9. Bwlch Tryfan, Y Foel Goch, Gallt yr Ogof and Cefn y Capel
12. Drum, Foel Fras, Carnedd Uchaf, Drosgl and the Aber falls
13. Llyn Anafon and the eastern Carneddau
14. Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llywelyn and Pen yr Helgi Du
16. Creigiau Gleision and Llyn Cowlyd
17. Llyn Geirionydd and Llyn Crafnant
21. Moel Hebog, Moel yr Ogof and Moel Lefn
22. Aberglaslyn, Llyn Dinas and Cwm Bychan
25. Moelwyn Mawr and Moelwyn Bach
26. Moel Meirch and Ysgafell Wen
27. Bwlch Tyddiad and Bwlch Drws Ardudwy
29. Rhinog Fach and Rhinog Fawr
32. Arenig Fawr and Moel Llyfnant
CADAIR IDRIS AND THE TARREN HILLS
36. Cyfrwy, Pen y Gadair and Mynydd Pencoed
38. Mynydd Pencoed, Pen y Gadair and Mynydd Moel
39. Tyrrau Mawr and Craig y Llyn
Appendix 1: Concise walk reference and personal log
Appendix 3: Glossary of Welsh words
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The summit of Snowdon from Bwlch Main (Walk 2)
PREFACE
Pen yr Helgi Du from The Saddle (Walk 15)
In 1984, my first book The Summits of Snowdonia was published. Ironically, having lived, rock climbed and walked in North Wales in the early 1970s, by the time of publication I was living back in my native county of Lancashire, and spending my time walking and climbing in a much wider arena. But those first impressions, and a wealth of exquisite literature, principal among which were Amory Lovin’s Eryri, The Mountains of Longing, Showell Styles’ The Mountains of North Wales, and Carr and Lister’s The Mountains of Snowdonia, remained with me over the years. 1985 saw the publication of my book The Mountains of Wales, which embraced all the mountains of the principality. The present work is a modern interpretation of these two books, combining the exploration of those early writing years with countless return visits over the intervening period, as well as, one would hope, a surer and more accomplished hand on the literary tiller, and a mind on the wiser side of 60.
It was in Snowdonia that I first found my feet; here I worked as a voluntary warden in the National Park, and learned the skills and hazards of rock climbing. But most of all, it was here that I acquired a love of mountains, of recreational walking and days at ease among the hills. Everything I’ve achieved as a writer, photographer and lover of wild landscapes is built on foundations laid here in Snowdonia.
The 40 walks offered here will take you through landscapes of peerless beauty, along ways