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Looking north from Dduallt's E flank to Moel y Llyfnant and Arenig Fawr (AG23)

The lakes present a more difficult problem. What exactly is a mountain lake? Clearly there is no simple answer. Some of the prettiest tarns and lakes are too small for inclusion on the map; others come and go with the weather, or even with successive revisions of the OS maps! I have therefore had to rely heavily on judgement in my treatment of lakes, and have in any event restricted myself to those in the immediate vicinity of each mountain group that have an altitude of at least 1000ft. It would be pedantic in these circumstances to aim for consistency, but I hope that any anomalies which may have crept in are not serious.

Cribin from Pen y Fan (BB10) (photo Marion Teal)

The Main Routes

I begin with an overview of each group before getting to the heart of the matter with descriptions of all the routes up each peak that are likely to be of interest to hillwalkers. An interesting route in this context can mean several things: it may be a route with fine views or good scrambling; one that is useful as a link in planning a longer multi-peak expedition; or simply one that gives a quick way home at the end of a long day.