🥾⛰️ Moel Ysgyfarnogod (En)
- Overview -
This Saturday, we’ll be heading to Moel Ysgyfarnogod. This is a small mountain in central Eryri, and a constituent of the Rhinogydd range. Despite it’s height, the terrain in this area if known to be rugged, including some sections of scrambling over boulders. If we’re treated to cloud breaks (chance would be a fine thing), we’ll have views over the Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir.
- Difficulty -
- Signing up -
✨✨✨To sign up, head to our club webpage, and under the 'Products' tab you’ll find ‘Hiking - Moel Ysgyfarnogod’. Add that to your basket and checkout.✨✨✨
The sign-up will be available from Thursday afternoon.
Signing up is free but you will need to buy your own ticket on the bus, which will be £7.
If you miss the sign-up, please email us to be put on a waiting list.
- Description -
Starting from Trawsfynydd, we’ll follow flat rural roads for a few kilometres, wrapping around the south side of the Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir. We’ll then join the Cambrian Way, and ascend the north face of Moel Gyrafolen. Afterwards, we’ll trend south-west, bagging Foel Penolau, where some scrambling over a boulder field is required. Moel Ysgyfarnogod will be tackled shortly afterwards, representing the tallest peak in this cluster of summits. We’ll then descend the north-west face and have a pitstop at Bryn Cader Faner, an iconic cairn/stone circle. Finally, we’ll hike around the base of the mountains, rejoin the previous rural road, and head back to the bus stop.
The route is around 20.73km, with 791m of ascent.
There are toilets at the start and end of the route.
- Meetings, Timings, and Transport -
We will be traveling by bus. We’ll meet at bus station stop 4 at 07:20.
We will depart Aberystwyth at 07:35, and we should be back around 20:30 at the latest.
- Equipment -
- Walking boots*
- Waterproof coat
- Waterproof trousers*
- At least 5 layers of clothing for your torso
- Hat, scarf, and gloves
- A suitable bag to carry everything
- At least 2.5l of water
- Lunch and snacks
- Medication (if needed)
*If you want to check the suitability of your footwear, or borrow equipment (e.g. waterproof trousers), please email us on hikingclub@aber.ac.uk . Please contact us at least 24 hours before the event.