Carnedd y Cribau

Rising south of Moel Siabod, this sprawling, peat-haggled ridge offers some of the most dramatic perspectives of the Snowdon Horseshoe available. It is a wild, often pathless landscape of small tarns and rocky knolls, where the terrain is notoriously boggy but the sense of solitude is genuinely earned.

• •The name translates from Welsh as the 'Cairn of the Ridges', a reference to the series of rocky outcrops and knolls that punctuate this long, undulating spine of high ground.
• •The summit provides a celebrated eye-level view of the Snowdon massif; across the deep trench of Cwm Gwynant, the full profile of Crib Goch, Snowdon, and Y Lliwedd is visible in a single, unbroken panorama.
• •The ridge acts as a wild land-bridge between the isolated peak of Moel Siabod and the main body of the Moelwynion range, though the path often disappears into complex, marshy ground near Bwlch y Rhediad.
• •Nestled below its western slopes are the twin lakes of Llynau Duwaunedd, which sit in a deep glacial cwm and are known for their dark, clear waters and population of native brown trout.
• •Despite its modest height, the terrain is a masterclass in Welsh saturation; a hiker returning with dry boots has either been exceptionally lucky or has stuck strictly to the rocks.