in my native county of Lancashire, and spending my time walking and climbing in a much wider arena. But those first impressions, and a wealth of exquisite literature, principal among which were Amory Lovin’s Eryri, The Mountains of Longing, Showell Styles’ The Mountains of North Wales, and Carr and Lister’s The Mountains of Snowdonia, remained with me over the years. 1985 saw the publication of my book The Mountains of Wales, which embraced all the mountains of the principality. The present work is a modern interpretation of these two books, combining the exploration of those early writing years with countless return visits over the intervening period, as well as, one would hope, a surer and more accomplished hand on the literary tiller, and a mind on the wiser side of 60.

      It was in Snowdonia that I first found my feet; here I worked as a voluntary warden in the National Park, and learned the skills and hazards of rock climbing. But most of all, it was here that I acquired a love of mountains, of recreational walking and days at ease among the hills. Everything I’ve achieved as a writer, photographer and lover of wild landscapes is built on foundations laid here in Snowdonia.

      The 40 walks offered here will take you through landscapes of peerless beauty, along ways