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The ridge walks described in the following pages represent the Carneddau at their best: great horseshoe circuits penetrating deep into the heartland of the range and linking summit with summit along high ridge crests. Nowhere is the ridge walker’s exalted position more clearly stated.

A1: CARNEDDAU: NORTHERN RIDGES

A remote, high-level ridge walk through the heart of the Carneddau.

Distance/Time:

18 km (11 miles). 5 hours.

Ascent:

1000m (3300ft)

Major Summits:

Pen Llithrig y Wrach – 799m (2622ft)

Pen yr Helgi Du – 833m (2733ft)

Carnedd Llewelyn – 1064m (3485ft)

(Foel Grach – 974m (3196ft))

(Foel Fras – 942m (3092ft))

(Drum – 770m (2529ft))

Terrain:

Mostly easy walking over grass. Some sections of rocky ground.

Ascent of Pen Llithrig y Wrach from the north on Route A1. The ridge (partly in cloud) circles Cwm Eigiau to the summit of Carnedd Llewelyn (back right)

Main Summer Difficulties:

Two short scrambles either side of Bwlch Eryl Farchog.

Winter Conditions:

Not suitable except under light snow cover or when well consolidated. Scrambling sections awkward under deep powder (and in those conditions the whole route is exhausting).