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Once over the stile, bear left beside a wall. The track takes you past the site of Dinas Osian, an Iron Age settlement and hill fort, although there is little to see of it today. Continue to a gate across the track not far from the top of the ascent at Bwlch y Groes, and through the gate continue a little further as far as a branching grassy vehicle track (SH561598). Leave the Bwlch y Groes path here, and climb easily onto the long and broad northern ridge of Moel Eilio, which is a delight to roam, the track soon merging with another that has climbed from Bwlch y Groes. The path gives lovely views to the west of the Lleyn Peninsula and Yr Eifl (The Rivals), swinging round across Caernarfon and across Anglesey to Holyhead Mountain.

ROUTE INFORMATION

Distance13.8km/8½ milesHeight gain990m/3250ftTime4–5 hoursGradeenergeticStart pointLlanberisGetting thereThere are multiple parking areas along the shores of Llyn Padarn, some offering the temptation to paddle when you should be elsewhereMaps(Harvey Superwalker) Snowdonia and the Moelwynion; (Ordnance Survey) OL17 Snowdon/Yr WyddfaAfter-walk refreshmentPlenty of refreshment opportunity in Llanberis (including the almost legendary Pete’s Eats), but maybe call in at the 17th-century Pen y Ceunant Isaf licensed tea garden and café on the way down.

Snowdon Mountain Railway