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SE approaches (AG21)

A track climbs steeply alongside the woods just to the E of Craig Wenallt at 976415. By proceeding N from there via the old homestead of Hafotty Isaf the E ridge can be gained around Pen y Cerrig-serth (971429).

Dduallt

Dduallt is a favourite of mine – one of the jewels of the Welsh hills.

My first awareness of Dduallt came while walking the Arans. I was struck, one brisk sunlit morning, by a huge triangle of naked rock across the valley which I later discovered to be the E face of Dduallt. My excitement was all the greater as this was terra incognita; who ever tramped the wilderness S of Arenig Fawr? Later I also came to recognise Dduallt's distinctive thrust from the Arenigs; a perfect foil to Rhobell Fawr's curvaceous top. When I eventually climbed Dduallt I was not disappointed. The precipitous E face (not unlike Pavey Ark in Lakeland) which truly earns Dduallt its title of Black Height when in shadow, is balanced by gentler W slopes just as the N ridge balances the equally attractive S ridge.