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1. Rhiwddolion, “The lost village”, low level forest

2. Capel Garmon, “Tombs and views”, low level

3. Crimpiau and Crafnant, “Church to church”, mid level

4. Ty Mawr, “The Welsh Bible”, low level

5. Sarn Helen, “Straight walking with the Romans” mid level

6. Gwydir, “Forests, mines and Castell”, low level forest walk

7. Llyn Y Foel, “Quarries and Llynau”, mid level

8. Y Garn, “The arms of the Ogwen”, mountain walk

9. Moel Siabod, “Quarries, Llyns and Mountains”, mountain walk

10. Tryfan, “All hands on rock”, mountain walk

11. Glyderau, “A walk to Everest!”, mountain walk

12. Snowdon, “Traverse the Jewel of Wales”, mountain walk

Walk 9. Moel Siabod, “Quarries, Llyns and Mountains”


  1. •Terrain – Mountain tracks, broken ground and moorland

  2. •Length of Walk - 11 kilometres /  7 miles

  3. •Difficulty – Mountain Walking, 809m / 2700ft ascent

  4. •Approximate time – 6 hours

  5. •Start – Pont Cyfyng, Capel Curig

  6. •Finish - Pen-y-Gwyryd Hotel


Description of Walk


Starting at Pont Cyfyng, our mountain walk takes a forest track away from Moel Siabod before following a river up to Llyn y foel and our first view of  Daer Ddu, the black ridge. We follow this ridge up to the summit of Moel Siabod (872m/2877 feet), which on clear days has great views into the main mountain ranges of Northern Snowdonia. From the summit we follow the west ridge down to the Pen-y-Gwyryd hotel, where the Everest `53 team stayed when training for their successful expedition.

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