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Afon Mawddach

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Afon Mawddach

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Afon Mawddach

Name: Afon Mawddach
Rating: 2

Recommended by 31 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri

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Location: Arthog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. Mawddach Trail – Afon Mawddach loop from Morfa Mawddach

20.0km

05:11

130m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Abergwynant Woods – Afon Mawddach loop from Penmaen-pŵl

8.20km

02:25

230m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Mawddach Trail – Cregennan Lakes loop from Arthog

16.0km

04:28

290m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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JEANETTE

July 25, 2020

The Afon Mawddach (English: River Mawddach) is a river in Gwynedd, Wales, which has its source in a wide area SH820300 north of Dduallt in Snowdonia. It is 28 miles (45 km) in length, and is much branched; many of the significant tributaries are of a similar size to the main river. The catchment area is bounded to the east by the Aran Fawddwy massif and to the west and north by the Harlech dome which forms a watershed just south of Llyn Trawsfynydd.

The Mawddach has been the site of significant industrialisation and land management. Gold mining and subsequently gold panning have had major impacts but forestry, the preparation of animal skins, the storage of old munitions and the use of hill-sides as artillery ranges have all added to the legacy of pollution. The river is also very flashy - prone to very rapid rise and fall in level depending on rainfall. Rainfall can also be very heavy and it falls on very base-poor soils leading to episodes of strongly depressed pH. Despite this, the river sustains an important salmon and trout fishery and the countryside through which it flows is some of the most spectacular and scenic in the UK.

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Location: Arthog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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Afon Mawddach

1. Mawddach Trail – Afon Mawddach loop from Morfa Mawddach

2. Abergwynant Woods – Afon Mawddach loop from Penmaen-pŵl

3. Mawddach Trail – Cregennan Lakes loop from Arthog

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