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Craig y Llestri route (AG25)

A rough, ‘sporting’ walk.

The route starts along the SW fork of the crossroads at 853308, S of the bridge at Dolhendre. Where the road swings L (almost at once), carry straight on through a gate and progress along a grassy lane to a spoil heap at 848306. The lane continues through a rusty old gate but you must leave it here and bear R on a green track through a gap in the wall that parallels the slopes of Castell Carndochan. Stay with the wall as the crags of Craig y Llestri rear ahead, then cross the Afon Fwy (you may have to head upstream to a bridge when it is in full spate) to climb one of several bracken-clad breaches in the crags. As you top the crest the great wedge of Dduallt appears in all its dark, brooding splendour.

A shallow ridge falls away from Craig y Llestri before rising again to spot height 493m (820281). This is the next objective. At the time of writing the intervening ground is newly afforested but there are plenty of firebreaks and, whatever their demerits, at least they are relatively dry and certainly preferable to the quagmire around Nant y Fign. As you approach Dduallt trend N to a grassy rake for an easy pull up to N ridge and ssss1.