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Manod Mawr and Manod Bach

In Cwm Teigl massive screes bear down from Manod Mawr and the fierce, almost malicious-looking crags of Carreg y Fran lie in wait up-valley. However relief is only a glance away as you plod up the long mountain road for behind you, resplendent in its greenery, is the sylvan softness of the Vale of Ffestiniog and the distant blue of Tremadog Bay.

After a long mile the road levels off and you pass between a rocky knoll L and what is now a much tamer and more friendly-looking Carreg y Fran. You even get a brief glimpse over Llynnau Gamallt to the Migneint. Such joys are short-lived as the harsher medicine of the Manod slate quarries starts to desecrate the scene. This is your signal to abandon the road and take to the purity of the hillside. Scramble up to the nameless lake at 727451. Here you will find a medley of playful little tracks, weaving between boulders and bilberries, and in minutes the top is yours.

Llyn y Manod route (FG2)

This is described in descent because it dovetails neatly with ssss1 to provide a complete circuit of Manod Mawr (the round could just as well be done the other way).