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Pen yr Ole Wen and the Carneddau (Welsh 3000s)


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Starting from the Ogwen Valley and taking in Pen yr Ole Wen, Carnedd dafydd and Carnedd Llewelyn via Cwm Loer

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Route details

Region: Snowdonia
Start at: Glan Dena
End at: Carnedd Llewelyn
Start grid ref: SH668605
End grid ref: SH683643
Difficulty: Medium
Scramble element: Walking
Grade:
Distance: 7.2 kilometres
Total ascent: 956 meters
Approx. time needed: 3 hrs 30 mins
   
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Leg:1
From:Glan Dena
To:Pen yr Ole Wen
Distance:N/A
Grid Ref:SH668605
Grid Ref:SH655619
Ascent:N/A
 
 
 
 
  From Glan Dena follow the track to tal y Llyn Ogwen then follow a series of marker poles to join the path along the bank of Afon Loer. Follow the stream uphill to Clogwyn Mawr, with Ffynon Loer ahead. Here you take the East Ridge of Pen yr Ole Wen, where an occasional hand on the rock may be needed in the early sections but a reasonable path soon develops. Continue up the ridge to emerge at the summit cairn.  
 
 
 
Leg:2
From:Pen yr Ole Wen
To:Carnedd Llewelyn
Distance:N/A
Grid Ref:SH655619
Grid Ref:SH683643
Ascent:N/A
 
 
 
 
  From the summit the path curves round the head of Cwm Loer temporarily dropping down to Bwlch yr Ole Wen before climbing again to Carnedd Dafydd.The path now turns East, above Ysgolion Duon and the Black ladders. Drop down to Bwlch Cyfryw-drum then continue ahead on the well marked climb to the summit of Carnedd Llewelyn  
 
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