Quieter ascent route than common routes but requires better map skills as no obvious path!
Statistics
4 - 5
hrs
1,040
m
1,041
m
20
max°
Difficulty
FATMAP difficulty grade
Severe
Description
From Ty'n-y-cornel hotel, clockwise around Tal-y-llyn to Pentre Farm.
Follow public footpath NW and enter access land.
Continue NNW rising steeply to Craig-Cwm-Anarch.
Head NE to rim of Cwm Llyn Cau, follow rim clockwise to Penygadair summit & Trig.
Retrace anticlockwise around rim of Cwm Lyn Cau beyond Craig-Cwm-Amarch following Minffordd Path.
At east end of Llyn Cau trend clockwise around Craig Lwyd to woodland by Ystrad-gwyn.
Leave access land and follow public footpath downhill through woodland to join B4405 by Doleinion.
Follow B4405 SW and join permissive track at Fawnog following track, etc anti-clockwise back to Ty'n-y-cornel hotel.