Moel Meirch South Top

Situated in the rugged, undulating terrain of the northern Moelwyns, this rocky minor summit offers a wilder alternative to the busier Snowdonia peaks. It stands as a quiet vantage point above the hidden Llyn Edno, surrounded by a complex landscape of boggy hollows and sharp, glaciated outcrops.

• •The name derives from the Welsh 'Moel', meaning a bare or rounded hill, and 'Meirch', the plural for stallions. This suggests the high plateau was historically used for grazing hardy mountain ponies.
• •This summit serves as a sentinel for walkers heading toward Llyn Edno, a remote and atmospheric high-altitude lake tucked into a hollow just to the south of the ridge.
• •Navigating the ground around this top is famously difficult in mist; the plateau between here and Moel Siabod is a maze of peat hags and small rocky rises with few distinct paths to follow.
• •From this specific vantage point, the well-known 'Matterhorn' profile of Cnicht is revealed to be an optical illusion, appearing instead as the long, narrow spine of a ridge stretching towards the sea.
• •The Moelwyns are renowned for their 'knobbly' terrain, and the South Top provides a perfect example of a summit that often requires more time spent dodging bottomless puddles than actual climbing.