Weather Forecast: for Sunday 27th March 2011
Route Length: 5miles
Note:- Carneddau is pronounced as "Carn neth aye"
After a year off it was a great feeling to be back hiking on the hills again. The Carneddau range has always been on my list of "must dos". In the past, the magnetic draw from the Glyders was too great to ignore so I have never ventured on this side of the valley.
It was another chance to cross off another two peaks from the Welsh 3000s! If I had more time and the following day off work I would have continued to complete the Carneddau range.
Conditions were dry but the whole morning had extensive hill fog and low clouds which did put a dampener on things. I could have produced a whole lot more amazing scenic shots if we had clear blue skys, especially the view from Pen Yr Ole Wen summit.
This is a shot of Llyn Ogwen from the east.
Llyn Ogwen again with the foot of the south slope of Pen Yr Ole Wen to the right.
Looking back down toward the A5, the path runs parallel to the Afon Lloer for most of the way.
Beyond the path, as you ascend further up, it suddenly disappears and its just boggy grassy terrain until you get to the foot of the climb before reaching the Ffynnon Lloer.
After a hard slog through boggy terrain we come to the foot of the east ridge of Pen Yr Ole Wen.
Some great scrambling up here, this was the steepest part of the hike. Hand holds were plenty, not too many loose rocks plus they were dry to touch so I breezed up this bit in no time :P
The summit Cairn of Pen Yr Ole Wen, amazing views!!. From here you can see Tryfan, the Glyders, the Snowdon horseshoe, the Carneddau.............on a good day!!
Looking toward the south side of the summit.
Onwards to Carnedd Dafydd, now we have even thicker mist! This was the ridge walk between the two mountains.
Carnedd Dafydd Summit Cairn! I must come up here again in clearer weather to give a part 2 report sometime.
Looking back after descending Pen Yr Ole Wen.
The mighty Tryfan north ridge in the mist.
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