Description
Book SynopsisA guidebook to 40 mountain walks exploring Eryri (Snowdonia), Wales. Graded by difficulty, the routes cover the whole of the national park and range from easy to strenuous, with the majority falling into the ‘moderate’ and ‘strenuous’ categories. Four routes call for low-grade scrambling.
Included are 38 walks of between 5 and 20km (3–13 miles), which can be enjoyed in 2–7 hours, plus a challenging two-day traverse of ‘the Welsh 3000s’ – the 15 Welsh summits over 3000ft.
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1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk
- Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket
- Handy route summary table to help you choose an appropriate route
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Access and parking information provided for each route
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Geology, history, wildlife and a Welsh–English glossary
Table of ContentsMap key Overview map Introduction Geology History Wildlife Getting there Getting around Where to stay When to go Equipment Mountain rescue Using this guide Place names The Carneddau Walk 1 Tal y Fan Walk 2 Aber Falls and the Northern Carneddau Walk 3 Cwm Eigiau Horseshoe Walk 4 The Southern Carneddau Walk 5 Cwm Llafar Horseshoe The Glyderau Walk 6 Gallt yr Ogof and Y Foel Goch Walk 7 Glyderau from Pen-y-Gwryd Walk 8 Tryfan by the North Ridge and Heather Terrace Walk 9 Tryfan Without Fears Walk 10 Cwm Bochlwyd and Glyder Fach Walk 11 Y Garn and the Devil's Kitchen Walk 12 Elidir Fawr and Y Garn Betws-y-Coed Walk 13 Llyn Crafnant and Llyn Geirionydd Walk 14 Llyn y Parc and Conwy View Snowdon Walk 15 Moel Eilio Horseshoe Walk 16 Snowdon Horseshoe Walk 17 Snowdon via Miners' Track and PyG Track Walk 18 Lliwedd via Miners' Track and Y Gribin Walk 19 Snowdon via the Watkin and the Rhyd Dhu Paths Walk 20 Yr Aran Eifionedd Walk 21 Cwm Pennant and the Moel Hebog Ridge Walk 22 Mynydd Mawr Walk 23 Nantlle Ridge Siabod and the Moelwyns Walk 24 Moel Siabod Walk 25 Aberglaslyn Gorge and Llyn Dinas Walk 26 Cnicht and Cwm Croesor Walk 27 The Moelwyns The Rhinogs Walk 28 Rhinog Fawr by the Roman Steps Walk 29 Rhinog Fach and Y Llethr Dolgellau, Cadair Idris and the South Walk 30 Precipice Walk, Dolgellau Walk 31 Cadair Idris by the Pony Path Walk 32 Cadair Idris from Minffordd Walk 33 The Dolgoch Falls and Tarrenhendre Bala Walk 34 Rhobell Fawr Walk 35 Cwm Cywarch Horseshoe and Aran Fawddwy Walk 36 Traverse of the Aran Ridge Walk 37 Arenig Fawr and Moel Llyfnant Walk 38 Cadair Berwyn and Pistyll Rhaeadr The Welsh 3000s Day 1 Snowdon and the Glyderau Day 2 Carneddau Appendix A Route summary table Appendix B Welsh/English glossary Appendix C Useful contacts
